scout, with an attitude like that you're just asking to be abused... <3

>sick of me yet?
never C:
YEAH YOU FLEX THAT TISSUE, SCOUT

WE'LL NEVER BE SICK OF YOU <3 I just love seeing Scout trauma from you

Sick of you? I want to marry you.

Also, I see your Scout has gotten a bit older looking. This pleases me greatly.
Also also, DEM ABS. MY GOD.

Being sick of cashew is like being sick of LIFE ITSELF.

>>17741
he's gonna get it, you just know it.
>>17749
marriage? i don't know what to say, I'm verklempt!
yeaaa...when I was looking over some of my previous Scout drawings, I noticed I had inadvertently made him look a bit on the young side. I immediately face-palmed and have been trying to remind myself to be careful with that. C:

Scout needs to work out a bit more methinks.

Also, you draw beautiful torsos. :F

I WOULD NEVER BE SICK OF YOU CASHEW

Cashew has new thread. I am excite =3

Sick of you?

Never.

Actually I can't get enough of you.

YAY.

>chowderhead.png
I lol'd

Sick of you...hahahah...never ever, cashew C:

>>17740
UNF.
SCOUTSCOUTSCOUT.
DAT SCOUT.

Oh dear god that Scout is gorgeous.

Kinduva is my new favorite word.

I require moar delicious Scout abuse.

It's impossible to get sick of you. I wanna kidnap you and keep you forever <3
Eagerly awaiting more Scout trauma C:

Joining my voice in the chorus of "WE'LL NEVER GET SICK OF YOU CASHEW". Because we won't. Ever.

Also, older looking Scout?I very much approve.

the proverbial shit has hit the fan for me (though it does feel like actual shit) i won't go into it right now (it would take far too long and i don't wanna bore you guys with life drama)
as much as I hate to and it kills me, I don't know when i'll be able to post here next. i had some things lined up to draw/write but I have to prioritize and sadly this is one of the things that must be put on hold. I am sorry if i got your hopes up. this isn't the end, just... a break, hopefully. things may change but right now I can't guarantee anything.
you guys have been great, and I sincerely mean it when I say thank you. much <3
cashew

>>17836
Aw, whatever problems you may have, I hope things go well for you in the end.

>>17836

You do what you need to do, man.

We'll be here when you get back. Best of luck.

>>17836
We will be waiting patiently for your return.
Hope all goes well.

>>17836

Hang in there! We'll be with you in spirit. Here's hoping things turn out okay in the end. :<

>>17836
Take your time and do whatever it is you need to do. We'll be waiting.
I wish you luck and hope that whatever is going on will turn out okay.

>>17836
We'll be waiting for you, cashew ;-; I hope everything turns out okay.

>>17836
I hope it gets all sorted out for you, cashew! I miss you already, and if you ever need someone to talk or rant to, you know where to find me!

>>17836
Best of luck, we'll be waiting with open arms!

>>17836
Aww, I'm sorry things aren't going well for you. :( We'll wait!

>>17836
This sounds serious :c. I really hope everything turns out okay for you. We'll be waiting patiently for you to return.

>>17836
Ahhh I'll miss you D: I hope things get sorted out <3

I hope everything goes okay for you, cashew D: We'll be here when you get back. Best of luck!

>>17836
hey man, just do what you need to do. yes, you are a huge part of the *chan by now, but i mean... it's the *chan. life's life. ya know? i wish ya luck with whatever's got you down.

We'll miss you, and we'll welcome you when you come back. I hope everything turns out okay.

>>17836
We'll keep a place warm for you, Cashew. I love your work and hope everything works out for you.

>>17836
Sorry to hear that, cashew :c
But, yanno, RL > Internets.
Hope things start looking up for you soon <3

I just wanted to say I'm waiting for you toooo. Good luck and all that.

Good luck dude!

Take as long as you need! I hope everything works out well for you!

>>17836
Aw, man. I hope that you'll manage to get through this. Wait, scratch that. *Of course* you'll get through this. Best of luck. <3

Wow, all of you guys, getting me all teary eyed and everything. Thank you all for the well wishes. It did indeed brighten my day and lift my spirits. Things have calmed down a bit here and gotten better. Not 100% but getting there.
I'm hoping that maybe I'll have another Scout-saga update this weekend. I missed drawing em.
In the meantime, here are some some old TF2 doodles (haha, older than a year, oh they're gross). I came upon them while going through my sketchbooks from when I had my internship. Now off I go to make up for lost time and see what I missed while I was away
<3

>>18337

Glad to see you back!

You were missed!

>>18337
Cashew's back! Everyone, Cashew's back! Yay!

WELCOME BACK, CASHEW.

>>18337
Oh, cashew, I'm glad that things are getting better. Hopefully it'll all clear up soon, but I'm happy that you are back. C:

I missed you. D;

>>18339
This is my exact expression (also, I am a stick figure).

Anyway: GLEE, CASHEW IS BACK. IMMA RUB ALL OVER YOU LIKE A CAT THAT HAS MISSED YOU.

WELCOME BACK COMRADE

>>18337
Nice to have you back!

AND IVE MISSED YOUUUUU, YEAH,
LIKE THE DESERTS MISS THE RAIN.
(i really cant miss you that much i talk to you everyday. lol.)

>>18337
Excellent news is excellent! I'm glad things are better for you!

>>18337

Glad you AND your prettyful pictures are back! c:

THIS MADE MY DAY

>>18337

Imma just HUG AND CUDDLE YOU SO HARD NOW

Welcome back <3

>>18337
WOAH. in class today, i drew a Scout just like the bottom right one, not even kidding (same expression, at least) WITH A BLUE PENCIL.

Mind-link much? <3 ilu cashew i'm glad yer back.

WELCOME BACK <3

I still have a drawing for you somewhere on my messy workspace...but I can't find it :C

ugggggggh, coloring. I get so nervous when I try but I know I gotta keep trying. Need to improve
crits would be much appreciated with this or any advice on coloring in general :[
<3

>>18464
i like this a lot! where did scout get all of them man abs...mmmmmmfffffffppppp

> i like this a lot! where did scout get all of them man abs...mmmmmmfffffffppppp

Swim team. My little brother was a skinny little skinny thing but even he got abs because of the practice routine.

We called them his chicken nuggets. :)

>>18467
SCOUT CAN DO LAPS IN MY POOL ANY DAY...SWIM IN MY...POND....

>>18464
I drooled in my lap a little. True story.

>>18464

Can I make love with you?

>>18464
Welcome to the "I Hate Color" club. Weekly bitching sessions held on Fridays at noon.

I suggest staring at Emzy's work until inspiration strikes. It's what I do.

On a more serious note, my advice would be that the shading on him looks rather grey - try to use more darker shades of the base skin tone. Also, blues and purples look very nice in shadows but it takes a bit of work to get it to look right. I kind of just slap it on there and see what works. Sometimes I end up with people looking like blueberries a couple times before I get it right.

>>18464
I can't give any crits because I just don't know anything, but I'm just going to smile dreamily and admire Scout right here. :3c

>>18464

Coloring for me as always been series of experiments, sometimes it turns out right, sometimes it doesn't. A load of trial and error. I like that it looks like you used a desaturated blue to shade instead of a straight gray. I would play around with a more saturated blue and see what results you get. I'm guessing you used multiply in the blending options? I usually use that too, though testing other options gets some interesting results too. It looks like you got a good handle on using shadows to create 3D forms so I don't have anything to say about that. I would experiment in future images on the values if you wanna go beyond the sort of toon-ish shading (which isn't a bad thing, there just isn't much to play with just one value.) One thing I've started doing is coloring in grayscale to work on my sense of value and I think it's helped me with breaking out of toon shading. Hope this helps some.

>>18464
To be fair I still gotta work on mine, but it's a good thing to mix different colors; not just put on a plain 'skin' color; and then another, add to that blue a bit of red, maybe green? And violet/blue/yellow from outside light source. I always like to look at photographs or movie frames and watch how the color is affecting different surfaces, or just watch people: you'll see that when a woman is wearing, say, red coat, a shade of red can be seen on the edge of her face etc. But I bet that you know that already. ;)
That being said, I enjoy the muscles shown here. They require further study. Mhm.

>>18464

The absolute fastest way to shade skin tones, I've found, is to take the base skin tone and set the brush mode to multiply, or set the brush to screen if you need lighter tones. A nice way to even out or blend tones together if you use Adobe CS or something like it is to take the smudge brush and turn on the brush preset for scattering, scatter-->10-25% and count-->8-12.

Additional effects like reflections, highlights, and secondary light sources are pretty easy to work out after you establish a main light source. (Unless the main light source happens to be ambient light, in which case I can only suggest that you flail around helplessly and die. I have yet to find a more effective method.)

Another good colour/shading practice thing to try would be to start off with your darkest value as your base, and shade lighter colours over it.

>>18464
Stay away from going straight down the palette.
Try not to use black or white to shade or highlight. Add colors such as reds, blues, greens, and yellows for skin. Experiment with complementary colors.
I hope that was somewhat helpful.

>>18499
>(Unless the main light source happens to be ambient light, in which case I can only suggest that you flail around helplessly and die. I have yet to find a more effective method.)

ILU Vivi. This is my life. Fuck ambient light. Fuck it in the ass.

Sage for lolNeev doesn't help at all

I'm so glad you're back ;_;
It's happy-tears.

LET ME TELL YOU MY SECRETS

Actually, it's not so much secrets as it a sense of uncaring for the end result. I just pretty much put down those base colors and create a new multiply layer. The trick is to use a VERY WEIRD ASS COLOR to shade the shadows. If the skin is pinkish, I use blues, or greens, or purples. I very rarely if ever use the same color to shade the skin, as it tends to flatten the form and look kinda uninteresting.

Afterwards I just make a new layer (no multiply this time) and draw over both underlayers so that it's not completely obvious that I just multiplied the hell out of that bitch. This 3rd layer includes core shadows, reflected light, some delicate retouches, and all that nice stuff

When that's all over and done, I kick that crap over to photoshop and edit it just a bit (Unless I'm lucky and it looks better as an original) via Curves or layer overlay. And with overlaying a layer, I don't just fill the entire layer with one color. I try to keep in mind that some things are going to be more cooler in temperature than others, and that maybe that hair isn't supposed to be that certain shade of green..

After that, I TAKE A BREAK FROM MY PICTURE FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES. Go make some coffee, come back, and see if it still looks good. Staring at an image for too long can really mess with your color sense. So come back with a fresh eye, and you'll end up seeing what it really looks like to someone who's seeing it for the first time.

It also helps to flip it time to time. That also makes the mistakes a little more easier to spot out.

But most of all, DON'T BE AFRAID TO GO CRAZY WITH THOSE COLORS. I suggest not giving a crap with what comes out. If you care too much, you won't take as much chances, and it definitely, definitely shows. Besides, it's not permanent! Go make another layer in photoshop and experiment, and if you don't like it, delete it! Easy as that.

p.s. Here's something fun: Duplicate the entire file and flatten the image, put the duplicated file on the original, make it an overlay/softlay layer, gaussian blur it, and then lower the opacity. I don't use it often, but it's a fun effect to have.

>>18539
Oh and something else:
It also helps to color the background a neutral grey when you begin too, so that the white doesn't distract you from the real colors. (but delete the background afterwards, or fill it with another color, or something)

Hoped this helped!

>>18539
hm.... *printscreen*

>>18478
>>18497
>>18498
>>18499
>>18502
coming back on to see all this advice made me grin like the cheshire cat.
>>18499
>Unless the main light source happens to be ambient light, in which case I can only suggest that you flail around helplessly and die.
haha, I'll be sure to do so
>>18539
EMZY! ilu<3 Thank you for your secrets, i shall treasure them! I will have to try that on the next piece.

in the meantime, i tried to practice skin tones...then messed him up. oh well.

>>18545

Ahaaaa <3 I love ze colors here! Purples and blues and reds, and yes. (and you're welcome!)

And I don't think you messed him up! He looks lovely here, except maybe a little too soft? Try using harder edged brushes instead of the cheap blurry brush to shade next time, maybe?

>>18545
You draw hands so excellently, cashew. I just want to kiss Scout's knuckles, even if it means getting punch in the mouth.

yes, this is really nice! dem bruised skin tones! 8I

>>18545
tweaked the colors a bit

I hope everyone is enjoying their Thanksgivings day.
I know I am thankful for a lot of things, including this chan
<3
now to steel myself for the oncoming Black Friday and the next two days of double-shifts at work...ugh

>>18883

Good lukc, Cashew!

Also, LOL.

>>18883
Sursprise shower sex time?

>>18885
God, I hope so

>>18883
He's not even *trying* to protect his poor abused ass, is he?

>>18883
I love the CRASH! in this. You breathe new life into the art of onomatopoeia.

>>18883

I will never get over how amazingly you draw such a range of horrified expressions. You are a master at your craft.

>>18883
poor Scout... but really, showers? After all of this abuse?

Ha, happy Thanksgiving to you as well.

>>18883
Heavy is a heavy sleeper, durhur.

Oh, Scout. Scout. I wonder who is waiting for you in the showers. Argh, cashew, I must find out.

>>18883
Dear Jesus, Scout's foot is pretty.

>>18883
I love all of Scout's expressions here, but that topmost panel is too cute for woooords.

>>18883
HAHAHAHA! oh you...I can't wait to see the next part....tehe...

>>18883
Aww, I kinda feel sorry for Scout. The last person should totally be someone Scout actually /wants/ to sleep with or something. Or I'm just being a huge fag. Probably the latter.

>>18979
Guess we can be huge fags together, because that's how I want it to end, too.

I have a feeling the Pyro sex will be mentally scarring.

>>19007
Really? I have a feeling it'll be... hot.

instantrimshot.com

>>18979
we'll see. i think I know how to rework the ending to have it that way...kinda
C:

Who're we missing yet? Pyro...Spy...Demo?

>>19080
Well, in order we've had Engie, Solly, Medic, Sniper, and Heavy, so yes, we still need Spy, Demo, and Pyro.
...and I totally just listed them in the order I hope they appear in, cool work brain.

>>18499
I just tried this out of boredom...
I FEEL SO RETARDED THAT'S SO PERFECT FFFFFF--

Much belated thank you for saving me time and pain trying to match shading colors. Jesus.

till I can find time to finish the next scout pic, here's a doodle from a scrapped thanksgivings comic i had planned. it involved scout returning a stolen turkey, splitting the team into pilgrims & indians, and other stuff but was ultimately too long for the short time i had. oh well. so here are 'Yellow Feather', his squaw 'Pocahiknee', and 'Runs-from-Rainbows'. I know, I am weird
>>18885
>>18888
i guess you'll just hafta wait and see~
>>18913
how do you know someone's waiting, hmm? there could be no one there ;]

>>19225
Beauteous. "Runs-From-Rainbows". he's so closeted.

>>19225
Hahaha this makes me want to see them playing Cowboys and Indians with Engie

>>19225
oh my god
this just made my day~
I MUST SEE THIS COMIC, MUST

>>19225
ooooh, I love Sniper's getup! Very fetching, hee.

And, pffft, Runs-From-Rainbows.

>>19225

hahah.. his squaw.
I like.
a lot.

Okay I'm not gonna lie I almost fell off my chair when I read RUNS-FROM-RAINBOWS. Its just so perfect for Scout FFFFF

>>19225
I demand to see the pilgrims version!

At the request of i eat paste (the things you get me to do <3), here's a sketch of some spy/sniper. Plus I noticed Scout has been taking over this thread and I can't allow that. Gotta give the other guys some time.

>>19381
cant believe you saged this...youuuuuu! *shakey fist to the air* i grinned so wide and slammed letters on my keyboard and sent them to you when i saw this. :] <3!!

mmmmmyesss.

>>19381
Ahh, cashew! I miss seeing these two from you. Ooh man, that Sniper expression. Spy's got him, hee.

>>19381
How dare you saging this :C

Awesome, as always <3
You know what? I'd really like to see your interpretation of a maskless Spy

>>19381
>>19225
I love your stuff. Seriously; the poses, everything. As for other guys getting more love: I'd love to see some Spy/Engie from you. :)

>>19381
Whoa, whoa, whoa, how did I miss this before? I love Sniper's face, so unf.

Inspired by a conversation with I Eat Paste, cuz manly cuddles are always cool
<3

>>19942
Well that must be the manliest cuddle I've ever seen..haha
Oh my god <3

>>18883
On to shower time! I bet he forgets to wash behind his ears, too.

>>19945
And then Spy slipped on the bar of soap.

>>19946

That would be awsome.

>>19945

SPY! You're getting your suit wet! D:

>>19945
I am in love with Spy's teeth.

>>19945

Oh my. Spy is looking positively feral.

>>19945
For some reason the last panel makes me think of Spider Jerusalem.

>>19942
>>19945

both of these. unf.

and dem spy teef. you made teeth sexy cashew. TEETH.

mother fucker, huh?

>>19945
cashew. give me your hands. I need them.


... for... science...

>>19945

I have to admit, I sort of saw this coming.

... I am not disappoint.

>>19945
Did someone say "Mother fucker"?

>>19945
That soap is a Spah! Um, sorry.

But in all seriousness, I'm am living for your next post.

>>19945

DO GO ON.

>>19945
Cashew, your stuff is getting sexier and sexier every day. I am much pleased to see your wonderful fluffy doodles become fully fledged comic epicness.

Plus, you know you're good when you can draw sexy teeth of all things.

>>19225
AHHHHHHhhhhhhh I love thisssss.
You are so awesome at faces, and.. everything.

>>19942
Oh man, this is adorable.
>>19945
Gah! Your art just keeps on getting sexier and sexier. Daaayum, Spy.

>>19945

Ahaha I get the last panel after staring at it (and dem Spy teef) for 2 minutes. Love it!

saw some paper lying around, got to doodlin'

and one more for the night

>>20493
>>20494
>>20495
waaarg, your lines are so nice and defined! Mmmph, that Medic!

>>20494
>>20495
>>20493

Lovely. S'pecially dat medic

i love you cashew

>>20493
>>20494
>>20495

Lovely, as per usual.

Those noses, unf.

>>20493
I absolutely adore how you draw sniper.

Happy New Years! Here, have some Scout

and one more

>>21500
>>21501

I luv when you post new things :D





NOW GO DO MORE.

you draw so good.more please!

>>20494
your medic is so fucking epic.

Hey guys! I've come up with a (hopefully) fun idea to keep me drawing and practicing and a way for you guys to play along. I'm using the ol' multiplication chart method. Each week I'll try to fill one red row.
On the grid (picture attached) each number stands for a class (but as of right now you don't know who is where). What I'd like you guys to do is choose the mood of the picture. To do this, you pick an equation (ex: 1x5) and assign a letter to it, either A, B, C, or D (ex: I want 1x9 to be C).
At the end of the week I'll post the pics, filename will represent the choice and you'll see what the letters stood for (ex: bromance, fluff, smut, adversaries)

tl;dr choose a letter for an equation = get pics

sorry in advance if this is boring and dumb
<3

>>21583
OH I GET IT. SO I PICK OH SAY 1x4 which is what i want...and the LETTER determines the MOOD! OHHHH! OKAY!

so 1x4 and A!

Let's roll a 4x7 D and hope it's something interesting.

Hmm, 3x6 B

I am intrigued, how about 7x8 C

9x3 B

I have an intrigued.

>>21586
>>21587
>>21588
Hey guys...i think cashew meant for us to pick out of row one first maybe? Because if they are trying to fill up "one row a week" it would be kind of hard if everything was so randomized...
right?

>>21583
1x6, W.

Guys, for Week 1, the equation is:
1x(1-9), (A-D).

For Week 2, it'll be:
2x(1-9), (A-D).

That said, I'd like 1x2 B, please. :D

>>21593
YOU GET THE GAME! For real. THANK YOU. me thinks cashew is happy because she was afraid no one would get it.

I'm bad at explaining things anyway so oh well. It's no problem. I'd still like to fill up row 1 first, but eventually it will be full so I'll keep the requests that have been made so far. here's the layout as it stands. you guys can sage your answers if you want, that way i'll still get them and it won't bump this to the top.
>>21592
...alright
<3

5x7 C

1x1, H

I'll go with 4x6 B

2x8, M

4x4 D

1x8 D

>>21596
1X9 B

It's like Bingo, only we get awesome arts instead of lame coupons!

I'd play if I got it but I don't get it.

sage for lack of contribution :/

>>21613
sorry if i didn't explain it well. basically the numbers represent the class and the letters (A, B, C, D) are for the mood of the piece (Bros, Fluff, Smut, Enemy, though not necessarily in that order)
when row 1 gets full I'll reveal the class
sorry, i thought it'd be something fun to do, I didn't mean to confuse anybody. plus i didnt know if anyone would be interested
>>21600
>>21602
haha, these are now wildcards. my choice :D

1x5 C.

1x3 D

1x2, A

2x5K

1*7 B

yay, week 1 is full: Medic week
working on one of them now. I've included this week's letter chart as well. the letters switch moods week to week, so you guys can't fill it all with smut, haha. not that there's anything wrong with that, of course :)
as for the ...other letters, those I guess will be wild-cards and up to me :D
feel free to keep requesting spots if you'd like. <3

Oh heck yeah! I cannot wait!

>>21623
Yes, Medic! I am so excited to see these!

6x8, B
because I am predictable like that.

>>21623
LOL! Figures the Medic/Heavy one miraculously got 'fluff' as its' theme.

Someone up there is having a giggle fit right now.

>>21623

>Heavy x Scout D

I am excite.

>>21623

>week 1 is full: Medic week

Son, I am excite.

>>21626

LIKE ME.

oh, derp, I forgot my suggestion, which is still not surprising from me.

3x3 B.

>>21632
BUT WOULDN'T YOU HAVE PREFERED D? FOR /A/?

I know I would...


>>21623
AH! the Medic/Medic is a wildcard??? PLEASE tell me you're going to do something of the /afanart/ persuasion...

>>20494
>>20495
I love the way you do faces- they have such fluid expressions.

>>21623
5x6 D please?

>>21623
So VERY glad I decided to post. And it's gonna be PORN!
Please forgive the emote, as I am quite excited. :D

9x5 A plz

You are going to scramble the class and mood settings for week 2, right? Either way I'm going for 3x5 C (Just to be safe)

first pic for medic week. Blu and Red making beautiful music together but Blu being a prick about it

>>21711
classes stay the same, moods swap letters.

>>21715

Haha, the expressions are great. I just love the way you draw faces.

Makes me even more excited for Medic-week!

>>21715
Medic duet! Oh man. This begs for an accompanying fic. Ahahha, this is great, awesome job, cashew!

>>21715

BLU YOU STOP BEIN A PRICK RIGHT NOW

>>21715

BLU: 1

RED: ...Does anyone want to slog through the Meet the Team videos and tell me?

>>21623
brb bein smug that i capped medic-spy :smuggggggg:

>>21715
Heh, silly BLU. Really, this site makes me see innuendo in everything.
What's krankenschwester mean?

>>21715
love it! LOVE IT

Bonus points for using my favorite German word.

I'mna go with 6x8 A.

And maybe some 5x3 D. Just for grins and giggles.

4x8 E? Yeah, that'll work.

>>21734

"Nurse" :)

>>21715
That makes sense. I'm stupid and I shoud've read your post more carefully. I blame the late hour.

I dig the violins in this one.

>>21760
Literally it would be "sick-sister", I like that.

>>21764
>Literally it would be "sick-sister", I like that.

Jupp, some german words are kinda funny, especially when you pull them apart.

>>21765
I love German because no matter how serious the situation is, I still giggle a little...no offense.
one of my personal guidlines to life is "angry German guy is always funny". But that's just me.

alternate title: With apologies to Quentin Tarantino
but hopefully you can see what I was going for here

>>21802

PFFF haha wow

Medic's got some kick ass moves.

>>21802
Ehehe. Nice one, Medic!

>>21802
This is my favourite fight scene in the movie. And you just made it 10x more awesome.

>>21802

Demo has the strength advantage while Medic has speed on his side. If he remains in close contact, he might just win this one!

>>21802
Awwww yeah, shit just got sweet.

>>21623
random number generator go!

8x3, D

>>21802
everyone knows demo shouldve been motha fuckin black momba...

ah, auto-saging now. I'll hafta come up with something new to start the next thread. but in the meantime, here's the grid so far. spots are first come, first serve so let's filler up
you guys are awesome <3 thanks for putting up with me and my junk

4x1 B!!!! 4x1 BEEEEEEEE!!

>>21802

You just made my night.

Wanna have my babies?

7x9 C and annon will love you... some more.

>>21815
8x8- A

I will love you forever (I do anyways, but y'know. MORE so)

6x6 D would make me very happy.

In another note, I absolutely adore your style.

How about some 2x7 for randomness sake.

>>21815
9x9 C pretty please? (long-time lurker, first time requesting)

I gotta say, cashew, whenever I get in an artistic rut, your art always inspires me to draw--thanks a lot :)

sage for rambling