<p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;"> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In a month's time to the day, I plan on doing the&nbsp;</span><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Ulfa Aid 5K night walk&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">with hopes of raising money for&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;">Japan</strong></span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">. The money will, God willing, go towards construct a</span><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;">new orphanage&nbsp;</em></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">in earth quake and tsunami stricken Japan.</span></span></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">Leading up to the Walk, I wanted to get down to some serious fund raising.</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;">As those of you familiar with my 'work'/obsessions will know, Japan is a country very close to my heart. I've drawn vast inspiration from the place; in the form of books, painting, print making, drawing, mangas, poetry, rock and pop, architecture, and day time TV- Japan has offered me a breathtaking amount of muse to keep my mind dreaming. The world can learn from this place; a country full of people who, 'from the moment they wake, devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue' (the Last Samurai).&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">So, in an attempt to begin to repay the vast debt I'm owed to this country, I wanted to come up with a unique way to raise some green for the new orphanage. &nbsp; &nbsp;</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">Some of you have, perhaps in an awkward and ill calculated moment of flattery, approached me to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'draw'</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;">you</strong></em></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;before.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">So, I offer now the unique opportunity for you to step forward and get drawn, for an epic discount of just</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;">&pound;2.50</strong></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;for a&nbsp;</span><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><em style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: large;">sketch</span></em></strong></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;">&pound;5</strong></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;for a</span><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">&nbsp;<span style="color: #ff0000;">full colour</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;bishi &nbsp;</span></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">For examples of my work, feel free to visit my deviant art gallery&nbsp;<a style="text-indent: 0px !important;" href="http://queenpixie.deviantart.com/gallery/">http://queenpixie.deviantart.com/gallery/</a>&nbsp;pick&nbsp;your favourite style and email me your request</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">You can ask for me to draw any of the following:</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">1) Yourself (supply a photo/brief description of your 'character')</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">2) Someone else, as a present maybe&nbsp;(supply a photo of them /brief description of their 'character')</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">3) A favourite character from a book</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">4) Or even one of your own characters if you're into writing stories or comics&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">So do support Japan :) And get something out of it in return&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">May God keep us away from severe hardships and unexpected tests</div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;"><br style="text-indent: 0px !important;"></div> <div style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-size: 10pt;">Officially taking orders!</div> </span></p>