I Felt Sorry You're Adopted

"You're probably wondering why I brought you up here, Chell. While I'm sure you'd love to get back to testing, according to my internal clocks it's December 25th, which appears to be a significant cultural holiday of giving for you humans. And, well, I felt sorry you were adopted, so when I discovered these creatures tresspassing on my facility, instead of incinerating them, I decided to get them, you and the mo- er, metal ball together and throw a little Christmas party. And not a fake party like last time, a real party, with real cake!

(Although my clocks might be a little out - you remember that power outage, don't you? I, needing power of course, can't be sure how long it was out, but from the position of the stars it appeared to be only three or four months. Oh well, still, better late than never, right?)"

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Well! This year's Christmas pic is a crossover between Portal and Lilo & Stitch. Why? Don't ask me, I'm just the artist - it's my muse that gives me ideas, I just follow them!

Believe it or not, I first played Portal only last year - and like most people, I got bitten by its bug. I got Portal 2 for Christmas, and despite already knowing the general story (gee thanks, Interwebs), I still found it a brilliantly written and thorougly enjoyable experience.

There's a good reason why this pic is four months late , but I'll elaborate on that in the Artist's Notes.

[Artist's Notes]

Sketch: 2 January 2012
Main Character Lineart: 4-6, 15 January; 18 March, 23 April
Background Lineart (excluding panels): 16, 22-23 January; 16 February; 12 March
Panel Lineart: 17 February, 11-12 March
Paint: 14, 17-18 March, 23 April

App: Paint Shop Pro 8.10