Ragnar and Noel

My life-mate and I, gargoyle-ized Happy Valentine's Day!

I ruminated a LOT on whether or not I should do this, mainly because I thought it possibly crossed the boundaries of "cute" and into "creepy": I don't usually like drawing "myself as..." type pictures--it's kinda like mixing business with pleasure--but this one sorta served a purpose, so gargetized us was born!

This is actually a fairly accurate representation of what the man and I would likely look like as gargoyles; he's tall, blonde, and muscular (with a belly!), and I'm tall, brunette, and fit (with a butt!). I tried to capture our faces too--his big ol' Germanic nose with his dern cute smirk and fuzzy beard, and me with my long Italian nose, small lips and roundy chin. There are a few exaggerations of course (our hair, for example--neither of us keep it that long) but about 90% of this is dead-on, right down the the freckles and moles.  Our names in real life, of course, are not "Ragnar" and "Noel", but those names are not arbitrary either

I hate that I even have to put this here, but here goes: STOP RIGHT THERE! Please do not steal, reproduce, trace, or otherwise use this artwork without my permission; this piece was conjured by my brain and drawn with my hand, and is NOT a base, clipart or free-use image. If you do repost this image for whatever reason, please use proper etiquette and CREDIT your source, in this case me!   THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING!