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Everybody's favourite psychotic psychiatrist! ♡

This originated from a tiny doodle, about an inch in size and barely even recognisable as Harley. It's been lying around for a while and eventually it charmed me enough to recreate it in large scale. I made a version that was a little more detailed and fully shaded, but I prefer this simplistic one a lot more.

Harley Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. Batman and related characters are property of DC Comics, Warner Bros. Entertainment.

I used actual pencil crayons for the first time in many years! The colours were altered slightly on the computer to keep consistency though.

The green crayon was constantly breaking on me, so much so that I started to consider relinquishing green as my favourite colour. You sharpen the pencil only to have the tip cleanly fall out; so you try and lodge it back in, but that never works!

A word from of sponsor:

"All my life, I have worked for this moment. To stand here, before this assembled crowd, on the floor of this historic tea factory, where so many blends have come and gone. Yet the industry perseveres. And not only that; it grows. Grows beyond our wildest dreams, every single day. With every birth comes a new tea drinker into the world, and these emerald isles lead the way in producing the finest tea the world has to offer. Where else to live?

And so, on this historic day in 2009 when Louis releases his new tea chart, I would like to affirm my links to this proud institution. The chart has been going for years now, and the industry continues to sit up and take notice every time it changes. So, with that, I shall hand you over to Louis to present his chart. Good luck to everyone, may the best tea win!"

Mr. Craig Laycock
Tea Connoisseur

As insiders already know and analysts suspected, this year's tea chart comes with an additional statistic. For the entirety of 2008, every cup of tea consumed was accurately recorded for future prosperity (refills excluded).

This total equates to: 1192 cups

That's a little over 3.2 cups per day and approximately 104 imperial gallons of tea. Allow me to put that into perspective; If cars ran on tea instead of petroleum, you would be able to make 8 round trips from Morecambe Bay to Amsterdam in a Vauxhall Astra (weather and traffic permitting). Further more, you would still have enough milage leftover for several day trips to The Magical Kingdom of Camelot Theme Park.

The tea chart is as follows:

1. Make Mine a Builders (+1)
2. Ooi Ocha, Itoen. (New Entry)
3. Hazelmere Special House Tea (New Entry)
4. Redbush, Tetley (New Entry)
5. Ringtons
6. Yorkshire Tea (-1)
7. Sencha, Ujinotsuyu Co. Ltd. (-6)
8. PG Tips

Who knows what's in store for 2009. The tea industry has already proven that it isn't immune to the credit crisis. Just recently the renowned tea chain Whittard's of Chelsea entered into administration.

Sorry, I forgot to post this earlier.

Soul Eater and related characters are property of Atsushi Ookubo [大久保篤], Bones, Square Enix. No copyright infringement intended.

The new character design for Poppy; shown with her hair down, so to speak.

Many thanks to everybody that helped test the new web site. I've received some really positive and constructive feedback. It's very much appreciated!

The next page in the seemingly random Chipper's Tea Room series. You'll notice a pattern emerging though!

This is the first appearance of the support character Brandyn, he'll be appearing in all of the following comics from this point. He gets formally introduced next time.

I didn't realise how cute these two would be together! If these weren't pre-written, maybe they could have become an item later on... C'est la vie!

Once again, I've posted snapshots of the piece at various stages below. If you're inclined to see my many mistakes and edits, please feel free to take a look.

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