now with more naked elves

I've been wanting to do more "quick sketches" (usually my stuff takes months for me to finish) and I thought making a topic here would encourage me.  Basically I'm trying to experiment with drawing techniques, shading, painting, and getting an idea together with a minimal amount of time and effort.  This isn't at all how I usually work, so it's a bit of a challenge for me.  I'm going to be messing around a lot and there's going to probably be a lot of cruddy stuff, but what the heck.  I thought I might as well share.  =)