The notion that, in a few months, I might actually be able to get out from under the commission yoke, even if only for the space of a brief experiment, spurred me to creative heights (or at least my usual lows) and I doodled rather a lot today.

The Loch Ness Dodo
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/9897406/

Plesiosaurs in Party Hats (includes the phrase “Small Pink Transitional Forms”!)
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/9899923/