I was too lazy to color this very well, but - whatever. ;) I *do* like his head here - that's as close as I've come to getting Iloj's face right!

Just a little line art of Iloj, Firebringer's sidekick!

I'm real happy with him - he's one sexy bull! =)

A curled up Ethopian wolf.

Used a pic of Sammy as a reference for this, but it didn't end up looking much like him. And yes - he really did twist his neck around that much! ;)

A little chocobo statue made of a blend of Sculpey III and Granitex, tinted with a wash of yellow acrylic paint. It's quite cute. =)

Yee-haw, after several days of tweaking, she's finally done! A lovely African wild dog, lounging seductively in a semi-transparent pink negligee! She's a polymer clay statuette, with details added in watercolor, acrylic paints, and a touch of varnish to give her eyes some sparkle. And yes, her negligee is clay, too!

Lots n' lots of different views!

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Look, I finally finished coloring it!
I wanted a bright, vivid picture evocative of something a child might do. Unfortunately, my usually-complacent scanner decided to EAT MY COLORS! 'Specially the reds, as you can see. Hrmph.
Well, take my word for it - the original is cool. =)

Jes' playing with some pens.

A big pic! This is partly a reaction to my mother - she actually *yelled* at me for *not* squishing a little house-ant that got lost in the kitchen. To spite me, she squished several ants in front of me today and laughed at me. Go fig. =P

My second-ever Furbid auction, a polyclay wolf-goddess sculpture! All proceeds go to my personal Feed the Artist and her Hungry Pets fund, although a new sketchbook might also be involved. ;)
Update 8/13/03: I'm thrilled to say that she sold early! <BOUNCE>
Update 8/23/03: Both my Wolf and Cat goddess-statues have sold! I'm now open for comissions, both in clay and on paper, though - if anyone else is interested in a Goddess, I'm willing to do whatever species you like best. Emal me at raische@hotmail.com for more info! =)

A sculpey sculpture! This lovely female cat totem sold in my fist-ever Furbid auction! Yayy!

I saw this guy in the clouds the other day, and developed a whole story for him. At the end of each day, the Cloud Herder gathers the souls of all the creatures who have died that day, and escorts them to the next world. The souls swirl into a giant spiral before dissapearing. I'd like to paint this, perhaps in watercolors...
I stare at the sky too much. ;)

I've been running out of paper in my sketchbooks, and since I have no $$ to buy more, lots of pics are getting crammed onto each page. Hence, this pic - a bemused Fire grinning at an arrogant Legolas. Unfortunately, I canNOT do humanoid heads consistently, and Leggy's ended up looking more like Haldir...Oh, well...

Round is good. Nothin' wrong with a little softness in a woman. Right? =)

I finally colored them! Woodland Park Zoo's new tiger twins. Aren't they cuuute? =)

My first try at doing a dapple grey! I'm not entirely sure I like the color of her clothes, though..Maybe I should've made them all the same color...

It's an unnaturaly-pigmented coati! ...With a flute! I dunno, I just draw these things - I don't pretend to understand them. ;)

A few-month-old pic I forgot to upload! I used a pic in David Attenborough's _The Life of Mammals_ as reference for this. =)

Witness the horror when Firebringer becomes bored in her Egyptian history class!

I really like this pic, but I've *got* to get some new watercolor pencils - the only red I have left ATM is far too purple for Fire!

A cute gargoyle girl, born of the Random Gargoyle Generator!

Pen and charcoal pencils. I like her! =)

Fun with acrylics! I think it's kinda cute! =)

I just can't decide what she is! While idly doodling in class last quarter, her head appeared atop my Canadian history notes. I whipped out my sketchbook and gave her a body, but I still don't know what she is. If you have any ideas for a name or species, email me! =)

Get it? It's a uni-corn snake!

Fire's always helped me cope with the harshness of reality, and I know that she'll always be there for me. I highly reccomend having an alternate persona. ;)
Her outfit here, tho more reminiscent of a belly dancer's, is actually inspired by the original costume I designed for her in 4th grade or so.