Vixen Ayn

Girl-type Ayn Blackfox, "Vixen Ayn" , wearing white leathers...

I decided to do some funky lighting, otherwise there would be far too much white in the image. Funky lighting practice is good =). I also did the fur a little differently. I hope the fur looks suitably tactile.

Ayn Blackfox is copyright Kazmer Kovacs.

Done in inks and acrylic paints on 9"x12" illustration board.

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum, a North American river otter diving down to a lake bed, discovering a surprised crayfish on the lake bottom...

Chrysanthemum is copyright C. Bre'gea

Done in inks and acrylic paints on 9"x12" illustration board.

Oh, how I adore underwater scenes =). I did take some artistic liberties with the foliage, as I'm not all that familiar with lake plants.

Fight for Freedom

A commissioned mock WWII recruitment poster, featuring Abe the squirrel, who is copyright his player. The poster is based on an actual WWII era poster, visible here: http://www.wwii-collectibles.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/uspaf221.jpg

This was a lot of fun for me, because it is a very different graphic style, and it was fun to try to draw the character in the style of the time.

Note also that the signature is dated '43 instead of '07 ^.^ Just for fun.


Done with ink, acrylics and watercolors on 9"x12" illustration board.

Feeling Predatory

My favorite couple to draw, Ace the Jackal and Misty the ringtail - Misty, feeling predatory, crawls up face to face with Ace, pressing her nose to Ace's. A prelude to a kiss...

Ink and graphite on 9"x12" bristol board

Windsong and Mythril Emotions

Chakats Windsong and Mythril, showing some of their many moods... A fun little character study for the copper and silver toned Chakats =).

Chakat Windsong and Chakat Mythril are copyright Gregg Anderson, and the Chakat species is copyright Bernard Doove.

Done with Micron pen, acrylic paints, and watercolors on 9"x12" illustration board.

Art Jam

Commission for Vixon Azaria, of her character Vixon, and her friends Niara and Allie23 having a good time sketching together =)

Done with micron pen, acrylic paints and watercolors on 9"x12" illustration board.

Point Blank

A painting I did for Further Confusion 2007, where the theme was 007..

I've always liked female-fitted tuxes ^.^

Done in inks, watercolors and acrylic paints on illustration board.

Tandem Bike

Aerofox and Loriana together on a tandem bicycle - with Loriana doing all the work, and Aerofox kicking back with his heels up, enjoying the ride. Not fair ^.^!

Commission - Loriana and Aerofox are copyright their players.

Done in inks, watercolors, and acrylics on 9"x12" illustration board.

Lougara Swifthart

Commission for LougaraSwifthart

This is Lougara Swifthart, who is part jackal, part arabian, and part bone childe, with the spirits of hir bone childe surrounding hir and keeping hir company. Character is copyright Lougara Swifthart.

Inks, Marker, Acrylic paints and Watercolors on 9"x12" illustration board.

Here Comes the Sun

"Little darlin' I feel the ice is slowly meltin'
Little darlin' it seems like years since it's been clear
Here come the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right " - George Harrison, The Beatles

A red panda in cute winter clothing, with the sun peeking out from behind the clouds to warm her back...

I'm happy with the colors I chose, and especially with her whiskers.

Another little painting for FC - Inks and acrylics on 5"x5" Gessobord.

Snowflake!

This started its life as a quick silly doodle on printer paper, and became a finished painting.

It is meant to look like a digital painting, though it is actually inks and acrylic paints on gessobord (gessoed masonite) I like to stick it to digital media, by doing the same thing traditionally ^.~ (I mean no offense to digital artists, in fact, I like what they do - but I prefer the traditional tools)

Sakura

Named because her hair color reminds me of sakura blossoms - a cute anime styled catgirl.

I tried to do something in an older style of mine, using cel style shading with acrylic paints.

Acrylics on 8"x8" Gessobord.

Xander and Kalika

Karl and Pandora's 3rd and 4th children (teenaged here) Xander, and Kalika.

Characters are copyright Bernard Doove.

Inks, Markers, Acrylics, Watercolors on 9"x12" illustration board

Kytie and Tangent

Kytie and Tangent, two german shepherds, snuggling close to keep warm in the snow.

Kytie and Tangent are copyright KaHaTeNi and Mid.

Acrylics and watercolors on 9"x12" illustration board.

Raspberry Ryukin

A cute plump goldfish for the FC art show

Acrylic paints on 5"x5" Gessobord

Mythril Reference Sheet

A reference sheet I've done of Chakat Mythril, who is a silver furred chakat/foxtaur hybrid, who has the power to manipulate energy. Chakat Mythril is copyright Gregg Anderson.

Micron inks, Markers, watercolors and acrylic paints on 9"x12" illustration board.

Echo Recording

Echo the genet, recording a song...

I got the idea from an image of Kyoko from Maison Ikkoku doing a recording session, and saw my character Echo in the same type of situation =). Its been over a year since I've drawn/painted her anyways... her design has changed a bit.

Watercolors and acrylic paints on 8"x10" illustration board.

An illustration for a new story by Bernard Doove on the Chakat's Den website

In a coffee shop aboard the starship, Rosepetal holds up a cookie, and asks Leanna a serious question - "Imagine that this is a cure for you. Take this, and you will never have an uncontrollable rut or animalistic heat again. Would you take it?"

Leanna and Rosepetal are copyright Bernard Doove.

This piece is done in micron pen on 9"x12" illustration board, and may be colored at a later date.

An illustration for a new story on the Chakat's Den website, a poker game between Admiral Kline, Chakat Bluemist, and two stellar foxtaurs, Frostbite and Eclipse...

It looks like Frostbite's the big winner..

This piece is inked with microns on 9"x12" illustration board. It may be colored at a later date.

A commission for Kairyu, of his fursona, a brown skunk =). Kairyu is copyright his player.

He is very happy about something - I think he must have gotten a good grade on a test, and is running home from school as the sun sets.. (I liked painting a simple scenic background in monochrome...)

Done in microns, watercolors and acrylics on 9"x12" illustration board

Yukiko, a butterfly winged fennec/marble fox hybrid, posing cutely. She has little bells and crystal snowflakes wrapped around her fluffy tail, and a bells around her belly, so she jingles when she moves... and she has a purple ribbon braided into her long hair =). Yukiko is copyright Kanashimi.

This was a fun commission to do - I enjoyed the character design (especially those wings - based on a Blue Ulysses Swallowtail Butterfly) and the color scheme was definately to my liking =). I like all kinds of color schemes, but I tend to favor the blues.

Yukiko is done in microns, markers, watercolors, and acrylic paints on 9"x12" illustration board. Oh, and I used masking fluid for the drifting snow in the background. =).

A commission for Janus Whitefurr of his character Maero, a jackal with some very interesting powers... Maero is © Janus Whitefurr.

Lots of glow going on ..His left eye glows blue, and his left arm and hand are made of living blue fire... The burning symbol on the wall is the unseen symbol that is on his back. That fishnet shirt was a real challenge.

Inked with microns, and painted with acrylics and watercolors on 9"x12" illustration board.

A clouded leopard practicing her swordplay in a rainshower...

I'm rather fascinated with Ancient China, and the artistic cinematography in Hong Kong kung fu movies set in Ancient China, such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and "Hero" - which provided inspiration for this piece.

I also wanted to really have a setting that felt real - that felt like the character was really immersed in the setting - using lighting, perspective, and the rain to unify the piece.

This was a difficult piece for me, but also a very fulfilling one, in the challenges I posed for myself. I think it is too early for me to really say how well I did at those challenges, but I think it was definately worthwhile, and I'm proud of it =).

A long time ago, I created a character, Perfume - who was a sort of genie, who emerged from a perfume bottle that a little girl had bought, and was her companion.. She had a horned pegasus form, and a cat form. My old sketchbooks have a ton of sketches of that character.. After getting all nostalgic and looking at my old sketches, which are from the mid to late 90s, and terrible, I decided to draw her horned pegasus form.

Anyways, just thought I'd do a fun color doodle inbetween commissions... and harken back to something old school (and totally girly... )

Done in microns and prismacolor pencils on Bristol.

A commission for Nyghtwulf of her taur self out collecting flowers with her dragon companion Skai. Characters are copyright Nyghtwulf.

I always try to pose a new challenge to myself with each new painting that I do - the challenges here were trying to make the flowers non-standard (like, not daisies), and trying to make the forest look like more than just a row of trees. I also played more with reflected color - esp. on Skai and the saddlebags reflecting the greenery.

And the piece is done with Microns, acrylic paints, watercolors, and a little bit of marker on 9"x12" illustration board.

Chakat Bluemist, and Sanddune, a desert stellar foxtaur embrace warmly... characters are copyright Bernard Doove, and part of his stories on the Chakat's Den website. =)

I ad-libbed the nebular background - which was fun.. The piece is done in Microns, watercolors and acrylic paints. I'm trying to extend my color theory a bit to make colors more reflective.. which is actually something really fun to do with paint. It was much harder to do with something like colored pencils.

A commission for Mark McCloud, of himself sitting on the hood of his car at the gas station.

I love doing pieces like this - pieces that are about real life - about ordinary places and things we can recognize and relate to. I guess he must be enjoying the recent fuel price drop =). I am, too! Can you guess what gas station he is at? Or even better - what state he lives in?

Done in Microns, watercolors and acrylic paints on 9"x12" illustration board.

A conbadge for Oni, commissioned by a friend of hers as a gift for her birthday, which was yesterday =). This was fun to do, because her character is cute, and I love working with a cool color palette. Oni is copyright her player.

Done in Microns, markers, watercolors and acrylic paints on bristol. Actual size is 3"x4"

A portrait for my wife, of her character The Ayukawataur, in cosplay as Eve Tokimatsuri, from the anime Megazone 23. The piece itself is inspired by a similar painting of Eve standing with her hand on a brick wall. Character is copyright Noriko and Kacey Miyagami.

Done in Microns, acrylic paints and watercolors on 9"x12" illustration board.

A commission for Moldred, of his characters Johan Steenbok, and Ruth Faulkner - two ratel (honey badgers) who were childhood friends before they went very separate ways. Johan became an officer for a neighboring country's military, and was the man behind a bombing that wiped out Ruth's hometown, and family. This is their first meeting since childhood, and Ruth is surprised as her assassination attempt fails.

The piece is done in Micron pen, marker, watercolors and acrylic paints on 11"x14" illustration board.