My entry to Rose Quoll's contest. I went all out on this one, and had a lot of fun with it. I hope she likes it! =D

Birthday present (7-2) for my sister, Bastek.

The final version of my cover for Philip Pullman's "The Subtle Knife." Image © 2006 Jenika Watkins

This is unfinished, but probably never will be, as it was supposed to be for my final illustration this semester, but the teacher didn't like it. -I- like it, so it's going in my main directory until I either finish it or decide I don't like it anymore.

The 'final' illustration, which will be turned in tomorrow. This is actually very different from what I'd intended it to be. I wish I had time to do a second set of pages, with the more cartoony version of the characters. Oh well, when you've got deadlines, you've got to just do what you can, and can the rest, as my dad would say.

I left this one somewhat larger than the wip versions, for more detail and hopefully so the text will be somewhat legible. Next time I do one of these, I'm going to make sure I write larger. =)

System cats are © 2002-2006 J Watkins

Commission for Tevildo of one of his characters, Hazel, as the High Priestess from a Tarot card Deck. This one has a few issues, but I still really like how it came out.

This was commissioned at AC, finished a week or so later. I love how this came out. Makoto and Sapphire are copyright themselves.

I finally got a good scan of this! Check in my WIPs folder for progress work on this!

"the yale was an antelope-like beast about the size of a horse with tusks, long horns, and the tail of a lion or goat. The horns were able to swivel independently and are virtually always shown parted rather than parallel. It was first described by Pliny."

This was drawn, inked, and about halfway colored at FC06 in one of Yao Chi's sketchbooks-- then it sat, sad and unloved, on top of my printer for three months. Finally, wanting to get the book back to him before Califur, I dug it back out, decided it was actually a lot cuter than I remembered, and finished it up. Unfortunately I was not able to salvage the light source, so please excuse the disjointed lighting. =)

As you may or may not know, the common System Cat is black and red. There are a few subspecies, though, and the Spotted Yellow is one of these. A bit smaller than commons, The Spotted Yellow is more suited to wooded, mountainous areas than the hot deserts the Common System Cat inhabits.

Just a quick study of a hyena's face, from photo reference. Playing with color more than anything, I see a lot of anatomical errors now. I spent about an hour on this, and I'd like to start doing these quick paintings more often, good practice. =)