Test sketch for art trade with Oddensesantly on FurAffinity. The color version will be done on a 300dpi scan (this is a half-size 150dpi scan). Inked with a #2 round tip brush during C-ACE in Ottawa.

Update: View and comment on the complete version at: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/142718/

Test sketch of Malkavia, the first step in my art trade with Yatenstar on the Forum. Before settling on a pose for any trade, I usually do one of these to nail down details of my version of the other artists' character. In this case, the sketch came out so well that I cleaned up and shaded the pencil test as a more or less complete pencil drawing. The only change made was in her expression since, as I was told, Malkavia is actually quite gleeful when she's killing

Back in 1998 I did an experimental sketch to see what my character designs would look like grafted onto a more "realistic" model. The result appears on the right.

Although some here would no doubt prefer the experimental model, this is as far as I carried the concept. On the other hand, Cynthia's standard look for 1998 is a candidate for a Flash-style digital ink job.

The sweater design came from either an old Land's End or Eddie bauer catalog--exactly which one I forget.

Development sketches for "admin-atwork". The one on the right became the final design. Noteworthy is the look of concentration in the final pic achieved without visible eyebrows.

Development sketches for "admin-atwork" in my 'Characters_Of_Others' directory. First time doing a cheetah character.

Attributions on the final result.