Best Friends Forever

Last upload for now, also from AC 2008. Another of the photo-reffed watercolors, this is about as sappy as picture as you're liable to see from me. The border collie s loosely based on a friend's dog.

Kills 17 & 18

Another AC 2008 picture, Salem stalks a couple of soon-to-be victims. Prismacolor markers.

Bowing Bunny vs. Alien

Me being nasty to one of Megan Gile's bunny girls. I did a whole series of pictures of the bunny girl in various perdiciments, of which this is one. Mostly drawn and colored in Flash.

Dr. Cyclops

A surprizingly popular picture from AC 2008. Inspired by an old movie of the same title I saw as a kid. Digital over an inked drawing.

Bellamy

A furrified version of the lead singer from my current favorite band, Muse. I think he's singing "Stockholmn Syndrome." Based on a photo I found online, with some alterations. Watercolor.

Ranger Harrell

Another character from the novel, this time the good guy. Markers with digital background color.

Heels

From FC 2008, based on some picture I found in a fashion magazine. I could never wear high heels, myself. Watercolor.

Zodiac Rabbit

Part of a group artist project to do all the animals of the eastern zodiac for FC 2008. I was born the year of the rabbit, so I got the rabbit. Watercolor.

Greenies

A couple characters from a novel I wrote last year. (these are the bad guys). Markers with digital background color.

Mountain leopard

Another pic from Further Confusion 2008. Colored pencil on Canson paper.

Bat vs. Moth

From Further Confusion 2008. Megan Giles drew the hapless moth girl, I did everything else. Watercolor & ink.

Salem & Rolls Royce

A commission I did last year, referenced from a photo of the (movie) the Great Gatsby. Watercolor and some colored pencil & ink.

Big Cats of Asia

An older commission I recently scanned, done in the usual media of markers and colored pencil.

Monster Cover

The cover I did for the revised version of the Salem biography, put out by FurNation. The family portrait image on the left was colored by Tania Walker, the rest was colored by me. The text on the left was just a draft; the incorrect names have since been fixed. Really.

Bride

A surprizing popular picture from FC. Used a pic I got out a bridal magazine as reference for the dress. I can't believe some of the ugly dresses they have in there. I don't think I'm going to paint something with so many folds in it any time soon. The kitty pictured is a margay.

Bathysphere Cats

I watched "Blue Planet: The Abyss" one too many times...\r\n\r\nWatercolor with some ink.

Every Picture Tells a Story

A sampling of work covering a span of about a decade. An equal scattering of commissions, some published stuff, some unpublished stuff, art done for conventions or done in trade with other artists. This was actually a lot of fun to put together. Other artists should try it.

Birds of paradise

I've always loved the pretty colors on these birds. Imagine mostly done in Prismacolor & tria Markers, with some ink and pencil.

Monochrome Salem

One of my pictures from FC 2007, part of a series of photo-referenced watercolors I've been doing recently as a change from my usual stuff.

A commission of the very popular bat & fox characters from the old story in Genus magazine. Done in Prismacolor & Tria markers. I will be putting a print of this up for sale on Furbid within the next few days, probably the only public for-sale copy of this, so watch for it if you're interested.

A gift picture for a generous patron. 6 mustelids, some real, some fanciful. Done in acrylic paint & ink on acetate.

A picture from the cover of a comic released at Anthrocon. Jack Salem's occational partner-in-crime, Harpy. Looking a lot more noble and intelligent than she actually is. Done mostly in Prismacolor pencils, with some ink and paint.

Another commission, Salem & a couple of friends as characters from "The Great Gatsby." (don't ask) Referenced from a movie still, done in pen & ink with Prismacolor markers.

A very happy nighthawk with her eggs. Yes, the feet really are that dinky. Photoshop coloring over a scanned ink drawing.

My totally fangirl homage to Jeff Lynne (of ELO, The Move and the Traveling Wilburys). Done mostly with Prismacolor markers. Also peiced together from a bunch of different scans. I really wish large size scanners didn't cost thousands of dollars. Lyrics copyright 2006 by Jeff Lynne, ect ect.

This was peiced together from about 7 different scans, so there's some problem with lines showing (sorry about that.) I like to work big, and I have a dinky scanner. A bunch of different falcons, all genus Falco. Done mainly with colored pencils, with some black ink and white paint.\r\n\r\n

Begining my after-AnthroCon artwork dump. This one was a lot of fun, but also a bit of a pain to research. How many critters begin with "Q" or "X"?? Although most animal saavy-people can get a handful of these, I'll be shocked if anyone can get all of them. I was pleasently surprized when this took an Honorable Mention in the AC art show this past weekend. The posted version of the picture here has had some digital cleaning and relettering. Done (mostly) in Prismacolor markers.\r\n\r\n

One of four experimental watercolor pictures I did for the AnthroCon art show. I virtually never use direct photo reference unless it's for something I absolutely can't draw (like a car), but for a change I decided to paint directly from some photos. All the photos from these pianting were from a Maxim Fashion magazine I'd gotten a few years ago for another project. The tiger parts of the picture, of course, I had to draw from scratch! The results are interesting, but I'm not sure how much I'll use this technique because it's too limiting. I do know for sure I'll never pick a photo to piant from with a bunch of dried leaves in it again!\r\n\r\n

Another of the experimental watercolor peices, showing Jack Salem and his employer Simone. She's yelling at him for staying out all night again, and being too tired to take her out. It's probably better if she doesn't know what he's out there doing at night.

The third of the magazine watercolors, a blackbuck.