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 An equal scattering of commissions, some published stuff, some unpublished stuff, art done for conventions or done in trade with other artists.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.

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

An illustration I did for an article on extinct birds. This is Argentavis magnificens.

Bat vs. Moth

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

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.

Bathysphere Cats

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

A cheesecake picture of various bat gals, also from FC 2006. It was a challenge to find enough colorful species of bats to make an interesting image. I'm not 100% happy with how some of it turned out, but it was popular at the con so I guess I did something right.

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.

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.

The third of the magazine watercolors, a blackbuck.

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.

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.

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.

Big Cats of Asia

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

Kills 17 & 18

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

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.

The cover to the novella I recently finished. Photoshop over an inked drawing. The text font isn't final; I might find something I like better for it later. This should be printed in time for Anthrocon (hopefully).

An illustration I did for an article about cryptozoology. Here a famous TV host encounters a Queensland "tiger." But will he survive to tell the world of his discovery? And more importantly, will the mauling be caught on film?

A mixed media peice commemerating the extinct dodo.

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.

Once upon a time I thought it would be a neat idea to see an animated version the novel Duncton Wood, and did a handful of character designs and a storyboard sequence as an experiment.

One of my pictures from FC 2005. Various crowned and crested eagles. The colors are a little off because I didn't scan the original before I left for the con, and this scan was done from a color copy. Done mostly with markers, plus some ink and white paint.

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

Another of the watercolor fashion magazine pictures-- a rather pensive-looking fennec.