Four years ago my cat Ginger passed away and as of late I've been thinking a lot about her. We grew up together, I was only 2 when we brought her home and she used to follow me everywhere from day one.\r\n\r\nSo, in memory of her I drew this picture - little Shirik needed a friend and she found one in her fluffy new companion!\r\n\r\nShirik: Claire Walters\r\nArt: Claire Walters 2008\r\n\r\nRIP Ginger 1987-2004

I've been in an out of hospital a lot recently - the lineart for this image was drawn during my longest stay. \r\n\r\nShirik: Claire Walters\r\nArt: Claire Walters 2007

My boyfriend asked me to draw this a few days ago so I used this sketch as an opportunity to test my lightbox I had for my birthday a few months ago on something other than plastic.\r\n\r\nShirik likes cookies ^^\r\n\r\nShirik: Claire Walters\r\nArt: Claire Walters 2007

This picture served a dual purpose of creating a gift for my boyfriend and testing out my new Prismacolor pencils.\r\n\r\nIt features mine and my boyfriends Second Life avatars: Shirik Kamachi (purple) and KittPhox Moxie (blue). Both characters are kitsune fennec foxes.\r\n\r\nKittPhox Moxie: Lee Evans\r\nShirik Kamachi: Claire Walters\r\nArt: Claire Walters 2007

My first digital piece of this year. I haven't done digital art in a long time but decided to make this piece digital.\r\n\r\nShirik under a starry sky.\r\n\r\nShirik: Claire Walters\r\nArt: Claire Walters 2007

I've been watching way too much Sailor Moon recently c.c\r\n\r\nShirik: Claire Walters\r\nSailor Moon: Naoko Takeuchi\r\nArt: Claire Walters 2006

She's one of my favourite characters yet I havent drawn her in -ages-.\r\n\r\nSo I bring you... Aisaki the Chinese Crested Dog in a bikini. I've improved a scary amount since I last drew her in a bikini - http://www.deviantart.com/view/10162069/\r\nI wanted to draw her in my own style for once and I'm glad I did ^^\r\n\r\nAisaki: Claire Walters\r\nArt: Claire Walters 2006

Anthro Shirik on a cloud, just cuz! :D\r\n\r\nShe blinks :P\r\n\r\nShirik © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2006

drew this weeks ago but had no scanner access to colour it c.c\r\n\r\nShirik sleeping with a plush pony.\r\n\r\nShirik © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2006

Yeah, I did a Christmas pic this year - REJOICE! \r\n\r\nAnyway, more or less speaks for itself - Shirik curled up with her gifts under a christmas tree. No, I don't know how the lights are working either... its fantasy so um.. MAGIC LIGHTS! \r\n\r\nShirik © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

Yeah, it's Shirik again.. she's the only think I've been motivated to draw recently.\r\n\r\nI just fancied doing a wintery picture ^^\r\n\r\nShirik © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

sod it, I know its winter but I wanted to do an autumn picture goddammit!!!\r\n\r\nShirik the draguinea in a random field, because I can.\r\n\r\nThis pic coulda been SO much better, but in all honesty I'm in a meh mood colouring wise. \r\n\r\nShirik © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

I drew this ages ago and well, naturally it got the pen tool treatment like everything else has recently and as such he finally gets a background too, albeit a simple one. \r\n\r\nMessed up the cream inking big time ><\r\n\r\nBakure © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

this picture was done a while ago just to try and get to grips with the pen tol in Photoshop.\r\n\r\nJust a generic vixen.\r\n\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

Zenia is one of my other draguinea characters, named and based on my guinea pig of the same name. Zenia is around the size of a miniture shetland pony and spends most of her time in meadows playing with random critters she comes across, today it just happens to be a butterfly. \r\n\r\nThis whole picture was just an excuse to try and learn photoshop's pen tool\r\n\r\nZenia © Claire Walters\r\nDraguineas © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire walters 2005

back in 2001 I drew this picture - http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Lady-Naoko/umbra1.JPG\r\n\r\nThen, in 2002 I drew this one - http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Lady-Naoko/umbrainpencils.jpg\r\n\r\nNow, in 2005 I bring you this latest incarnation of Umbra with her flower basket. My improvement scares the begeezus out of me.\r\n\r\nUmbra © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

After 2 years of abcense the draguineas are back!\r\n\r\nThis one is Shirik, my personal draguinea.\r\n\r\nFor a longer description please go to - http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22243317/\r\n\r\nShirik © Claire Walters\r\nDraguineas © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

Looking back my art has gone a long way in the past few years. Yayness.\r\n\r\nThis is just a random cat, cosplaying as Sakura from Card Captor Sakura for the new layout over at http://www.livejournal.com/community/furcosplaytrade\r\n\r\n\r\nSakura, Card Captor Sakura © CLAMP\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

Its a dog, its a random. Do you need to know any more?\r\n\r\nThe background is just a shitty gradient added in because it all looked so bare.\r\n\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

Yes hes naked, but it doesn't show anything so I'm happy putting it in this section. If anyone wants me to move it just say.\r\n\r\nThe background is just a shitty gradient added in because it all looked so bare, I need practice with pencils dammit.\r\n\r\nBakure © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

A long long time ago I did this pic - http://us-p.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Lady-Naoko/midianinmystyle.JPG\r\n\r\nLast night I decided to reshade and rehighlight it - I had a mostly flat coloured version of it (it had the hair lines etc on it so I couldn't change them) and I just wanted to attack it and improve it.\r\n\r\nMidian © Claire Walters \r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

Yup, its Naoko's new version. The purple was pissing me off.\r\n\r\nAnd no, shes still not my fursona.\r\n\r\nNaoko © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

This is Tort.\r\nTort is a creature of an (as yet) unnamed species that I've been tinkering with the past few days - they are mammal hybrids with butterfly wings and markings inspired by real butterflies (for the curious, Tort is based on a UK Small tortoiseshell butterfly - hence the name).\r\n\r\nTort © Claire Walters\r\nSpecies © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2005

Fear as I grace you all with art!\r\n\r\nThis is Nikita, an older character of mine but one I still love to bits. It scares me that I haven't really drawn her much since 2002, most probably because 1) I suck at wings (my old wings are just.. urgh, they make me cry) and 2) six tails is pretty hard to draw sometimes.\r\n\r\nThis took me bloody ages to colour because of the crappyness of my new sketchpad >.< took me damn near 30 minutes just to clean up the pic.\r\n\r\naint she just the cutest? And so RAINBOWY today!!! I usually put her in pink or lavender so I felt like a change. I like it ^^\r\n\r\n\r\nNikita © Claire Walters \r\nArt © Claire Walters 2004

I have no idea why I drew this o.o\r\n\r\n\r\nAisaki © Claire Walters \r\nArt © Claire Walters 2004

Drawn to have some sort of an image for my livejournal community - http://www.livejournal.com/community/furcosplaytrade\r\n\r\nThe bunny is just a random bunny.. whos cosplaying as Sailor Moon. The idea amused me since the original Sailor Moon's name means rabbit as in Japan there is a story about a rabbit living on the moon (like we have the man on the moon) - Sailor Moon is full of Bunny references if you look hard enough.\r\n\r\nI'm proud to say I used no references on this picture and I got it near-enough spot on. Yay for me!\r\n\r\nSailor Moon © Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Toei Animation.\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2004

Aisaki on the beach. Why shes on a beach I have no idea.. shes just there because I can put her there!\r\n\r\n\r\nAisaki © Claire Walters \r\nArt © Claire Walters 2004

Just Midian in my style.\r\n\r\nMidian © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2004

Wow, been ages since I've drawn Tsunamite. Aaaaaaages.\r\nChanged her design slightly - gave her a bit of a hair cut, changed her tail slightly & gave her more markings - woo!\r\n\r\nHer horn looks like a carrot in this picture though..\r\n\r\nTsunamite © Claire Walters \r\nArt © Claire Walters 2004

Yup, it's Shikky because I was UBER bored.\r\n\r\nI like the body but not too keen on the face *pokes the guinea pigs face* it looks... iffy. So very iffy.\r\n\r\nEnded up turning this into a lj layout out of sheer boredom.\r\n\r\nShikky © Claire Walters\r\nArt © Claire Walters 2004