Another iconic

I liked the way this one came out; it could be a logo for a deep sea fishing charter service.

This is one of what I call my "iconics".
The idea was to draw a recognisable creature using as abstract a series of lines as possible.
I"ve been told they would make great tattos- but the people I talked to at a place in Tucson while I was there were only interested in getting the art for free- and trying to convince me that I should pay to get one of them put on me.
Needless to say, I told them where they could go, and walked out.

And another.

This one will require explaning.
Xenacanthus is a prehistoric ancestor of modern sharks. I like paleoicthyology; or the study of prehistoric fish.
this creature lived in tidewaters, was about 2 feet long, and ate shrimp.
I'm rather proud of the design.

Art done for the worldcon commitee, for worldcon '96, in Anaheim.

A gentle poke in fun at Amara.

just a generic, cute toon vixen.

This and the next are character sheets from the Saguaro U project; dead, for lack of inspiration.

One of the designs that was not selected.

The final design selected by Shanda Fantasy Arts for a temp. tattoo they were working on- it was used for a T-shirt, as well.

An illo from the Collected Hanno & Loris,
written by Brock Hoagland, and available some time soon from Silverfox publishing.

This is actually Neres and Keres, Loris' children from Brock's stories of the same name.
(For those interested, these stories are printed in the fanzine Yarf!, and will be available shortly in a collected format from Silverfox publishing.)

This is an older pic; but a favorite of mine.
The aircraft is a Pfaltz DIII- a competitor of the better known Albatross series.
The Pfaltz was a little less maneuverable than the Albatross types, but because it was a tougher mount, and able to take more abuse without falling apart, it was a favorite choice as a balloon buster.
This illo originally went to a story I had where a WW1 German pilot just after the armistice suddenly found himself in a world where evil dragon lords terrorized poor furry peasants.
The pilot decided to even the odds.- and went back to recruit his squadron mates, and some allied pilots to fight the dragon lords with their canvas falcons and aerial machine guns.

The mage and Chun's love interest from the adventurers.
Morra is a coyote, for those interested.

A commission that I did a while back- its a sergeant of the 93rd highlanders regiment, during the Napoleonic wars.

Torval is another character from the adventurer's group.
He's the anthro equivalent of a dwarf- and was intended to be one half of the comedy relief, as he bounced off of the thief, Keyo.

One of a group of characters I designed for an abortive attempt at doing a D&D style comics story.
Chun is asiatic inspired- but carries a magic sword he got from a troll. (The sword is longer than it looks- Chun is rather tall.)

I have a liking for pulp style advnture.
After seeing the movie "The Mummy",
I had to draw The Iron Badger in a pseudoegyptian setting, seeking danger,
and to stop the evil one!

Another illo from a Brock Hoagland
story.- Woluar is a hybrid of wolf and jaguar.

This is based on some eyewitness reports, from the 19th century, and early 20th,
of seal-like people seen in the seas around the british isles and the scandinavian coast.
These reports are notable for the fact that so many of them were by reliable, knowlegable people like doctors, ship's captains, and the like.
The last of these sightings of which I am familiar was around 1920.
Anyone interested is advised to look up books on unexplained phenomena.

As the name says- in my Teddy Roosevelt uniform. (Which I occasionally wear to cons.)

My part of an art trade with Jag. It is thanks to her that I have anything in my archive, since I don't have a scanner!