Why do seagulls fly over the sea?

... because if they flew over the bay, they'd be "Bay Gulls"... bagels... get it? Ahhh... nevermind!

Anyways... freebie commission for Aidan Gull for getting my 50,000th pageview dA. His seagull character, obviously. This one was fun because I've never drawn a seagull anthro before.

The irony behind this picture is that my dog kept barking at the seagulls in my front yard most of the time that I was working on this pic. I live about 10 miles from the bay/river but seagulls will come this far inland when the nearby farmers till their fields. I don't like it when they come here because they seem to love pooping on my car. :/

Reaux the deer purse

Little purse with LoveSickEskimo's deer character, Reaux painted on it.

Mahrkale

Mahrkale's wolfcat character. :)

U-Zeth'lon - Charsheet Commission

Character Sheet commission.

Dan Smith - Hanging Figure

Hanging Figure of Iatro's Avidrake characte, Dan Smith.

I know you've probably heard this a billion times but... it looks MUCH better in person. I'm sorry you guys can't see it that way. :(

Dante - Dragon Swap

ThyWolven's character, Dante VIA the dragon swap.

I'm actually happy that I ended up drawing this character. He's so damn cute! Though for some reason I keep wanting to call him "Leroy". I guess he just looks like a Leroy to me.

Shade - Wolf Xchange

Dogosyndeimos's character, Shade VIA the wolf Xchange.
Sorry. No decription or witty comments for this one. I caught my BF's sinus infection so my creativity is pretty much zapped from me ATM.

Tickle - Commission

Meh... I wasn't sure whether to put this in my commissions folder of my main folder because they're my characters. :/

Once in a blue moon, I get commissions of my own characters in different situations. In this case, the person who commissioned this wanted my fursona being tickled by her husband.

Honestly, I HATE being tickled. If my boyfriend tries tickling me, he more often then not gets an boot to the groin. XD
(Dr. Demento reference FTW!)

Armaina - Anthro Sketch Xchange

I adopted Armaina in the Anthro Sketch Xchange whis month because she didn't get her art last month.

"Do the Evolution" - Character Shuffle

's shapeshifter character, Sorit VIA the Character Shuffle community. The theme for this month was lyrics and poems. Skulldog didn't specify any particular song.

"Do the Evolution" by Pearl Jam was playing on my iPod at the time I got the email about who I would be drawing this month and it really seemed to fit her character, so I went with it as I figured a song about evolution would be appropriate for a shapeshifter in mid transformation.

Ixis Avatar

Avator for Ixis the Wyvern.

Animated version under more info.

Tresh - Angry Avatar

For the 100x100 exchange, I adopted ~Misted-Laughter who didn't get her art for last month's round.

One of her suggestions was an "angry" icon... and I believe everyone on LJ should have one.

Animated Version can be found under more info.

Doggie Commish Series - Pic 4 - FLOOF!!!!!

And the final picture in my dog commish series. Both of these dogs, clooie and Saint Bernard were requested by my viewers.

Sorry.... I've run out of creative descriptions. :/

Sushi - Commission

Moar commission work of NewEnglander's Werebear character, Sheila. This one was a pleasure as the new season of Deadliest Catch started last week so I've had Alaskan Fishing on the brain anyways. XD

Working on this pic did make me want sushi myself since I haven't had it in a long time.... though alas, the only place in my area that I trust eating sushi from is uber expensive. :/

I tried to make Sheila look as cute as possible.

Doggie Commish Series - Pic 3 - Shepherds

Meh - I had originally planned to finish these guys last weekend. Obviously that didn't happen. :/

Anyways, picture three out of four in a series of commissioned dog pictures that I'm doing for a little girl's room. Like the other pictures in this series I could choose which breed to feature. Both of these breeds (German Shepherd and Australian Shepherd) were suggested by my watchers.

I still have no clue what breeds I want to feature for the final picture...

Doggie Commish Series - Pic 2 - Retrievers

Second in my series of four dog commissions for a little girl's room. I was given full roam with the dog breeds that I chose.

The yellow lab is Cashew, my dog. She's actually a lab/Sher Pei hybrid but she does look mostly labrador (but with a few wrinkles that labs usually don't have). In retrospect, I think I could have made this drawing of her more realistic by adding a puddle of drool and/or drawing her whining because her favorite stuffed animal is under the bed.

The golden retriever is Pfeifer, my Aunt Janie's dog. Pfeifer is a fattie but my Aunt is in denial about it. XD

This series is actually kind of fun. I normally don't get to draw "real" animals without wings or other fantastical features... and when I do, I usually don't post them online.

Doggie Commish Series - Pic 1 - Alaskan Malamutes

First in a series of four commissions featuring dogs. The person who commissioned these is a local woman who wanted a series of dog pictures for her daughter's room.

I have free roam of what dog species to feature. Labrador retrievers are definately going in this series as I want to include my labrador/sharpei mix (who looks mostly lab with a few sharpei features) in this series.

Also, the person who commissioned this specificly said that since these aren't original characters I can sell prints of these to anybody who wants them - so yes... the pictures in these series will be the only commissions that I have made so far that is available as prints to the general public.

Oh, and border brushes by Dark Dragon Stock.

Camping - Commission

Commission for NewEnglander of his character, Sheila. A woman who is a real bear every morning until she gets her coffee... literally.

Sheila's always a fun character to draw. Probably because of what NewEnglander said - It's always nice to see an IRS agent get hassled for a change. Almost makes me want to create a bear character of my own.

Fahren - Equine Xchange

I got Dwelian's character, Fahren for the equine exchange this month. I was secretly hoping to get this character because I though she was really cool looking.

Plus she's a warrior and I've always prefered the image of unicorns being a proud, noble beast rather then floofy and pink.

April - Avatar

Icon for April (Illbeyournoise) VIA the 100x100 xchange community. She's a white red panda (if that makes sense to you )

Animated Version under more info.

So I herd u like kittehs!

I got IseePurpleHair's character, Paul for this month's Character Shuffle. He's basically cranky and aggressive... especially towards men, but when she said that he had a secret soft spot for cats and schmaltzy hallmark cards, I joust couldn't resist. XD

He was originally going to be sitting on a park bench... but I fail. Me and man made objects just don't seem to do well together as far as art is concearned.

"Stylin" - Commission

Oh noes! Another Rosaline commission.

The quick story behind this is that Rosaline is a D&D style adventurer who accidently drinks a potion that turns her into a were mouse. Crispin is a war-torn weaponsmith turned toymaker who makes all of Roz's clothing, weapons, etc.

Sardiryx - Dragon Swap

This month for the Dragon Swap I got SkySealer's character, Sardiryx. :)

Trill - Commission

Commission for NewEnglander's character, Trill... a singer who wakes up to find herself in a guilded cage. Literally.

She's a bluebird. In the ref pic that he gave me, she was all blue... but I decided to add the orange throat that real bluebirds have just to add a little more color. I'm rather happy with this one because it isn't often when I draw full avians rather then gryphons. Still, I always feel like I should be drawing ears on them. XD

Reimus - Commission

Commissioned picture of Reimus the red fox. He's a blind healer... which explains the blindfold.

Much fun was had with coloring him... particularly his robes... though now that I look at them, there's a bit more Jedi looking then I would like them to be. XD

Reimus - Furcadia Avatars

Two furcadia portrait commission for Reimus the fox. He's blind... so his creator wanted two of them.. one with his blindfold and one without.

The animated version of the first avatar can be found under more info.

Azura - Gryphon Art Xchange

My drawing for AzuraRiverja VIA the Gryphon Art Xchange.

Bad day at the office... Err... Ranch! - Commish

For those of you who haven't seen the previous commission work I've done of this character/story, Sims's (the male) ancestral Scottish mansion has a curse that turns whomever owns the deed into a were collie every night. He duped Laurie into taking the deed so now she has to spend her night eating kibble and tending sheep. How they both own the deed, I don't know... but knowing NewEnglander's stories, the reasons behind it would probably be very interesting and humerous.

Now they circle around each other... both yelling "This is all your fault, you know!"

This is also the first time I've drawn one of NewEnglander's male characters in were form... I was also considering giving Sims a snoopy tie, but I decided it would be too corny. XD

Pegla - Avatar

Avatar for Pegla the skunk. Animated version can be found under "More Info".

Parker - Character Study

Character study of Risawn'e Satyr character, Parker.