This was the winner of beauty contest poll on ClubExtinctioners over on yahoo. And no, those aren't what you think. They're eyes, going off of a swimsuit theme of 'happy faces' I saw in a magazine, and yes the pose is inspired by a photo. Artica, Ms. Alden 2001 copyright Shawntae Howard

A few years ago Richard Bartrop told me to draw a tree. i did, but I lost it. This horse guy is sitting in front of a tree that is in front of my house, well a simplified version if it. Yay!

I always seem to get too tight in my pics, so I did this at lunch as an exercise in "staying loose". I drew it freehand, building the lion up from black blobs. (Amur has been appearing as a lion/tiger mix of late, but when I was little I usually drew him as a golden-maned black lion. Woo-hoo.)

Somehow I do not feel that this needs grafting onto a human body. My art style has become tiresome, and I am seeking a new direction.

I don't know how I missed them, but there were quite a few images posted on Yerf in the last couple weeks I missed. One was a really charming pic by Karma of her future son and mine plotting some mischief for me. Kids... *sigh* :)