Fox Magic II: The last of the three Asian-Inspired pieces I did. I used the other half of toned cardstock that I'd used for "SpiritFeatherPony". Drawn a few months back (along with SPF), and colored a few weeks ago. The original is much smoother-looking. The floating ball is something I've drawn for years, and here it symbolizes that the creature is magical, more spirit than animal. I also purposely did NOT make it look like a realistic, 100% anatomically true-to-life fox, to reinforce the idea that the creature is more than it appears. Colored pencils, Photoshop7 touch-up.

Mediavallia: Done a while back, for practice with more human-type anthros - also as a LATE entry to Art Challenge #1 - "cliches" (notice the impossibly tight clothing, big hair, companion animal, light shading but dark outlines etc.). Inspired by an Art Deco statue and ladies in swimsuit/lingerie catalogs. Used a mirror for details. Good practice, but I will leave the ladies to the experts! 11" x 14", pencil on Bristol.

Mediavallia (detail): Hopefully she looks less angry in the close-up. She's actually derived from an old mermaid character of mine (Mrii'kirii), but here I gave her the attributes of cats that I love - spots (leopard, jaguar), tufted tail (lion), pointy ears (you name it), etc.

Silvermane/Maverick: an anthro white lion (done for his birthday present). The two scars on his muzzle symbolize some things he's been through recently. I purposely tried to work a lot of color in there, as well as some human features. The only "true" black is in the pupils; the rest are mixes of colors. Mechanical pencil, Prismacolor and Design colored pencils, some use of a colorless blender, on toned cardstock.

SpiritFeatherPony! A quick headshot for the Beatlegryphie. I hadn't used my colored pencils in a long time (this was done BEFORE Silvermane and Fox Magic II) and it was good practice. If I'd had more time I would have gone back and deepened some shadows. Note that it's my own style of gryph - it's not supposed to be photorealistic. Lemme tell ya, white pencil and orange paper are hard to scan well! Prismacolor and Design colored pencils, toned cardstock.

I should really find a less obsessive way to ink and sketch. The black dragon appears again, mocking us all.

Took a scrap piece of watercolor paper and a Bic pen, and spent two days doodling during classes. Tag with no eyes, apparently. Weird.