For those of you who may be missing NBA basketball, here's a little "preview" of sorts of next week's "Newshounds" sequence, which will be basketball-themed.

This young cheetah shows that he may be a new champion runner in the making. This picture took me ages to get around to finishing. It is done entirely with a HB pencil and is an exercise in shading.

This is Qurisami, an Itiriqu, carrying a mystic staff. Her species is derived from the African Linsang. Character © David Green. Art © 1998 Bernard Doove.

Yet 'nother char sheet-of a char I apped for Beast Wars MUSH,no less!I have NO idea why one of the pics looks like she's joining the ARMY =P(didn't think Maximals COULD wear clothes!)Saltarena©me;Beast Wars:Transformers©Hasbro(?)

Just a doodle.A doodle of yet ANOTHER old char of mine,Maxxine the mare.No,she ain't related to Bravo,my other horse char-least I don't think they're IMEDIATELY related.Maybe cousins =PMaxxine(yah,with TWO xx's)©me.