A pic for Accipiter. (Samuel J...His art is here on Yerf.) I tried to get some fur detailing in there, and a bit of failed lighting (It could have had more contrast). I like it overall though. <is happy>

A cute winged blue fox. My weird art muse was in overdrive on this one, I think. Either that, or it was on drugs. (FurBid: http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction.pl?print_genfur&1053743421 )

Anuana, I finished my half of our art trade! Finally! Sorry it took so darn long. Markers and Colored pencils.

His name is Stubby and he wants to be your friend. He's armless, because I am lazy and my hand started to really hurt.

Yeah, I felt like uploading really old art. A roo in neon colors. I hope everyone goes blind looking at this. ;P

I got a new job! It's great, designing stuff for kid's books and classroom materials. This is the art I drew for a book cover, "Bears Thematic Unit", © TCM. Markers, prismacolor pencils, photoshop sky.

He's the reigning champ surfer, "The Big Kahuna," on the Islands, but here in So. California, it's a glassy sort of day on the water. So much for catching tbe perfect wave. The Big Kahuna is forced to wait it out in the sun, drinking a smoothie and watching the beach goers. He'll be making an appearance at Further Confusion this week (along with a bunch of his beach-lovin' friends) until the waves start showing some action. See you all there!

After a bit of peer pressure from Megan and Skorzy (C'mon! everyone is doing it!) I began to take a bit of an interest in bird watching. I even went so far as to purchase a book of North American birds. I think that's when I began to see that birds have WEIRD names. And in a fit of immaturity, my husband and I began to make up weird bird names of our own and created a game out of it. I created this pic as a graphic for my website. Go Check it out on my site! (www.furnation.com/XianJaguar) You'll find a link to the game on my home page (along with a link to current auctions).

Happy Birthday Thornwolf! After seeing how she eats chocolate rabbits (http://yerf.com/thornwolf/happyeaster.gif), I figured chocolate cakes got the same treatment. Bad werewolf slasher narration included free of charge.

A black dragon I did for the FC art show. He's actually a male dragon, but I neutered him for Yerf. Maybe that's why he looks so irritated.

And this is Blizzard's Badge that I made for him.

This was a 14" x 17" acrylic and marker painting I did that sold at CF12. It's my husband's charachter out hunting. It's the first painterly sort of thing I did for quite some time. I am not sure if I like acrylics yet.

There is something so wrong about this. My husband's character Blizzard, done TCM "children's" style, for one of their products. The bit about the beer I added to MY copy of the pic.

A commission for BluJaguar and StarSpray. I don't think the lettering came out too neat though, but I like the rest of it. Especially the big plant (Diffenbachia?). Marker and colored pencil.

Yay, another commission done! This is Brian O Connell's character, commissioned by his S.O. for his birthday. I found out Glenfiddich 50 year old scotch is $8075 a bottle, when I researched the company for reference. The bottle shown is the 30 yr batch. Also, a try into relatively new territory for me: mirrors and reflections. I like.

Brer Rabbit! He's fishing with his toe! Ok, it's hokey but cute. He sold at CF12.

BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY! Something to fuzzle. Did this at work. Goauche and marker. It'll be turned into a notepad, eventually. I tried to go "dark Natasha" with the fur detailing. Nowhere even NEAR as good, but hey, it still works. Cute lil Bunny © TCM, art by XianJaguar. Barb supplied the idea and composition. Yaay Barb! =)

Well, I thought the previous little sitting jaguar pic I drew was so cute, I re-did it, and added Kiyo and Eriden as well. These were made into birthday cake toppers...I cut them out and laminated them, and stuck them on toothpicks in the cake...the effect was adorable.

Cassie, the Rocker Vixen. A commission for Earl Bacon. Done in prismacolor markers and colored pencils. 9" x 12" on bristol board.

A commission for a friend (Catman). Markers and colored pencil on 11" x 14" bristol board. I like the overall "golden" feeling of the colors. First time I ever tried using light peach in the sky. (Westwolf, I *am* working on your pic, honest!) I wish I wasn't so slow at getting art out... I need to accomplish more. (Meg, so much for a short desc.)

OMG!11!!! A piccie I did at work! It's kewlsie, but I was sooooo boreed at work, and I wanna B at the mall with my friends!11!!! (You know, I am just not good at this kiddie AOL talk or whatever they call it.)

A long overdue pic for Chris Sawyer. He and Jack have been so SWEET to Meg and I. So I drew a pic of Chris and me...yes, this is innocent! I'd always gripe about not getting to go horseback riding ever, so one day Chris gave me a horsie-back ride (or is that unicorn back?). I think Meg and Jack thought it was pretty funny. I even managed to fall off. Pretty sad! This is marker and colored pencil.

Sketches from work that I did of various animals, another page. You guess what they are. Reference: Smithsonian Guides, Zoo Animals. 1995.

Sketches from work that I did of various animals. You guess what they are. Reference: Smithsonian Guides Zoo Animals. 1995.

Based on an idea by Frisket, this is a sweet lil' jaggie who has chocolate chip cookies for spots. Nummy!

A commission for J. Porter of the character Corsi. Corsi © J. Porter 2001. Corsi is a little 5" mouse with long black fur. She sits in the palm of a normal sized vixen. I added the bikini bottom in PS for Yerf just to be safe, even though nothing was showing in the original. Marker and Colored pencil. (I like the fur detailing!)

A piccie for CrssaFox! You can tell it's Crssa...she's listening to Earthsuit. =) I had fun drawing this...I used a full-length mirror to pose, and I sketched fast, trying to capture motion, since my pics have been pretty stiff in the past. I think this is a welcome change.

Her name is Cynthia, and she's up for a game of poker! Marker and colored pencils on 9" x 12" bristol board. (Original on Furbid: www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction.pl?furry&1053743730 )

Yaaay! I get to post this now! It's a commission for Czar Wolfhound of his character (a husky) and his best friend Keoni Phoenix (a golden eagle). Thought I'd have to wait til after Christmas, but I got the go-ahead to post now. Marker and colored pencil on bristol board. Catching up on those commissions!

Commission pic for Dahni of Tapestries. Pretty gold and black.

A commission for Bernard Doove of his characters Dale, who is inside a duplicate body of Chakat Goldfur, and Lupu the Wolftaur. Was trying to go for some nifty texturing here, but the .jpg ate some of the finer details. Prismacolor Markers, Prismacolor pencils, and gouache on 11 x 14" bristol board.

This is one day late, because I'm slow at computer coloring. And because yesterday wasn't a good day! But i hope it was good for Dalia, because she's COOL! And here is a birthday pic for her. Poor Emmy didn't make it into this pic...live rats scare her.

THE Dalia! She's a clydesdale, and pretty well-known! My end of a pic trade with her. Cheesy Photoshop background, all else is colored pencil and markered. All hail Dalia! Grin!

A Christmas gift for my good friend Dan C., of his character Kaelan Douglas Gryffn. Thanks goes out to Carl Howard for pointing me in the direction of some good medieval source materials online.

No, it's not a tumor...He's got a butterfly on his nose. Done in Illustrator, and jpg'd in Photoshop.

I had added this to yerf a few months ago, then deleted it because some people had said it was godawful hideous. But I LIKE Diver Dan! He may be ugly, but he gets to swim with tropical fish.

Gah! I killed my hand on this one. A penciled work for the cover of the book "A Guide to Using "My Father's Dragon" in the Classroom" by TCM.

Just a work in progress. It started out as a wolf study, (still trying to get a good wolf down for a commissioner) but then turned into...this. Dragonwolves turn out to be magically (and not so innocently) created. Evil little buggers. Anyway, I doubt I'll finish this any time soon. Back to drawing/studying wolves (and pumas) for the commission.

Eriden GrayFox of FurryMuck in his Arctic Fox Angel form.

Gah! This took FOREVER! It's a commission for Eriden Grayfox. Markers and colored pencils. I looked everywhere on the web for Crusader outfits, and couldn't find any decent pics. So I had to make up the costumes out of my head. However, I am indebted to the archives of Tracy Butler for seeing how a cloak and brooch fold work. This is Eriden Grayfox (a paladin) and Silvertail (a magician) searching an ancient castle for...well, I guess when find out when Eriden's player finishes writing the story. Eriden and Silvertail are © Jonathan H.

Edited version of a gift pic for my good friend Jason.

My half of an art trade with LionessB of her character "Fake Smash".

Just now getting around to uploading this. "Tales of the Fehnnik" (Shayzeri & Vorihni) © Elin Winkler, art © XianJaguar. A commission for John Pharr of the Fehnnik Girls having it out. Lotta detailing...can't see it all in the scan.

"First Flight": My "large" piece for Further Confusion (14" x 17"). Watercolor, markers, and colored pencils. Inspired by all the great realistic art that's been popping up in fandom lately. Kudos and thanks go to Thornwolf who provided a great idea and rough comp for the background! =) The chest on this guy is edited to be yerf-friendly, he has correct anatomy in the actual RL version.

This was, without a doubt, the weirdest commission I've ever gotten. Ph33r the Flahippo, or Flippo, if you will: Part Flamingo, Part Hippo. The product of the runaway imagination of two 9 year old girls, and a few hours of my time getting it all down on paper. Scary.

It's nice to be Grandfathered here on Yerf. *brings down quality with uploads*

I was going for an "jeans ad" look. You know, the sort of clothing ad where everyone is standing around in some weird pose and they don't say much about the jeans, but you're just supposed to sort of guess what the commercial is about. Appearing at the ConFurence art show. (Oh, it's a red fox, a swift-fennec mix, and a grey fox. Done in markers, gouache and colored pencils. And it only has a few quasi-native trinkets.)

A giraffe with a rather bendy neck. Artistic liberties strike again!!

A grasshopper. Done in Illustrator at work, converted to Photoshop.

This is my end of a pic trade with GrayWolf (Illahie)! She's an awesome Were artist, but I don't think she's on any furry archives yet. I tried to make the character a more or less classic were with long arms, big hands and paws, and a slightly digitigrade stance. Sort of a new venture for me, but very fun. I see why the weres draw what they do.