This picture is the direct result of the spiffiest new product out there, colored mechanical pencils! freakish fish copyright to me.
freakfish.jpg - Tiffany Miller (Sketch, Swift Claw)
A few months ago I went to a several-day presentation called "The Business of Being an Artist." This day didn't have much to do with that, but it was fun anyway. I immediatly saw this kitty in a piece of marbleized paper he handed to me, I love this kind of stuff. You might have to look a little bit; the pencil lines kind of disappear, too.
kittyfind.jpg - Tiffany Miller (Sketch, Swift Claw)
Well, this page was inspired by some comments in the forum *waves to Lorcat and Cricket*.:) Justin explains the awesome power of possums....or something like that!
pppage.jpg - J.C. Amberlyn (DesertCoyote)
I dunno who started it, but every year around early June, the Southern California types 'round here gather in Orange County for a little gathering called the Fur-B-Q. It's gotten bigger in recent years, but it was intended as sort of an alternative setting to a con, a chance to get outdoors, hike, cook up some burgers, hang out with pals. Somehow I got suckered into doing the flyer for it, and it's been a tradition ever since. ;) The demented little otterdude here is Dume, a character I created originally for a t-shirt. :) This was the flyer for 2000.
furbq2000.gif - Jonas Silver (Jonas)
Here's the Fur-B-Q flyer for 2001. Many, many thanks to Loran for helping me with the mega-soaker-gun. (He did a quick trace in Flash, which I ported back into Illustrator and 'fitted' to the characters.) Just for the record, the little raccoon guy with the water pistol isn't Jonas; he's Rand, another raccoon character (gasp!) I created. He started out as a totally random no-plot character, just kind of this irritable little woodlands guy that I'd doodle in page margins. I might stick him and Dume in a comic together, one of these days.
furbq2001.gif - Jonas Silver (Jonas)
And here's the Fur-B-Q flyer for 2002. You can't really read the fine print, but Dume's bag of chips reads: "Chipitos! New Cool Jalapeno BBQ Flavor!" Otters rock, I must say. This one was an effort to trace, with so many characters and layers and stuff, but it was worth it in the end. :) After she saw it, a friend asked me: "How can you skewer clams with a fork?" I just said, "They're 'toon clams. Like everything in a cartoon, they have the consistency of marshmallows." ;)
furbq2002.gif - Jonas Silver (Jonas)
And here's...Jedi Lyosha. She's so down with the Force, she don't even need pants. I had to upload this, or else she'd gnaw my face off. ;)
jedi-ly.jpg - Jonas Silver (Jonas)
A quick doodle of a 3-eyed wolflike dragon's head done in pencil and markers. Huwei.
ntblobodrag.jpg - Nicole Trujillo (Kompy, Tanuki)
Well, Nothing new here sadly, but I wanted to try out the art manager, and had this thing I colored for my forum avatar laying around. So I figured, What the heck?
cf-roo.jpg - Cameron Floyd (Cameroo)
Happy Birthday Tappy Cat! You old fart. *POKE!*
tcbday.jpg - Erika Leigh Rosengarten (Chilly Mouse Mousie)
I am such a fangirl :) I used this image for my Anthrocon 2002 badge. I eventually want to make a t-shirt out of this! Character and art © Heather Wasneuski, 2002.
loveandpeace.jpg - Heather Wasneuski (Cybre)
My original plan for this picture was that each of the seasons was represented, but it did'nt quite turn out that way. I have mixed feelings about this one. I like it overall, I just wish the coloring on her kimono came out a little better. I think I am getting fond of colored pencil backgrounds though. Pic drawn with Prismacolor markers and colored pencil on Bristol. Character and art © Heather 'Cybre' Wasneuski, 2002.
seasons.jpg - Heather Wasneuski (Cybre)
I experimented with my coloring style a bit on this one... I'm really trying to practice drawing more backgrounds. Pic done with Prismacolor markers and colored pencil on Bristol. Art and Character © Heather Wasneuski, 2002.
serengeti.jpg - Heather Wasneuski (Cybre)
These are the first draft character designs for a new story/cartoon idea I came up with. I'm very happy with what I have so far plot and character personality wise. For the design of the dogs I wanted them to be semi-realistic but still simple enough to be animatable. Anyway, I would really appeciate some feedback on this since I'm still fleshing out these designs. Thanks!
doggies.jpg - Audrey Walker (KrazyKlaws, WolfDreamer)
This took four scans and putting it together cause it is on a larger paper and took me good 5 hours to draw. Currently working on coloring not sure what colors to make the dragon though...classic green perhaps?
guardduty.jpg - TAC (Skychaser)
erm ahrr, eesa drunk monkey, ahar.
drmon.gif - Allison Theus (Ali)
hmm, 'ee got 'es 'ead choped off! the scanner was being weird, i swear. anyway, one of the designs for my grif char, streakinsharidin.
grif.gif - Allison Theus (Ali)
an olda pic of a lividian attempting to make quick work of a baby lockjaw, and the resulting consequences. hehe, GIT EM!
lividattack.gif - Allison Theus (Ali)
what have they done to me?! RAHHH nooo!!!! yes, he's been polygoned.
polygone.gif - Allison Theus (Ali)
my half of a trade with watergazer, whose stuff you MUST see because it's so awesome - you won't be sorry you checked it out! watergazer © watergazer, art © to me.
watergaze.gif - Allison Theus (Ali)
One of the better AC sketches, destined for color
beach2002.jpg - Megan Giles (SpaceCat)
for those who have worked food service
waitress.gif - Megan Giles (SpaceCat)
Page 5, in the epic adventure of two small mammals and a brain...
mamlzpg5.jpg - Ursula Vernon
An ancient Theran Heiroglyphic that I did completely with PSP7. Yup, it's another Dorinican religion piece. Something like this would most likely be seen in an ancient Theran temple.
heirostone.jpg - Traci Vermeesch (Ulario)