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<March 3, 2003>
this is drawn on a piece of wood; it was for Scruffy for his birthday originally. i started this in mid-January after I had met the very talented T'(homas Blue) and was just inspired...this ended up being a Valentine's Day gift instead. it didn't scan very well, but you get the idea...!
My interpretation of the End of the World. Done in oil pastels on black paper.
A celestial cockatrice (aka basilisk), done in crayons. This pic was inspired by the cockatrice in "The Book of the Dun Cow" by Walter Wangerin, one of my all-time favorite furry books. If you're into animal fables and haven't read this classic yet, DO SO!!! :)
"Ghost Patriarch"...someone you DON'T want to meet at an African watering hole in the middle of the night. Done in ink.
Jinx, the cuddly catdragon. Done in colored pencils and ink.
Three tundra swans (actually angels in swan disguise) sing their "swansong" and prepare to depart this world under a winter eclipse. Done as a textured "paper mosaic", made with many tiny bits of ripped-up paper glued to a background and shaded over with colored pencils. The "ice" effect is simply glued-down toilet paper. :)
Badguy Ahjin doing some kind of magic...thing. He's bad! So bad!!! Between university work I've been trying to make my character drawings more exciting. Ahjin Lazuli is © Abigail Ryder 2003.
An alien spider checks out the cosmos. Commission for the very cool Erik S.
It's fun to draw lions in yin yang motifs. All together now!
There's this guy I really like who's a blackbelt in karate. ..Um.. *^^*
Another watercolor and pen piece, a bit more elaborate this time. It's 12 x 16, just your typical dragony type, wrapped in beads, with a frog. (Of course there's a frog.) Pet? Lunch? Buddy? Your guess is as good as mine...
"It's Tickle-time, baby! HAHAHAHA!!!" Tetra gives Ulario a big surprise!
<March 3, 2003>