![]() Multiple sketches, most of which were drawn to songs. The first few weren't; there's a wolftaur I saw in a pattern in a rumpled bath towel [weird place for inspiration, I know], a rather short gargoyle, and somebody in a weird pose. It looked neater in real life; I was playing volleyball and someone was reaching for the ball and ended up in that pose, and I remembered it when I was drawing later. The rest were drawn to songs: Bad Fish, Stayin' Alive, Cuban Pete, Polychronopolis, Summertime, and All The Kids Are Right.
![]() Heheh, this is a scene in the still-unnamed story, and I'll not give it away by explaining just why that human female is chasing Rarr. I'll just say that I find it entertaining.
![]() Motion sketches! All inspired by songs somebody was playing while I waited for volleyball practice to start. Beginning at the top left, the songs are Brass Monkey, Praise You, Firestarter, Bawitabaw, and Ghetto Superstar. [Its says "Naught" before Ghetto Superstar, since I wasn't listening to anything when I started the pic.]
![]() Here's Kean and Adlai, goofing around. This scene isn't in their story, but I plan to write more about them eventually, so we may see it at some point. I may also finish this pic when I learn how to draw bird heads. The middle of the page looks good, at least. That's not quite the face I imagined for Kean, but it turned out kinda neat, so it can stay. I like Adlai's hand. Griffin hands are great fun to draw.
![]() A mostly vague pic of me hanging out with [in order:] Shiv, Tryphon, Rab, Liaz, and Nij. [And those are just the shortened verions of their names.] They're cool characters, they're in a band, only one is technically human, and they're not yet in a finished story. But they have permanent residence in my head.
![]() I'm still working on what these characters look like. Here're a couple of old ideas for Tryphon and Rab. I only remembered a while ago that Tryphon doesn't have pointed ears. Oh well, he does when he poses for this pic, so there.
![]() These're ideas for Nij and Shiv. I really need to work on this: I haven't caught Nij's mischievous nature, and Shiv looks like Michael J. Fox, which she's not supposed to.
![]() And here're a couple sketchy pix of Liaz, as well as some leftover faces. Some of those faces look interesting enough to make regular characters out of.
![]() I sketched out quite a few poses of my raptor friend/steed Aurora Jerboa, trying to get the motion right. Some of these look accurate.
![]() Here's some practice with my then-new ColErase pencils, while listening to the song "Danger Zone." Music can be great inspiration.
![]() Sketch page! The top row of pix are attempts to draw somebody with cherries for hair [no, I'm not explaining that; see the story section]. The rest is miscellania.
![]() Lotsa miscelaneous headshots, a fuzzy young griffin morph, and a cool species I'd forgotten about. That two-thumb look is cool. And in case you're wondering, that is a camel with a ponytail and shades, but not the one selling cancer sticks. This is a design I saw in the trees [you know how you can see pictures in clouds?]
![]() Drawn while listening to a Beatles concert, aka a Screaming Fan Convention. I decided to draw someone matching all that shrieking. So, this is Harlequin, also known as Harley. Rock star to the core, and loving every minute of it.
![]() Random ColErase sketch of Aurora and me in a mossy-green cave, looking outside. [It was easier to see the background before the pic was scanned.]
![]() And, back in the early days of colored pencil practice ... we have a picture that kinda looked better before I colored it. |