CloudDancer's Alaskan Chronicles Volume III - Cover

Back in October I won the cover illustration contest for Gary Bakewells' "CloudDancer's Alaskan Chronicles Volume III". The challenge: getting an airplane to kneel at a grave. I believe this was successfully met in the fact that he chose my art and aided me in fixing it. I spent probably a total of two days on this project. First drawing the rough sketch and coloring it as a test piece:

Then cleaning it up in Photoshop:

This is no longer my artwork, but Gary gave me permission to use it as a portfolio piece, so show it off I will! I'm quite proud of my take on a humanized-Super Cub airplane, something I had never drawn before at all!

The Wenlen - inked

So here's a creature design I'm working on. I think it's different and really freakin' cute. I think I doodled it up a couple years ago in my Halflings, Ogres and Paladins class at AiS. The lovely Roxxy Goetz named it because I couldn't find something suitable, and so it got the name Wenlen.


A musical name for a mystical creature, the wenlen are a species of Sphinx, capable of human speech but without the annoying riddles, and more with the direct aid. Able to store thousands of years worth of knowledge in their brains, they are the great knowledge keepers of the world library. Many adventurers, when they stumble upon a Wenlen, know not to fear or attack it, for they are a very peaceful species and only hunt small game and never attack humans or other sentient beings. Graceful on land or in air, they are skilled observers of the entire world and suck up information like a sponge. Take care to be polite when meeting one, for if you are, they will answer as many questions as you can ask.

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1968 Chevy Camaro SS 427.

Okay, so I'm a car girl. I love me some 1960's American Muscle Car Magic. My favorite of all time (greatly influenced by my father) are 1968 Camaros. No particular one, although I am partial to the RS vs the SS. Be that as it may, I've never drawn one until now. I didn't think I could do it without making it look like a cartoon. I believe I have succeeded in one of my weaker areas and I'm going to continue developing said picture.

Done in about 2 hours give or take. Pencil and paper.

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