I'm trying to tweak my Dragon Legends Character Wyldzerra, in both image and personality. For some reason I just couldn't connect with her as well as I connected with Dekaee, my main character. I figure if I tweak her a little, put in a wee bit more of her dame (mother/Dekaee) body and temperament, I might be able to write her better.
I've almost got her head done, I just have to figure out markings. Then it's on to her body shape and markings.

I'm also considering making a new watermark, as much as I like the bull terrier on I currently use, I find my style is changing a little so I feel I need a new mark to represent and protect it.

I'm curious enough to try the idea mentioned by in her journal. So here we go; I'll rifle through the galleries of the first fifteen people to reply to this journal and tell me they want me to display their work and pick three pictures that tickle my fancy.

EDIT: Since I'm not a DA subscriber, only a member, I can't put images into my journal. However I can make a text-link to my chosen images.

First up is , she's a really good artist who manages to blend the style of the American Dragon: Jake Long characters with her own drawing style very well. 's has a much better sense of shading than I do. Maybe I can convince her to do a collab with me, my lineart, her colouring and shading. *hint, hint*
Gotta tell ya, picking these three was hard, but each one not only represents an aspect of Kim's art that I love, but also my fave of each aspect.

Picking my fave piece of AD:JL art was probably the hardest, but this one won out not only because this is my favourite character, but also because of the ... ambiance of the picture. Dark, but the long windblown hair and billowing coat with the guitar really draws you in.
Heavy Metal Dark Dragon 2

This is a wonderful picture that, despite being black and white, gives Godzilla (I prefer Gojira, rolls off the tongue better) more dimension with the awesome shading on his head. T'was my fondness of very large lizards and Kim's display of shading prowess that led me to choose this one.
Godzilla in ballpoint

Y'know, in my head I have a character similar in nature to this one named Tiamat, Mother of all Dragons in Babylonian myth. One day I may actually manage to work her into my art and drabbles with Audra.
What really draws me to this picture is the dynamic sense of action shown by Azure's sinuous body twisting through the air. Even though the scanner messed up the colouring, the action alone makes it worth a look.
Azure, Dragon god of life

*UPDATE 10/03/07*

Next is , who has exactly three pieces of art, three stories and two photographs, both of which involve teachers.

Even though I've no idea who this character is, (though I'm fairly sure 's told me at least once I've totally forgotten) it's very well done. I've never played Severence, nor do I have the console needed for it, but looking at this guy, I almost want to try it.
Tier Anasazi

Tier Anasazi once again, just a closer shot of his head. This pic's a little cleaner line wise, and more of the details are visible. The edges of that huge halberd (I think that's the term) are straighter, the right arm tattoos are clearer, the torso and muscles of the left arm are more in proportion and that buckle going across the chest, while looking a little flat, is awesome in it's detail.
Mug Shot

Ah, now this one. I find action shots difficult (at best) to draw, that has copied it freehand and by eye from the screen shows that this aspiring artist has loads of potential. Despite his claims about reflections in the water, he actually did a fairly accurate job. Water reflections can be tricky and I find that quick, simple, wavy lines often does the job better than going for intricate detail.
Oasis of Njeb: Water Battle

The picture of doom, of monolithic proportions (for me anyway), is done! It took many headaches, a very sore back and 30 total hours of labor, but I've finally finished!
I really, really like how Audra's scales turned out, one of my better accomplishments; well, that and Dark Dragons' highlights. Granted I may have overdone it a little, but I'm still learning.

Okay, picture this. All my Audra drawings thus far were sketched on paper that's roughly 5 1/2" by about 4 1/5", scales included. Now picture piece of paper that's 8 by 11; imagine, if you will, Audra and Dark Dragon taking up most of said piece of paper. You're thinking, 'That's going to take a while to colour', and you'd be right. As of right now I just finished my fifth hour. Here's the kicker, I didn't rough in the scales on the paper before I scanned it.
So essentially, I'm doing the scales on the computer, one by one, and I've only got a 3/4 of Audra's neck done. (I think I'll be starting from scratch tomorrow considering how unhappy I am with it currently. *shudder*)
So lets all raise our glasses of overly sugary frozen punch to five hours down the drain.

Okay, I caved. I went to the store with the intention of buying a graffiti pad but much to my dismay, the cheapest one was, like $400 plus tax. No matter how badly I want one, I'm not going to shell out that kind of cash.
So I went for the next best thing, I got an optical, wireless mouse. Well, you can see the result for yourself in my pic 'You Would Defy Me ...?' [link] .
I'm a much happier artist ...