Dagrhi Portrait [art post]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Those of you who’ve followed me a while have probably already met Dagrhi, the Lakewolf, Moon-Eyed Dog, She Who Devours, Eater of Evil, but just in case you haven’t, here is a nice introduction to her. This portrait goes with the other two I did for Astrhopi and Rhondi, which I’ve been meaning …

Astrhopi Portrait [art post]

This little colored pencil portrait of the Heliopause mascot, Astrhopi the Heliopause Pony, has been kicking around my workspace for several months. As I’ve just finished one big project (the Lucena cover) and am beginning another (Professor Odd Season Two), I took the opportunity to finish her. I am very happy, not least because this …

Ceres Horse [art post]

To close out the year, the decade, and my Planet Horse series, here is Ceres, Queen of the Asteroid Belt. Since I added Pluto (and Charon) last year I felt it would be fitting to pay homage to another important celestial object—and a very important goddess. Like all my Planet Horses this piece was done …

Sol Horse [art post]

It may not seem like a picture of the Sun as a horse is a particularly seasonal thing to post at Christmastime, but if you consider that celebrations of lights and light-bringers have been observed around the winter solstice for as long as there have been solar gods and heroes to celebrate, then this is …

Forever Chaos

His coat was like a forest in autumn sun; full of color, light, and life. His coat was like a river with shadows and currents to get lost in. He snaked his way through sunbeams, through my veins, to my heart. And there he will reside a cat-shaped hole filled with all the love we …

Introducing Dagrhi [art post]

I just learned that today is International Dog Day, and as it happens I have just the piece for it! Everyone, this is Daghri the Lake Wolf, Moon-Eyed Dog, She Who Devours and Eater of Evil. Properly she’s another kimaerha, like Astrhopi and Rhondi, and with them creates a quasi Creator-Preserver-Destroyer triad. My thinking went …