Pathmark on Patrol
Done as a Secret Santa gift for Pathmark's owner Annika. He is one of our scouts who patrols the edges of the tribe's territory. Was inspired for the background by the landscape photography of Aaron Reed, specifically a pic he did of Mt. Rainier, I think.
Brush-pen inks, Copic coloring, effects i…
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Dec 27, 2015
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Notch and coyotes
Done as a present for Notch's owner Stacy. Not only is Notch one of the sly tricksters of the tribe; but his tribe-name before he was Notch was "Coyote"; and of course, he wears a coyote-face skin as the flap on his belt-pouch. So this was appropriate in all kinds of ways. (Coyote fur is a pain t…
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Dec 18, 2015
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Foxtail and foxes
Done as a present for Foxtail's owner Angie. I may do more portraits in this style (my original idea was to do Raven with ravens in the background; then I adapted the idea for Foxtail and Notch). Absolutely, looked at lots of refs of foxes in order to do the animal portraits here.
Brush-pen inks,…
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Dec 18, 2015
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Notch's Beauty
I took up needle-felting recently! It's really fun! This is my first wolf. Made completely out of natural-colored wool (except for the eyepatch, which is dyed red wool). He's about 4 or 5 inches long and about 3 inches high. This was done as a present for Notch's owner Stacy; Notch's wolf Beauty…
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Dec 18, 2015
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Crafting drums
I have been remiss in uploading stuff here (and at dA). So here, a selection of stuff from the past year. This is Raven on the left, and Rhythm on the right, doing some crafting of drums (with Muckabout the Preserver "helping"). Rhythm is one of our "beloved dead", while Raven (now facefurred)…
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Jul 01, 2015
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River Twine Holt 2015 Calendar - October
This was another collaboration with Stacy Lucas at RTH. We were assigned three female characters for our month, and decided to pad it out with a few more females in order to make an all-female hunting party -- seen here, obviously, howling with success around a kill. (The other sort of fun thing h…
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Dec 21, 2014
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Winter Adventure (illo for The Gathering Storm)
Done as a prize for Emberra, for a "leaving comments" challenge we held a couple of years ago. Prizes were an illustrated story, and Emberra owned Rill at the time, so Whitney wrote a side adventure for him within "The Gathering Storm" storyline. Her description of the setting was so evocative tha…
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Aug 19, 2014
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Welcome to the Family
Done as a trade for Rainpace's owner, Peggy / Saree. Going back in time a little bit, and showing Blacksnake congratulating his daughter Chicory and Rainpace on their Recognition. I don't think Rainpace ever, in a million years, thought he would get a hug from stern hunt-leader Blacksnake. Usu…
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Aug 19, 2014
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Illo for The Gathering Storm
This is another example of a collab between myself and Stacy L. (who owns Notch), the illustration of a key scene in a big recent storyline called "The Gathering Storm"; this was in Part 7, a scene written by Whitney. Snowblind in a blizzard, Blacksnake and some of the wolves find themselves fa…
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Jul 03, 2014
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River Twine Halloween
So late last year we had a "Costume Party" AU art contest, and I did not get this done in time for that. But I had the ideas so strongly, I still wanted to do it. Usually when that happens I just have the ideas, but it gets pushed aside and I never complete it. This time I was determined.
I can…
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Mar 06, 2014
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RTH: Wolfmane and Dove
Done for a recent "New Life / New Love" contest at RTH. I had never actually drawn these two interacting before, and hadn't drawn them at all in years, so I wanted to try to do something with them that wasn't just a portrait. These are the parents of One-Leg and Blacksnake. Everybody says they ca…
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Mar 31, 2014
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Signs of Spring
Done as a trade for Fadestar's owner, Linda. Fadestar has only recently come into her gliding powers. I mostly had the idea of wanting to show her zooming up amongst a flock of birds, and picked bluebirds for the brightness and contrast to the wintery landscape. I… need more practice figuring out…
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Jan 21, 2014
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Dawn Hunt
This year's SeSa gift for Foxtail's owner, Angie -- Foxtail on a hunt, along with Thornbow and Crackle (in the background). For one of the tribe's main huntresses, I realized that Foxtail had never actually been depicted hunting, and I liked the idea of trying to convey the excitement of the pursui…
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Dec 15, 2013
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River Twine 2014 Calendar - June
This is an example of a collaboration, with fellow RTH member Stacy (who owns Notch). I did a basic sketch of the action and the background. Stacy inked it (digitally) and then did the coloring. It's always super-fun to do a collab like this. I love seeing how the art comes out when someone else'…
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Dec 19, 2013
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Dreamflight and Newt: Bird-feeding
Done as a trade for Dreamflight's former owner. Dreamflight is one of the tribe's enthusiastic bird-watchers and bird-callers, a hobby/skill she has shared with Newt (who is technically her… hmm, great-uncle, but due to timeline shenanigans, is also her younger adopted "brother"). This was a chanc…
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Oct 25, 2013
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A Gift from the Sea illo
I did this as an illustration for Whitney's story of the same title; this is Honey, when she was quite young, having a special, private encounter with a very different sort of "wolf". River Twine is located next to the sea, and while it's named for the many rivers in the area, the sea is an importa…
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Oct 02, 2013
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Illo for "Cubname"
I did this as an illustration for the story "Cubname" by Razzle, owner of Chicory; and also as an entry in the "Family Time" contest just ended at RTH. This was the story of Chicory's birth to Chieftess Easysinger and Blacksnake. There's a lot of family connections here -- their older son (and f…
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Jul 08, 2013
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Hair-craft
Our last contest's theme was "arts & crafts", which I'm stretching a bit conceptually here to include "hair-dressing" as... well, one of those, or perhaps both of those. Given our tribe's level of technology, they won't have scissors, so I looked up some references on how people cut hair with st…
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Apr 01, 2013
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Farscout, Copper and Flea
This was done as a Secret Santa piece for Whitney, who owns Farscout. It's an illustration for her story "Changing of the Guard". In it, Flea, who was Farscout's wolf-friend, slowly changes her bond to his daughter, Copper, whom Flea has a part in raising.
I looked at a bunch of different wolf…
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Dec 23, 2012
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"Spirit-Cub" graphic pg. 1 of 6
So, this is a story that it took me most of the year to accomplish (although if I count up the actual amount of time spent on it, it's probably 5-6 weeks). Melanie, who owns Newt (the little boy featured here), won this as a prize for completing comments for all of the art on the River Twine Holt s…
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Dec 16, 2012
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"Spirit-Cub" graphic pg. 2 of 6
Easysinger's task here is making "travel-cakes", or pemmican -- a ground-up blend of suet, dried meat, and berries. It's kind of the primitive version of high-energy bars. You can find some pemmican recipes by clicking here, if you're REALLY curious. (I have to admit, I'd like to try making it.) …
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Dec 16, 2012
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"Spirit-Cub" graphic pg. 3 of 6
Obviously, very indebted here to Wendy's depiction of the Palace; but all of the High Ones depicted are OCs. The fellow in the middle, next to the wolf, is our tribe's equivalent of Timmain.
Originally (in my thumbnail layout sketches), I thought this would fit into a half-page panel! HA HA! It w…
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Dec 17, 2012
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"Spirit-Cub" graphic pg. 4 of 6
These are just a bunch of RTH ancestors, from the tribe's first generation. So you've got some wolfblooded elves who still look very half-and-half wolfy (like the lady crouching by the kill), and some who are still pureblooded High Ones (like the fellow telling the story). The Preservers in the lo…
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Dec 18, 2012
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"Spirit-Cub" graphic pg. 5 of 6
(Note: I got admin permission to post 6 pages at once; this is an exception, as this 6-page story wasn't really meant to be broken up.)
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Dec 16, 2012
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"Spirit-Cub" graphic pg. 6 of 6
The kids at the bottom are the tribe's current cubs (Copper, Cinder, Rill and Glow).
It should probably go without saying that in doing this project, I was indebted to plenty of references -- I looked at lots of bears, lots of wolves (primarily from Monty Sloan's site), lots of deer/elk (plus eagle…
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Dec 16, 2012
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High-and-Low
Finished this a few weeks ago actually. This was done as an entry for the recent "Random Ancestors" contest at RTH -- character pairings were chosen at random, as were activities. I got "Blacksnake and Beesting, playing a game". We have a few established games, and this is one that hadn't been de…
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Oct 31, 2012
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Illo for "Whirl-Stick"
An exercise in "win some, lose some".
Did this as a trade for Emberra, and she suggested an illo for Whitney's story "Whirl-Stick". Did you know that "boomerangs" are not exclusive to the Aborigine culture of Australia? It's true! (I did not know this before.) It's also true that not all boome…
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Sep 02, 2012
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Nastybad snappy-chase growler!
We just finished having a contest at RTH involving Preservers, and I owed an art-trade to Razzle, who owns Chicory, and who alerted me to the fact that Chicory's wolf-friend likes chasing Preservers. Voila, contest idea! It's kind of a pity you can't see the expression on the small orange and yello…
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Apr 01, 2012
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Evervale and Halfmoon
Done as a trade for Mist-eyes, who owns Evervale now at RTH. I wanted to do something with her hunting (as I enjoy depicting characters who are seldom seen hunting doing it; Evervale has primarily been seen as a plantshaper), and to show her wolf. We are coming up on the time when the alpha of our…
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Mar 15, 2012
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River Twine 2012 Calendar - November
River Twine Holt has once again done a calendar, for 2012 (all art viewable here). I had to fill in for November. So here are (clockwise from upper right): Dreamflight, Newt, Beetle (and her wolf-friend Rooter), Rill, and Cinder, trying to get a look at some screech-owls whose nest-hole has be…
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Dec 18, 2011
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