"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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Laluna, Terra and Marut
I did this (finally!) as a thank-you to Czarine for the great pic of Blacksnake that she did for me a while back. I so strongly think of Laluna in relation to Terra and Marut that a group portrait seemed like a natural choice.
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Oct 07, 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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Thank-You Sketch Dump: Bearclaw
I'm in a real slump right now and had trouble coming up with something for this, but I definitely wanted to contribute. It doesn't help that I don't typically just do casual sketches, so I didn't really have anything to hand. Thanks to Maggie for helping me focus! I wound up doing a quick Bearcla…
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May 31, 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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Redlance by Holly Hutchison
Searcher/Discovery era
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Feb 13, 2012
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Woodlock by Holly Hutchison
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Jan 30, 2012
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Bonus Art: Snapper
So, we needed bonus art to go along with my Young Bearclaw, and I thought it would be more fun to do a wolf than another elf. Aside from Blackfell of course (who is associated with later-period Bearclaw anyway), I felt like Snapper stood out as a great wolf-character from the "Wolfrider!" series. …
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Jan 14, 2012
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Bonus Art: Chitter
Did this quickly as bonus art for the 2012 calendar. I wanted to do Chitter a little older than we last saw her in The Discovery -- age 5-7 perhaps, so this outfit is based on her "baby" outfit, but modified.
Brush-pen inks, Copic markers, effects in PS.
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Dec 29, 2011
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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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Rainpace and Glow: illo for Changes
Done as part of the RTH Secret Santa this year, for Rainpace's owner Peggy (Saree, here) -- an illo for her story, "Changes".
Pentel Pocket-Brush Pen inks, Copic marker Coloring, effects in PS. Wolf reffed from various sleeping-wolf pics.
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Dec 20, 2011
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One-Eye by Holly Hutchison
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Dec 03, 2011
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Bearclaw by Holly Hutchison
Young, Dreamberry pickin'
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Nov 29, 2011
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