It's been a bit since I had drawn any furries other than my character Vika, so I figured I'd draw some again on occasion since they're fun to draw sometimes.

I started with a fox, since they're pretty common. I wanted to give him a little more character than just being a fox though, so I designed him to look like a rogue or thief for a tabletop game.

Commissions like this are available and they start at $75, and I am able to do timelapse recordings while I paint digitally. I can also potentially stream the process.

Your art is beautiful! It looks like it belongs in someones favorite childhood fantasy book.

Thank you so much, that is such a sweet thing to say! That really means a lot to me.

The next mushroom for the Funguary challenge was one called filoboletus manipularis. They appeared to be tiny and bioluminescent, and so I wanted to make a bioluminescent dragon with those aspects.

Also, I am open for commissions if there is any interest.

The next mushroom for the Funguary challenge was one called cystolepiota. They appeared to be smallish, pale and slightly shaggy or fluffy looking, so I attempted to bring that element into the dragon's design.

Materials used: Canson Watercolor Paper, approx 5x7 Windsor and Newton Gouache Daniel Smith Paints Prismacolor Pencils Princeton Brushes

The next mushroom for Funguary was a Turkey Tail. I find these mushrooms to have a really interesting shape, which I thought would lend itself well to a scale-like material on the dragon. I also attempted to show it stretching its wing out after camouflaging by a tree. 

Materials used: Canson Watercolor Paper, approx 5x7 Windsor and Newton Gouache Daniel Smith Paints Princeton Brushes Prismacolor Pencils

Day 2 was a lilac coral fungus. I thought the tube shapes of the fungus would make for an interesting crest, as well as spine like appendages along the dragon. I feel pretty happy with the funky shapes I added to this critter. It's been pretty fun incorporating the different colors and shape designs into dragons.

Canson Watercolor Paper approx 5x7 Daniel Smith Watercolors Windsor and Newton Gouache Prismacolor Pencils

Funguary is upon us again, which means mushroom dragon time! The first one was mycena subcyanocephala.

Canson Watercolor Paper approx 5x7 Daniel Smith Watercolors Prismacolor Pencils

Another little dragon painting I'd never shared from last year.

I thought a little dragon chasing a butterfly would turn out cute, so I figured I'd try to paint it.

This was Daniel Smith Watercolors, Prismacolor pencils and a Pigma Micron ink pen on around 5x7 watercolor paper.

Since today is "Appreciate a Dragon" day, I thought I'd share a painting from last year of a dragon I felt really happy with. I believe I posted him before, but I wanted to try sharing him again. There'll be new dragons on the way soon.

Happy New Year everyone, and I hope you all had a happy holiday season as well, whichever you celebrate. 2023 has been a tough year for me, but I'm extremely thankful for all the lessons learned, and all the growth I've had as a person. I don't remember if I shared this painting or not last year, but I felt pretty happy with it so I thought it might be worth sharing now, despite being a new year and all.

I hope to make more art this year, as well as healing my connection with others and becoming more in touch with myself and my creative process. Thank you to everyone who's been a part of it so far.

Canson watercolor paper Daniel Smith Watercolors Prismacolor pencils

Painted a funky bird creature in vibrant yellows to work with some paint colors I don't use as often.

Grumbacher Watercolor Paper approx. 5x7

Mijello Mission Gold / Daniel Smith Watercolors

Prismacolor pencils

Another moth dragon painting, this time featuring a luna moth dragon.

I thought the wing shapes and coloration would make for an interesting design, though I'm likely to revisit this one later. Definitely made me want to paint more of them too, though my favorite is still the first one I painted so far.

Grumbacher Watercolor Paper approx. 5x7 Mijello Mission Gold / Daniel Smith Watercolors Prismacolor pencils

The next in my Dragonflies/Dragons and Blooms series is a foxglove dragon. 

They use the bell shaped flowers both as a base for their appearance and coloration, and as a home. They tuck themselves into the flowers, folding their wings in a way where the mottled pattern looks like an extra layer of petals within the flower. 

Grumbacher Watercolor Paper approx. 5x7 Mijello Mission Gold / Daniel Smith Watercolors Prismacolor pencils

I felt like trying to paint a scene with my character, Vika, for the moonlit conservatory theme for Drawtober. I hadn't made any art of her in a little while, so I thought this might be a good challenge for me. She is also fond of plants, so I could imagine her sitting in a room like this waiting for friends with some tea and baked goods. The greenhouse wall part of the painting was probably one of my favorite parts to build depth on, since it's actually a dark greenish-blue with hints of red rather than just a stark black. I had fun fiddling around with the perspective on this for practice as well.

Grumbacher Watercolor Paper approx. 4.5 x 6 Daniel Smith / Mijello Mission Gold Watercolors Prismacolor Pencils Arteza Gouache

When I saw the theme 'devious dining,' this was one of the first ideas that came to mind. I thought it might make for a cute illustration and good practice for painting a whole scene.

Grumbacher Watercolor Paper approx. 4.5 x 6 Daniel Smith / Mijello Mission Gold Watercolors Prismacolor Pencils

A somewhat recent digital painting of a purple cosmic dragon as it flows amongst planets and stars. This was painted with a specific color palette to practice use of limited/specific color to build a scene.

I had fun with the more loose, swirly shape of this dragon's design, and seeing how the colors work together was really interesting.

Painted in Clip Studio.

Theme 2 for Drawtober was moth bitten library. I figured this theme would be another good one to make a scene out of, so I added a dragon in the center looking through the books. The dragon is patterned loosely after a hummingbird hawkmoth. Definitely wanting to paint more moth dragons specifically now, let me know if there is a species of moth you'd want to see.

Grumbacher Watercolor Paper approx. 4.5 x 6 Daniel Smith / Mijello Mission Gold Watercolors Prismacolor Pencils Sakura Pigma Micron Ink pen Windsor and Newton Designers Gouache White