| My first sketch of Shahamu the lion, at 105 pounds. |
| My second sketch of Shahamu, five pounds heavier. Although I spent much less time on this version than my previous version, I am much happier with this. The first looks rigid and blocky, this seems much more natural and free-flowing. |
| Someone told me of a dream they had with a lion dressed in cowboy garb, which inspired this sketch. |
| This is Sergei reclining, etched in copper. Sergei is copyright his player. |
| Each winter, a sponge puck hockey league in the city in which I was living at the time posts what seems like 10,000 flyers per capita. Their bear mascot seems proportionately to have a two inch waist. I humbly think he looks better in my rendition. |
| This lion monarch has no connection to the leonine and vulpine princes I've had a penchant for sketching lately. I just had the urge to sketch a plump, maned regal lion in Edwardian era finery. |
| Lupine the wolf needed a cuddle. So did this leopard, and here they seem to be killing two birds with one stone, to coin a phrase. Lupine is copyright his player. |
| This sketch was done with charcoal stick. I believe the medium helped show just how much the fox prince means to me. |
| This sketch had taken me the longest amount of time to complete as any I had completed to that point. |
| The fox prince poses for a portrait in his wedding robe. |
| Sergei the lion, in a reclining pose. Sergei is copyright his player. |
| Siyahamba, in some action poses. |
| This is a sketch of Bowser the leopard. He looks to be eating well. Bowser is copyright his player. |
| This is a companion piece to my previous charcoal sketch of the fox prince. Here is the lion prince, looking rather in need of his husband's comfort. |
| A schoolboy of about 18 offered the fox consort a daffodil and asked, "May I kiss the paw of my future Prince?" The prince consort took the flower, considered the proposition, and smiled prettily. "Yes, you may," he said, extending his paw. The schoolboy kissed, his classmates laughed, and the Prince-to-be giggled, "You will never live this down." |
| This sketch was inspired by a suggestion to draw the 12th century couple as royalty dresses in the 21st century - in formal wear. |
| Whatever medium I'm using, my sketches cover the entire page. I decided to experiment with drawing the royal couple in a small area. I was able to get a lot of detail in for a 2 inch by 3 inch sketch. |
| The princes dressed casually on their honeymoon. |
| The lion prince in cubhood, reading a story with his grandfather, the king. |
| A close up of the royal couple, with the lion giving the fox a tender kiss on the paw. |
| Talon Saurn the lion, here being served a slice of pie by a leopard. Talon Saurn is copyright his player. |
| Baroo Bear in the middle of an embrace from two plump leopards. Baroo Bear is copyright his player. |
| A sketch of the lion prince as a young cub, with his mommy. |
| Royalty in Polynesia tended to be quite plump. That inspired me to sketch this twelve hundred pound South Seas lion king, with a braided mane and wearing a crown and lei. |
| A sketch of Sergei I made for his birthday on December 2. Sergei is copyright his player. |