Ciervo - Images

Yeah, read the labels on your desserts. If you are what you eat, a misspelling can spell your doom.

So, there was an artist's challenge way, way back (four years!) in which the Transfur staff challenged artists do draw themselves becoming their Chinese zodiac animals. Here's my belated contribution, inspired by the coming of the Year of the Dragon this February :) Also, my first picture in about ten years done with colored pencil. Wow.

So, apparently this is the result of an Island of Doctor Moreau-type experiment: someone is trying to create mythological creatures, but cannot use humans (for ethical reasons) and wishes his minotaur to be an herbivore (which somewhat subverts the story of the virgin-eating minotaur, when you think about it...). Thank goodness, though: the one with control over this experiment doesn't use vivisection. His transformations are surprising, yes, but smooth and somewhat subtle. The bull, with his bl...

This one, besides doing an ovine, was intended to demonstrate muscle expansion in one frame without the TF subject becoming overly muscled. I think the explanation was that he was about to change into his mascot costume in order to cheer his school's team on to touchdowns. Then he became the mascot before he could even change clothes. Whoops.

Got ideas for a background story (or explanation of what's going on here)? :) Medium is photomanipulation; no digital painting involved.

A request for Gryf :) No accompanying story; sorry.

The lifeguard realized he'd have to get to the lake pretty fast, and not because there was a poor, cramped swimmer to rescue.

I'm abysmal at writing stories for these things :P

For some reason, his shirt was now much larger than before, causing a certain smidge of perplexity.

One of my first pieces on my tablet. Attempting a Gryf-esque style (though it doesn't really fit with what I normally do).