New work

New pen and ink stuff

Just realized that I haven't used pen and ink  for quite a while and decided to take it up again...

Happy New Year!

My stamp is in the Dirty Dozen

Oooooh, I am in the Dirty Dozen again, with my Snow Dreaming stamp!

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Bestiarium - Kuchurik

 Kuchurik is a seven-fold creature with emerald-green vermiform parts growing out of a single body. Their seven chicken-like legs are not well-suited for walking, and they can move only by jumping awkwardly back and forth. They feed on soil, and as they do not have any mouthparts, they tumble down on the ground and absorb nutrients from soil through the large pores, covering their bodies. Each head is crowned by a pink comb, which turns bright red during the mating season. The pairing is really hard for these poor creatures, causing lot of confusion, crawling and bumping, until they can finally collapse on each other in such a way that will allow them to exchange certain fluids through their pores.

New greeting card

Snow Dreaming

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• 5" x 7" 
• Printed on ultra-heavyweight (120 lb.) card stock with a gloss finish.
• Each card comes with a white envelope.
• No minimum order.
• May be available on Note Card size

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 I MISS SNOW!!!!!

Bestiarium - Mayra

 Mayra is a very rare and exceptional animal, for it appears only as a female specimen. There are no male Mayras in Nature. The way of its conception still remains a mystery.  Locals say she lies like a dead under a great oak tree for three days, after which she impregnates. On the twenty seventh day the shell-like cover on her back opens and the baby Mayra comes out.  Mayras dwell in the trunks of big trees near the water and feed on fruits and leaves.

Some stuff from my sketchbook

Bestiarium - Yerkeni

It's time for Yerkeni.

 Yerkeni is a double-sided eel-like fish, found in  waters of the Inner Lake. While one head is chasing small fish, the other is keeping watch, defending it from the predators. Sometimes, when the danger is too big from both sides, or when it is hard to decide on which side the catch is more promising, the two halves of its brain connected to each other by a thin cord come into conflict, and the poor creature rushes about in confusion back and forth. Often, as a result, the brain cord is being torn, and Yerkeni goes out of its mind, twirling around hysterically till cardiac arrest.

Harmony

Playing with Harmony. Oh, it is so addictive! Try it yourself.  http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/

Bestiarium - Artatam

Well, here comes another one. This is Artatatam. 

 Artatam is a very serious animal of great strength, persistence and dignity. Miraculous as it is, the mouth of this creature is located not on its head, but under its broad chest, which allows it to eat, simply sitting on the ground without the need of bending its stiff neck and losing its dignity.

Bestiarium - Cover

image © Sona Babajanyan

I already have a cover ready for the Bestiarium. The creature featured on it is Apshabots, one of my first beasts.



Apshabots is a small timid creature and although it can spout fire through its five-nostrils almost like a real dragon, it usually gets very scared of that fire itself. It breathes out fire only to defend itself, but as it is so fearful and sees danger everywhere, this happens quite often, making it petrify for about half an hour. It has no mouth and uses its nostrils to suck in water and small insects, which are poisonous to humans and other animals. It inhabits the most isolated part of the Inner land.