Pencils on bristol – and yes, his name’s Gustavus. He doesn’t look like he’d answer to ‘Gus’ though.

A stone simulacrum, given life to protect ancient treasure. Or maybe just some marker lines on paper.

I may be overthinking the philosophy here.

Daggerwings are a large group of old-world wyverns ranging in wingspan from one to twenty yards – large daggerwings are exceptionally powerful, deadly predators. The wyverns are named for the elongated, blade-like first fingers on the wings which are used to make kills, even in mid-air. Most daggerwings have small jaws and weak talons, relying [...]

This particularly evil-looking wyvern is properly known as a gaudy tyrant. Apparently its visage wasn’t enough to keep the artist interested – the rendering depicts the tyrant breathing fire, but as any schoolboy knows, wyverns don’t possess breath weapons. Obviously, this is an instance of artistic license gone wrong. Tsk, tsk.

Freehanding with markers, and thinking about some of the really delightfully grotesque gargoyles found on European buildings of old.