I realized that I really didn't have a baseline series of reference pics of my primary character set. While updating my backup drives, I ran across some old project pics that I did for a character-list sheet that sat at the front of the binder 'o pics I carried to conventions, starting with my first time attending C-ACE in Ottawa, ON. I had never posted these pics to FA (I think they're on VCL), so I'm placing them here as a basic reference for prospective fanart, trades etc.

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Bastien, a meerkat, is the third male character I created, in July of 1998. He's the result of an Anthrocon-inspired attempt to broaden my artistic horizons a teensy bit, since up to then I had only been drawing cats. I intentionally avoided the Disney-esque "Timon" style when developing his look, drawing instead from whatver photos I could find of real-life meerkats at the time.

This pic was penciled and inked while attending C-ACE 2003 in Ottawa, ON. Since I arrived the day prior to the con, I spent some time in my hotel room finishing up this series of reference pics. Only some of them were actually done in Canada. Those that were, received the little maple-leaf logo in the corner. I subsequently did a digital color job on 06/24/2003.

Brush-inked pencils colored in Micrografx Picture Publisher.