okay I've been sadly obsessed with the anime Bleach the past couple of months and the other day my friend and I were talking about what our bankai's would be were we to become Shinigami captains. My friend and I have this thing where we call ourselves flora and fauna and well she's flora and I'm fauna. So I kind of had that element in mind when I did this, secondly this is a revamped version of my sheep dog creation from a few years ago where I combined my Chinese zodiac, the dog, with my monthly zodiac Aries. And thus was the result. Then I thought, well fire is also my element so I gave him fire abilities, and well just because I wanted to to make him look a little more unique, I gave him some feline characteristics.

He was coloured with prisma and promarkers. And the full view is it's actual size, to my surprise. Also, please forgive my sloppy markering, I'm still learning! =^_^=

artwork & character © Melanie J d'Entremont 2007