Rapidash was my main fire-type Pokémon in the days of Blue but after my friend put me off it by saying it's an "overgrown version of My Little Pony", I decided to make my redesign more cool!

I started off with a few studies of horses to get used to the shape then experimented with various patterns:

Coincidently, the background is one of the textures I gathered from my burnt down car. Yup.....fire-type Pokémon with a fire-induced backdrop..... -_-;;

Hope you like it! It's also been entered to CGHub's 2D Creature Planet contest. It's my first time entering one on that forum and there are some nice entries there already~

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I'm quite forgetful when it comes to updating things so I've plonked some sketches that I probably haven't put online anywhere yet, as well as some new ones in general.

^ An alien lady. I wanted to take a typically odd/unflattering

facial feature and somehow make it look beautiful.

^ Shock, horror, an enviro! :O

^ Some sort of elf carriage thing.

^ Fly hearts cupcakes!

Some cast studies and 1-minute poses from posemaniacs.com since I'm stuck in the middle of rural Wales atm!

Besides baking treats, occasionally I like to make presents for family and close friends so they can have something more personal and so I can have the opportunity to dabble with something outside drawing to keep me sane! I grew up making things all the time - sculptures, toys, little outfits for my Barbie.....because I had no interest in actually playing with it but liked to design and make clothes for it, hehe. I'm a bit of a nerd for the whole process of planning all the parts and thinking of how to put it all together 'cause it gives my mind a different, more hands-on kinda workout.

A present to my boyfriend for our first anniversary.......it's an in-joke. :P Excuse the poor photo quality - I'll update it when I get back to his place.

A little graduation present for my friend Ben. I made a pocket-sized Japanese-bound sketchbook with assorted paper and a stamp of his Chinese name on the front cover.

This was for my nephew's first birthday a few weeks ago. He was born in the year of the bull and the design is based on the one I drew on the baby book I made for my sister last Christmas.

I made some masala chai for my best friend one time and she loved it, so I made a tea set for her so she can make it at home. I designed stickers for each pot that contained spices so she'd know what they're called and how much to use per serving. I also designed and constructed the greeting card and instructions.

Here's my simple contribution. :) I started painting it but then it kept looking less and less like me (having a mirror would help but I've changed locations today and am now in a mirror-less house). Ah well~