This didn’t technically start as an online illustration topic, as the parrots were specifically created for Christmas present purposes. The outcome, however, was still a set of variously authored parrot-related pictures, so I figure it counts. As always, see below for the rest.

• Caleb: Patagonian Conure
• Josiah: Hyacinth Macaw
• Rosemary: Lineolated Parakeet

This is probably some deep metaphor for conforming to peer pressure or something.

The Ultimate Combo
Strength on land + Strength in sea = Unstoppable plundering!

This is the last of the Hawai’i sketches, but you can see various photos of wildlife and scenery from the trip at Rosemary’s blog and my Flickr photostream.

Saw a bunch of turtles in Hawai’i.

(Some artistic license has been taken in this representation, however.)

Being back from Hawai’i seems to dictate a few appropriately-themed posts, so here’s the first. It’s from a sketchbook I had brought in the hope of getting a couple quickish drawings done while on the island for just such a purpose.

This one is just of a decorative pole outside the visitor center for the first national park we came across on the way down from the airport. Nothing says “welcome” like a carving of a demonic worm, you know. (Except maybe a carving of a severed head atop a stack of papayas, which is what this might also be.)

Harold “The Twilight Trench Coat” Johnson never quite understood the gravitas required for his chosen line of work.