Once a month on Virtual Fossil Fridays, the awesome Ruby Pines comes on and gives everybody an art lesson! This month she did a step-by-step tutorial on how to draw a Gargoylesaurus (which my niece rocked, by the way), but I'm... kind of a maverick, and instead of following along with the lessons, I use them as a springboard for my own ideas.

For example, this time, somehow we got onto the idea of ankylosaurians having whiskers (actually I think I was the one who said that...), and then I just had to draw it. Ornithischians are known to have bristle-like integument, so I think it would be great fun if ankylosaurs had big ol' walrus whiskers. Also just gave it random whiskers everywhere else like an armadillo. I love getting speculative with my reconstructions!

 I really love this one too. With a Pokemon like Exeggutor existing, this joke had to happen. (I guess Doduo could have worked for this too.)

Also, you may notice we're moving through Kanto rather quickly and not touching much on the (admittedly spare) Kanto postgame plot. Part of the reason for this is that Gen II Kanto is more sparsely populated than its Gen I counterpart, and I just couldn't find a whole lot of dialogue I could riff on. In addition, though, I was definitely feeling burnt out on the comic and ready to call it a wrap after the end of this chapter, so I did kind of rush things a bit here. Still, I tried to give it all I could. The Kanto part of Book 2 may be short, but it honestly has some of my favorite comics. Quality over quantity, right?

 One last cartoon poking fun at iffy science journalism! For over twenty years, the question of whether Tyrannosaurus or Spinosaurus was bigger has preoccupied the minds of a startling number of dinosaur enthusiasts. Maybe a dinosaur doesn't have to be the biggest to be cool? #unpopularopinions #teamtherizinosaurus

Shadow Play, Chapter 15

Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7
Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14
Chapter 15

A dim purple light appeared in Zoltan’s paw, faintly illuminating everyone’s faces, but past that was only an abyss. Terra looked around in confusion. Everything was dark—absolutely everything. Even the window outside. A nearly full Kreludor shone in a starry sky above a pitch-black city.

“My apologies,” Zoltan said. “Being a dark mage, my magic does not exactly provide much illumination.”

“It’s better than nothing,” Isengrim said. “What do you suppose happened?”

“A power outage?” Hyren asked, moving to the window. “Looks pretty severe. And those aren’t really supposed to happen here.”

“Vhy not?” Zoltan asked. He and the others joined the Grundo, and the Kyrii frowned as he gazed out at the silent metropolis.

 

 I really love this one too. Random NPCs just being ridiculous in unnecessarily well-drawn landscapes is my favorite part of this comic.

Also, props if you get the reference!

I needed a break from a big amigurumi project I've been working on, so I made another Digimon--Motimon! I love how that adorable little muzzle and cute paws turned out. Izzy has always been one of my favorite Digidestined. He reminds me so much of myself.

Had to give Silver some closure, poor guy.

... Even though I didn't really give him a proper introduction. Oh well! This comic is not really about cohesion.