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This is a commission I did back in 2003 that also became the cover for Radio Comix Furrlough #144. The piece is not offical canon for my universe since in my universe Polar Bears are intelligent and definitely not riding mounts! Although I guess some might not mind the saddle and bridle if Rosemary was involved in the equation, but that's another topic entirely! What the client wanted was my take on the old Rumple minze ads from the 1980's [link] . He also wanted there to be a Monster somewhat similar to an AD&D Remorhaz [link] in the picture to.

This created several interesting design problems since Rosemary is already small compared to the Polar Bear and the monster was about the size of a Allosaurus. Also the client wanted to see as a full figure of both the bear and Rosemary so that set some composition restrictions. Also just like the Remorhaz in AD&D the monster was suppose to be positvely radiating glowing heat and light for its body!

Finally the monster, the polar bear and the landscape were suppose to be white or very pale blue. Not the most exciting of color combos, so I decided to set the piece at sunset so I could use the low arctic light to emphasize the light emitting from the critter by playing the warms and cools off each other.It is from my long torso era of figures, and looking back at it there are several things I'd do different today but it still a nice piece.

The piece is my usually color pencil, mixed media.

Description
This is a commission I did back in 2003 that also became the cover for Radio Comix Furrlough #144. The piece is not offical canon for my universe since in my universe Polar Bears are intelligent and definitely not riding mounts! Although I guess some might not mind the saddle and bridle if Rosemary was involved in the equation, but that's another topic entirely! What the client wanted was my take on the old Rumple minze ads from the 1980's [link] . He also wanted there to be a Monster somewhat similar to an AD&D Remorhaz [link] in the picture to.

This created several interesting design problems since Rosemary is already small compared to the Polar Bear and the monster was about the size of a Allosaurus. Also the client wanted to see as a full figure of both the bear and Rosemary so that set some composition restrictions. Also just like the Remorhaz in AD&D the monster was suppose to be positvely radiating glowing heat and light for its body!

Finally the monster, the polar bear and the landscape were suppose to be white or very pale blue. Not the most exciting of color combos, so I decided to set the piece at sunset so I could use the low arctic light to emphasize the light emitting from the critter by playing the warms and cools off each other.It is from my long torso era of figures, and looking back at it there are several things I'd do different today but it still a nice piece.

The piece is my usually color pencil, mixed media.