Bobcat's Place

Valentine 2011

2011-02-14T09:10:00.001-08:00

Valentine 2011, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Click the link to view this years animated e-card.

Animated Valentine 2011 CLICK HERE

This is a fun light animation that only uses about 500k of memory. Note if you are an artist who uses Adobe Illustrator, you should really try Flash. The programs are compatible with each other and animation adds an extra dimension to your work.

Have an fantastic Valentine's Day

A Piper's tune - holiday card

2010-12-08T11:33:00.001-08:00

A Piper's tune - holiday card, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

A Piper's tune - holiday card

A Piper's Tune

Come and make some music,
Come and join the dance,
Set aside your daily toil,
And leave the rest to chance.

Life's too short a journey
To waste the hours away.
Leave behind your worry
And take some time to play.

Arches 150lb. Cold press 9" x 12" Rembrant watercolor, ball point pen

10hr piece - 6hr painting

My annual holiday card. I always alternate a boy or a girl of a specific traditional culture - this year Greece - charming a dragon - a hydra - with a traditional musical instrument - pan pipes.

To my friends and followers, I'm so sorry it's been so long since I posted, It's been an intense year. The Animalphabet is done and I will be uploading the rest gradually over the next few weeks. I am also starting and insectabet for my new cousin Tatum, and am starting an endangered animal collection for Cynthia, so if you do like to stop around, I will be posting more regularly from now on.

Happy Holidays! - Llyn

Confined-IF

2010-01-14T16:59:00.001-08:00

Confined-IF, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

It ate the sofa's stuffing,
  And left the house a mess.
After chewing up the carpet,
  It tore up my best dress.
It ate the kitchen table,
  the mower, and a tire;
Then hacked out a giant hair ball
  filled with chicken wire.
When it wallowed in the horse poop,
  It's feathers really stank
(Boy I'm glad I caught it
  Before it ate the propane tank).
It was being very naughty,
And you may think it maligned,
But I for one am happy,
  Now that it's confined.

Another entry to Illustration Friday. If you haven't joined the group - you should. A new word to illustrate each Friday, and you get a week to complete the assignment. It really is a fun thing to do.

Rewnewal-IF

2010-01-08T07:09:00.001-08:00

Rewnewal-IF, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Everything has more than one purpose.
Some have many.
It is just a matter of thought
And imagination;
Creativity comes
From using both.

What you do with that 'ol " brain bucket" when the styrofoam just won't protect the noggin any more.

I'm going to try to be better about posting in the new year. Most of it concerning the publishing company my books and the life of an animation artist trying to get her work out there. All the best to everyone in this new year!

Charming the Goddess, holiday card

2009-12-01T08:06:00.001-08:00

Charming the Goddess, holiday card, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Charming the Goddess, holiday card

This is the un-cropped version of my holiday card for this year. Since the Winter Solstice is a celebratory season for so many cultures and religions, I cover a different one each year with my annual greeting to friends and family (I've covered 10 so far). If you would like to get a copy of this in your post box, e-mail me your snail mail address, and I'll send you a nice printed piece for the holidays.

9"X12" Arches 140 lb. coldpress, Rembrant watercolors, Ball point pen (Bic stic)

Charming the Goddess

Can you tame the goddess
That makes love with the night,
And holds the mystic secrets
Of what is wrong and right?

Can you sing the gentle words
Filled with ancient rhyme,
Stilling her dark temper
To shift the sands of time?

Come and play a magic tune,
Strike a cord of chance,
Weave the words of wisdom,
And make the winged one dance.

Chameleon

2009-03-07T08:12:00.001-08:00

Chameleon, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This is a piece I did for a quick watercolor demonstration a few years back. It took about 3 hours from start to finish and I used three different photos for reference. Note the cool effect at the top is done with Schminke Aero Colors and salt. You apply the salt while the paper is still damp with the paint but not quite dry. Use a blow dryer to speed up the drying, and then brush the salt off (I use a dull edged knife).

9" x 12" Arches hot press, Winsor & Newton water colors, Schminke Aero Colors, Berol 2B pencil, Staedtler pigment liners, salt, (razor/exacto knife blades and laytex erasers to demonstrate how to fix mistakes).

Valentine

2009-02-08T09:21:00.001-08:00

Valentine, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

www.llynsplace.com/ECV3.swf

Click on the link to connect to the animated
e-card. I do the cards regularly to keep my skills fress in Flash. I would be pleased if you looked at the card and pass the link on to your friends and family.

At the end of the card each Valentine you click on bursts open with a surprise message. Note that questionable harmonica music is both my own playing and composition. Enjoy!

Old Air Dragon

2009-01-29T06:30:00.001-08:00

Old Air Dragon, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This is a portion from part of a poster I did for the Legend of the Five Rings a few years back for AEG. I’m not sure if the poster was ever made, because I never got a copy, but they used all of the dragons for cards.

Chromocolor and pigma micron pen on Arches 140lb. hot press

Belt of the Bear

2009-01-21T08:50:00.001-08:00

Belt of the Bear, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This is a card from the latest WARLORD CCG expansion set, "Shattered Empires."

When I get a Card like this, this exact description I get:

4E-0244
Belt of the Bear
Fighter Item. Armor. Belt.
We see a heavily muscled mid-third of a bare-chested Nothrog fighter. Around his waist is a broad belt, somewhat similar to current day boxing or wrestling champion belts (if a bit more practical to wear). The Metal plate over the belly shows a bear design.

The above illustration was executed in Chromacolour liquid Vinyl Chromacolour International and Sakura .005 Pigma Micron pen on 140lb Arches watercolor paper. 9"x7'

Check out the rest of the Game and buy the cards at :

WARLORD CCG

If you like great fantasy artwork and a quick 2hr. card game, you'll have fun with Warlord.

Belt of the Bear - Rough

2009-01-21T08:20:00.001-08:00

Belt of the Bear - Rough, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This is a card from the latest WARLORD CCG expansion set, "Shattered Empires."

When I get a Card like this this exact description I get:

4E-0244
Belt of the Bear
Fighter Item. Armor. Belt.
We see a heavily muscled mid-third of a bare-chested Nothrog fighter. Around his waist is a broad belt, somewhat similar to current day boxing or wrestling champion belts (if a bit more practical to wear). The Metal plate over the belly shows a bear design.

As a beginning sketch, I enhanced the belt area of a nothrog character I had done a few years ago, and then modified the buckle. I usually do a quick sketch on 8.5"x 11" Hammermill color xerox paper (I like drawing on it's ultra smooth surface) then do the detailed under drawing directly on 140 lb Arches watercolor paper using a light box.

Check out the rest of the Game and buy the cards at :

WARLORD CCG

If you like great fantasy artwork and a quick 2hr. card game, you'll have fun with Warlord.

Contained-IF

2009-01-16T12:21:00.001-08:00

Contained-IF, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Contained

Fit it in a bottle,
Put it in a box,
Keep it with a turtle,
Stuff it in your socks,
Wrap your arms aruound it,
Stick it down the drain,
I don't care what you do with it,
As long as it's contained.

4"x6" 140lb Kilimanjaro coldpress, watercolor, Bic Stic

Love the cephalopods: some of the coolest critters on the planet

I've been trying to do the Illustration Friday thing for the past six months or so, and I really find it fun to do. If you enjoy creating images and want to give yourself a weekly challenge, give this a try.

Illustration Friday
Illustration Friday Flickr.com group

Native Mage

2009-01-05T06:39:00.001-08:00

Native Mage, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This is a card from the latest WARLORD CCG expansion set, "Shattered Empires."

The elves in this game are EVIL and use bone and things that are dead for armor. I was going to have a blast with this one, because I love working with skeletons, and absolutely love fish. Warlord is also a commission where I get to "play the villain", and I do so love to act.

The above illustration was executed in Chromacolour liquid Vinyl Chromacolour International and Sakura .005 Pigma Micron pen on 140lb Arches watercolor paper. 9"x7"

Check out the rest of the Game and buy the cards at :

WARLORD CCG

If you like great fantasy artwork and a quick 2hr. card game, you'll have fun with Warlord.

Native Mage

2009-01-05T06:36:00.001-08:00

Native Mage, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This is a card from the latest WARLORD CCG expansion set, "Shattered Empires."

When I get a Card like this this exact description I get:

4E-0137
Native Mage
Elf. Female. Wizard.
We see a female Elf wizard on a coast. Other than the traditional elves, this one looks like she came out of the water, with her „clothes“ being adorned with shells and other maritime accessories. The ridges and bones theme remains, but the bones are now from whale and other ... things from the deep.

I as a beginning sketch I usually do a quick sketch on 8.5"x 11" Hammermill color xerox paper (I like drawing on it's ultra smooth surface) then do the detailed under drawing directly on 140 lb Arches watercolor paper. I added the waves in the background as a Photoshop enhancement to give the art director an idea of what I was planning to do with the background.

Check out the rest of the Game and buy the cards at :

WARLORD CCG

If you like great fantasy artwork and a quick 2hr. card game, you'll have fun with Warlord.

A Little Book of Magical Beings

2009-01-02T10:39:00.001-08:00

A Little Book of Magical Beings, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This is the cover to my Little Book of Magical Beings. It is a miniature encyclopedia of magical humanoids from across the world and time. In this next year I will be posting pages and individual illustrations from this book, A Little Book of Monsters and the book I am currently working on, A Little Book of Sea Monsters. If you get some pocket change buy a few from me or let your friends who like mythology know about it. You will be donating to the "Keep Llyn Publishing Fund" and getting really cool books in exchange.

Just as an added note, the designing, writing, and illustration are all mine, and the first 1000 are signed and numbered.

From: A Little Book of Monsters

5"X6" Hard Bound
32 pages Full Color
$7.95 single copy
$4.00ea for five or more
Free shipping inside USA

To buy or find out more about books at Bobcat Publishing:

Animated Sample

Bobcat Publishing Store

Holiday Greetings

2008-12-24T12:04:00.001-08:00

Holiday Greetings, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

click here to watch

Happy Holidays one and all! Click the link to see this season's animated e-card. I encourage you to copy the link and send the card on to family and friends.

Note the entire animation is drawn in Flash. The initial black line drawings of the frost elves were created in india ink on cold press 140lb. watercolor paper. I scanned them into my computer at 300 dpi and then auto traced them in Flash.

Barack Obama

2008-11-03T16:59:00.001-08:00

Barack Obama, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

President in Disguise

9"x12" Arches hot press, watercolor, Berol colored pencil, Bic Stic

Here's my hope for tomorrow. I won't believe it until McCain concedes.

Joe Biden

2008-11-03T16:57:00.001-08:00

Joe Biden, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Working Class Joe

9"x12" Arches hot press, watercolor, Berol colored pencil, Bic Stic

Joe Biden, for the most part, has always been behind labor and has stood for the working middle class. Personally, I thought he would have made a good president and was a great choice for vicepres.

John McCain-Humbug

2008-10-20T07:39:00.001-07:00

John McCain-Humbug, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

John McCain-Humbug

"Ignore that man behind the curtain," oh I wish we could.
"Reform, Prosparity, Peace": this is really the McCain campaign's slogan. Seriously, check out his website, I'm not kidding.

Latest eddition for my show at Brave New World in Two weeks. If you're in the area please stop by, We'll even have some fun prizes for those who win at "Pin the Tail on the Lame Duck!"

9"X12" Arches hot press 140lb. Schmincke Areo Color liquid acrylic, Berol colored pencils, Bic Stic

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POLITICAL ART WONKS! Art Opening! NO THIRD TERM

Saturday, November 1

BRAVE NEW WORLD
www.bravenewworldcomics.com/
661-259- 4745 voice
22722 Lyons Avenue #6
Newhall, CA 91321

No Third Term

2008-10-14T06:50:00.003-07:00

No Third Term, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Obama and Biden

2008-10-14T06:50:00.001-07:00

Obama and Biden, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

POLITICAL ART WONKS! Art Opening! NO THIRD TERM

Saturday November 1

In honor of this election season the kind folks at Brave New World Comics in Newhall, just north of L.A., are hosting me and and a few other artists who vent their political frustrations by taking visual potshots at our politicians. Please drop by from 7 - 10PM for the opening. There will be refreshments, and limited edition buttons and prints for sale (Very limited and Very inexpensive).

Come drown your sorrows (before we have to drown our sorrows again).

Llyn Hunter
(Visual Political Wonk)
Bobcat Publishing
www.llynsplace.com
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BRAVE NEW WORLD
www.bravenewworldcomics.com/
661-259- 4745 voice
22722 Lyons Avenue #6
Newhall, CA 91321

Directions: Head N. on the 5, toward Magic Mountain. Get off on Lyon's AVE. turn right and head East for about four miles. the store is in a victorian looking storefront on the South (on your right) corner of Lyons and Chestnut (If you hit San Fernando Blvd. you've gone too far)

McCailn and Palin

2008-10-14T06:49:00.001-07:00

McCailn and Palin, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Troy Bayliss on the Drawing Board

2008-10-08T12:18:00.001-07:00

Troy Bayliss on the Drawing Board, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Troy Bayliss
Ducati 1098 F08

15" x 21" Schmincke Areo Color liquid acrylic on 100% rag Arches hot press watercolor paper.

From a photo shot by

Ty Dany
(Tonelli Daniele)

Troy Bayliss photo
Ty Dany's Website
Ty Dany's Flickr Page

Shot at Nurburg, Germany,2008

This painting was created as a donation for a raffle for a fundraiser for spinal cord research sponsored by D.O.C.S., CCMA and other San Louis Obispo motorcycle clubs. The painting was completed on the same day that Troy Bayliss won his 3rd World Superbike championship and his 50th overall win. Note, I was pinting during the commercials while watching the race.

If you would like to donate to the fund click here SCI Research Advancement

Sarah Palin, Queen of Pork

2008-09-17T15:56:00.001-07:00

Sarah Palin, Queen of Pork, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

PLEASE TAKE THIS .JPG!!! I'm offering this one up to the creative commons folks. Please virus it out!!! send it for free to whatever site you think could use it. I am truly hoping that in six weeks I will no longer have a use for this image, but it would be nice if you can find a good use for it in the mean time.

My Booth after set-up SDCC 08

2008-08-06T10:41:00.001-07:00

My Booth after set-up SDCC 08, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This is my second San Diego Comic-con, and I still don't have things quite right. The good news is that I brought just enough stock this time. Last year I brought way too much. I sold about 250 books and 30 prints along with misc. other procucts. I broke even, made a lot of new connections and friends, and had repete customers!!! for me it was a fantastic Convention

Booth Left side SDCC 08

2008-08-06T10:39:00.001-07:00

Booth Left side SDCC 08, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Bundled discounts, Folding Poems, free postcards, buttons,
"The Madness and King George", "Rosemond", "Punnies". and Prints framed and Unframed. Lots of stuff in all price ranges.

Right Side of Booth SDCC

2008-08-06T10:35:00.001-07:00

Right Side of Booth SDCC, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

My "Llitle Book of Monsters" and "Little Book of Magical Beings". prints, "Rosemond", and "Punnies". Free candy and bookmarks to draw the crowd - both are always hits. I get a kick out of how people take delight in such simple things. the response to the free stuff is almost worth the price of the booth.

Wide - IF

2008-05-21T11:56:00.001-07:00

Wide - IF, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Wide

First in my head
When I hear the word,"wide,"
Are the big bodied beasts
That live in the tide.
On the Pacific Coast beaches
As Monarchs they rule.
To bother or tease them
Is the act of a fool.

Literally the first thing that came into my head when I read this weeks word assignment. I've been doing the weekly illustration 4"x6", but had to do this one 9"x12" to give the little polver justistice, and get my relative size relationship in there.

Canson 140 lb, watercolor, pen, 9"x12"

If you would care to own the piece, click here

Electricity - IF

2008-05-16T08:37:00.001-07:00

Electricity - IF, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

This Illustration was done for last week's Illustration Friday Group on Flickr. The weekly one word assignments are so fun to do.

Electricity

Don’t touch that,
You’ll get a shock.
Don’t touch that,
You’ll get a shock.
Don’t touch that,
You’ll get a shock.

AAAAAAAAAAAGH!
I told you not to touch that.

4"x6" Kilimanjaro 140lb. cold press, liquid acrylic, pen

If for some reason you'd like to own it click here.

Cream in Your Coffee

2008-05-13T16:06:00.001-07:00

Cream in Your Coffee, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

When I am doing story boards for TV animation, I always like to have a watercolor painting going on the side to help me change perspective while I'm working. I've opened an etsy store page here if you wold like to have this one you can get it for $15.00, what a print usually costs. Long nights and lots of caffeine create funny things in the foam.

Too much coffee and too much caffeine
Will keep you awake so that you can't dream.
And one day you look down to find in the steam,
A tweak in perspective there in the cream.

Kilimanjaro 140 lb. cold press, watercolor, pen 4"X6"

Ice Cream People

2008-05-12T17:29:00.001-07:00

Ice Cream People, originally uploaded by Llyn Hunter, Bobcat Publishing.

Chromacolor acrylic on special printed post card (the
cone base). 4"x6"

Okay, this is Brandon Reese's fault:
Mister Reese
he posted his ice cream person, and I had to do one too. This is his:
Merv, the soft serve perv.
Chris Goodwin did a great one too:
Ice Cream Sally
So join us in the crazyness and do one for Brian Butler:
Ice Cream People Call for Submissions

Happy Ice Cream People

Happy Ice Cream People
Seemingly benign
With sunny smiling faces
Assuring all is fine;

Inviting you to join them
In a fun time tasty treat
Giving joy and pleasure
To everyone they meet.

Come and fill your tummy
With their sweet and creamy joy,
Exciting and inviting
for every girl and boy.

But be careful of their sweetness,
They're not always kind as that,
Their secret true ambition
is to make you round and fat.

Etsy offerings

2008-04-28T09:43:00.000-07:00

I am starting up an ETSY site to sell small originals, my books and prints. As with all things on the web you want to place yourself in as many places as possible in the hopes of being found. I will be posting more pictures from my Flickr and Etsy sites in the hopes that you'll find my stuff in some way. I'm sill amazed at all the time we all spend floating around the web. Back to work for me.

Bird Swirl $7.50 at Etsy

Animalphabet

2008-04-12T04:47:00.000-07:00

Here are the first three letters for a book I will slowly be composing over the next two or so years. I'm doing one letter a month for my new second cousin Cynthia.

Free Easter E-cards

2008-03-20T08:43:00.000-07:00

Click on this link to see the animation:

Easter Animation

Click on this link to see the animation:

Easter Animation

Here is this year and last year's Easter cards. Click on the link and they will start playing. Copy the the links and send them on to friends and family.

Animation story boarding and life

2008-02-18T07:41:00.000-08:00

Up to my eyeballs in work. That's the life of a storyboard artist for TV animation. When I started in this business about 17 years ago, they (production studios) gave you enough time to do the job and a good piece of change for your work. Now, they keep cutting back the deadlines and send the work off to Canada where it's cheeper to do. So juggling work load with having any kind of life is difficult. I still love getting paid to draw all day long, I just wish they give me the deadlines and pay they did ten years ago.

Flickr posts

2008-02-08T11:23:00.000-08:00

I'm posting a lot of my artwork on Flickr.com because they allow an unlimited amount of image posting. I will be putting work up now and again here because it is an addional place to put my work, but check out my work at :

Click on this link to see the my Flickr page

Llyn's Flickr Page

More Stuff for the net

2008-02-08T10:56:00.000-08:00

Considering I'm trying to get as much of a footprint out there as possible, I too am adding to the blogging community. I love and hate the web, and I'm sure you do to. If you're reading this, thanks. Your time is valuable.