Panthera Carboneum

Here is a series of the big cats in charcoal.  I am beginning with the four real (roaring) big cats of the world: The Tiger, Lion, Leopard and Jaguar.

Leo

8" x 10" 

Charcoal

Lions have long since been my favorite animal and subject for symbolism in art, but this guy is mostly a study.  I've been trying to find a good picture of a roaring lion as reference, since contrary to popular belief they do not open their mouths wide when roaring.  A good deal of those pictures are of lion yawns.  And while I suppose those are still impressive, it's not the emotion I want.  Here it is. Here is the real roar.

 Tigris
9" x 9"
Charcoal

 Pardus
7" x 8"
Charcoal

Dragons

These are some dragons based on a new series I am doing.  They are all part of a fantastical/epic story I wrote when I was 8 which I have been adding to ever since, and have recently created a sort of pseudo scientific genealogy of different dragons for.  There are still plenty more to come.

This is an Air dragon

This is a Terran dragon, a type of Earth dragon.

Here is a concept board and first draft finish of the main character, Saje.  She is the daughter of a chief of one of the Shadow dragon tribes, who have lived in the darkest part of the Southern jungles for ages since the great disaster.  Shadow dragons are also the only dragons that have venom in their blood, (according to myth, a manifestation of their spite and hatred of the rest of the word) so they are unaffected by their likewise venomous and lethal environment.