By the power vested in me . . . by me . . . I hereby dedicate this page to all the un-named, un-categorical, unfinished, or just random sketches kicking around in my inspiration and sketch book.
"There, are you guys happy now?"
This one is a profile sketch of an anthropomorphic betta splendens,
or Siamese fighting fish, that I did for my character Feldai, the
shapeshifter. The problem for him is that far from being a
consciously controllable phenomenon, his body changes seemingly at
random. (His forms are almost always limited to the average
representative of a given species, the exception being a very simple
hybrid now and again. The length of time he remains in a given
form also varies, ranging from the span of a day to two weeks.
Common to all forms are his gender and approximate level of
physical maturity.) Sometimes he gets powerful, desirable forms
like a gryphon, and sometimes he gets a fish. This particular
form was problematic for him, as he shifted on land (a heavy rain kept
him from suffocating until he could find water). Also, the betta
is by nature an extremely aggressive fish . . .