Kyle + Rosemary

I thought it would be fun to show a now-then kinda thing. I used to draw fantasy characters all the time, so I dug up a cel I made at age 13 with an elf leading a horse. I have no idea where I got the acetate but I remember painting the back with tempura paints and I had to use several coats to get it to become opaque. (At 15 I discovered Cartoon Colour Co. in Culver City and got the ‘real thing’) I even painted the background. I remember thinking how cool it looked at the time. Like a fictional frame from my own movie! In my head!

Hmm, this elf needs some anatomy lessons, but boy was I good at horses! Must be a…girl thing…
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As a young Jun, I eagerly poured through my Dungeon Master’s manual and memorized all the spells. I thought Dragonslayer was awesome. I read nothing but fantasy novels (and the occasional sci-fi). I worshipped Tolkien, and I painted a mural of a giant blue dragon sitting on a huge pile of gold (ala Smaug) on my bedroom wall, and I wrote a poem about the dragon and translated it into Elvish from the runes in the back of the Lord of Rings book. I sculpted my own “fire lizard” from the Dragonriders of Pern series.
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