[Melody]

emerald212 wrote:

Melody wrote:

Greater Basilisk wrote:

A chimera candlelamp. Ooh, I-d buy one in a heartbeat. And as many basilisks as she can come up with, too. 😀

What does a Chimera look like? I picture it as a lion like thing with a human face like a sphynx, but with a snake for tail or a scorpion’s tail.
What does a basilisk look like?
I know I could look it up, but I want to know what you picture it looking like.

What you described for a chimera is actually a manticore. A chimera has a body, but with three heads on long necks. One head is a dragon’s head, one is a goat’s head, and the other is a lion head. It has wings. Sometimes the body is the lion’s, sometimes it’s the goat’s, etc. or it can be a combination of all three. The wings are bat-like.

Here’s a photo from Wizards of the Coast:

Oh right, duh, I should know that! I think chimeras are kinda creepy.I am not into multi heads.

[Melody]

Greater Basilisk wrote:

A chimera candlelamp. Ooh, I-d buy one in a heartbeat. And as many basilisks as she can come up with, too. 😀

What does a Chimera look like? I picture it as a lion like thing with a human face like a sphynx, but with a snake for tail or a scorpion’s tail.
What does a basilisk look like?
I know I could look it up, but I want to know what you picture it looking like.

[Melody]

ddvm wrote:

Penguin, penguin, penguin *jumps up and down*

Ok, I know I brought it up before but you did mention a raven so I thought if you were in a fowl mood *snicker* you might consider a penguin. I’ll just go sit in the corner now…No penguins. They just aren’t “me”.

[Melody]

Greater Basilisk wrote:

I-m still hoping for that hippocampus PYO. How close to done is it?

It is still on paper.

[Melody]

emerald212 wrote:

Well, she said she’s not working on any more, but she didn’t say she won’t, so I’ll wait and see what she says. The bunny idea might spark an interest in her too.

Fantasy creatures are cool too. She was asking a while ago about other creatures and there was a long discussion about basilisks and cockatrices. I just figured I’d add more ideas I just thought of and couldn’t find the original thread (actually, I was too lazy to look 😳 ). What do you visualize a basilisk looking like? Is there something about them that would make them recognizable as a distinct animal?
I picture a cockatrice as a dragon rooster.

[Melody]

emerald212 wrote:

I know you have a lot to do already, Melody, but I was wondering if you are thinking about any new animals in candlelamps or otherwise?

I collect bunnies, and Dexter and Fletcher are next on my list, but it would be nice to see some that weren’t candlelamps… or a circle of bunnies candlelamp. That would be cool.

Also, I know a lot of people that like elephants, so have you ever thought about elephant anythings? I know I could probably sell them as a dealer.

Or weird, mixed up creatures, like chimeras or jabberwockies? Those would probably go well at conventions too.

Ooo ooo, or a fox.OOH, a winged fox? hmmm…
I never considered elephants because there is, or was, another company that specialized in them.It was called.. uh.. Peaceful Kingdom??… I think…or something like that. (not Harmony kingdom) They were really nice elephants.I try to stick to fantasy, except for when I don’t.
Thanks for the suggeswtions!
I want to hear what people want! It helps me decide what to do next.I am cosidering a raven something, hippocampus pyo, cat pyo.. I’d love to do a sphynx or two, but I don’t get very positive reactions to the ones I have done.. people haven’t started collecting them yet, I guess. I love sphynxes.

[Melody]

dragonessjade wrote:

I would like a SK or the autumn leaf OW on a mens shirt please. Yes, I would rather wear a man’s t-shirt then a Womens.

The loose ones aren’t men’s, they are unisex.The women’s are more fitted ones with shorter, tighter sleeves.

[Melody]

dragonessjade wrote:

Speaking of crooks, did you ever get your stuff back or find it?

No. I didn’t expect to, of course. The only thing not replaceable was the art work.. sigh. Probably in a landfill somewhere.

[Melody]

Dragon Master wrote:

Melody wrote:

Dragon Master wrote:

should the pics that just got posted come down? We would not want someone to steal your work with no legal recourse

eh, it’s got a copyright on it, I think it is safe, but I should ask someone if that pic is okay or not. Gad, we are picky..

In this day and age you HAVE to cover your work. There are too many thieves out there

Yeah really . Don’t want any crooks getting inspiration .

[Melody]

mimitrek wrote:

I love the wolf colored griffin chicks on the calendar! Is that what the new color scheme for the griffins is going to look like?

Yeah! Hopefully we can paint them like that.. It is always tricky to work out a pattern that we can do in production. Those are the first test painted chicks in the “wolf” color..
Their beaks are open , I photo-shopped them a little.

[Melody]

Greater Basilisk wrote:

Hi Melody,
LIH had a wonderful idea that half a dozen of us have seconded so far. Could you make a crouching fledgling, sort of the pendant to the cute crouching griffin chick? The poses of the sitting fledgling and griffin chick are so similar; it would be neat to have a fledgling to match the crouching chick.

AHH…you have noticed that I often do several “species” of creature off of the same concept sketch!
I used the female griffin pose for the old warrior,the lap and the cement dragon we haven’t made yet, because I thought we would never do the fem. griffin..
I used the hippocampus pose for the pyo griffin, which was originally the flion sketch;
-The crouching griffin concept sketch was the one I used for the young oriental dragon, since I thought we would never use it for a griffin chick.(The dragon did end up looking totally different though, since the belly of an oriental Dragon doesn’t drag.)
-The fledgling pose was taken from the first drawing of the sitting griffin chick I did.

It doesn’t matter really, each one is itself, even if they were derived from the same piece of paper!

Yes, I could do a crouching fledgling. Be happy to. May I have a long life!

[Melody]

Dragon Master wrote:

should the pics that just got posted come down? We would not want someone to steal your work with no legal recourse

eh, it’s got a copyright on it, I think it is safe, but I should ask someone if that pic is okay or not. Gad, we are picky..

[Melody]

gryphondreamer wrote:

SilverArrow wrote:

Hey Melody!

I just saw you added new items to the shop. If you could get a pic of the grand unicorn you would so have me as a customer for that tote bag. 😀

TOTE BAGS!!! 😀 😀 😀
there are tote bags now! cool. put more dragons and other things on the totes.

just a suggestion to make it less cluttered: for each design, have a sub category with all the items you can buy for it. i mean, when you start to have hundrends of items for sale, it kind of makes sense. 🙂 and that seems to be where this is going.How do you do that?

[Melody]

emerald212 wrote:

Hey Melody!

Put that Gold OW on a women’s dark v-neck T-shirt, and I’ll buy one! Thanks.It is on a w’s black v t, isn’t it? Maybe it doesn’t show up?

[Melody]

Hey, go look at the calendar I just put up in the cafepress store! It isn’t a fancy big 12 page one,just a “yearly”, but I think it is cute. And cheaper.(I am still working on the 12 page one)

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