February 2013 – Casey Girard Illustration

Big Chickens

For a long time now, well since I heard that Dinosaurs are relatives of birds not lizards, I have enjoyed the idea that Tyrannosaurus Rex was like a big Chicken, kind of silly with patchy feathers all over. Now this is not to say that he was related to birds or had feathers. This isContinue reading “Big Chickens”

As Small as a Hummingbird

Living in California I have the pleasure of seeing hummingbirds everyday. I keep a feeder close to a window for a good view as they come up to feed. It cracks me up watching turf wars between these little birds over who gets to feed and who is breaking in on our main male’s territory.Continue reading “As Small as a Hummingbird”

Happy Lunar New Year!

This is Slick; she wants to say Happy New Year! She is a snake I created when I was 15. I started with Sprout and decided he needed a gang of friends. I went through auditions with characters, call backs, and finally chose the cast of 7. This picture is missing a couple of people.Continue reading “Happy Lunar New Year!”

Spinosaurus

This page was sadly neglected in my sketchbook. I drew this image out early in my sketchbook planning. However, because I had left so many pages to complete close to deadline I put all of my focus into developing and completeing ideas for those. Then I ran out of time to go back and finishContinue reading “Spinosaurus”

A Sketchbook Welcome

Welcoming you to my sketchbook is this pink little T Rex, giving you the biggest smile he can. Something compels me to make Dinosaurs pink or magenta. I don’t know what it is. I especially liked the idea of a Pink Tyrannosaurus Rex since they are the kings of the jungle. —I heard at oneContinue reading “A Sketchbook Welcome”