KayDee21

Description: An exuberant dancer

Description: Though they usually travel in groups, this marching bass drum has gone rogue & started a solo career.

Description: A dancer

Description: Abstract doodle of flowering plants

Description: The best way to be welcomed home

Description: Inspired by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, this design features the three Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, & Future, as well as the quotation from Scrooge's reformation & affirmation of the Christmas spirit.

Description: A freehand rendering of the mighty monster of the deep, the Kraken.

Description: Inspired by the eponymous Kansas song, this space explorer wanders an abandoned planet.

Description: The Leanan Sidhe is a Celtic fairy that provides inspiration to creative men, but causes them to become so engrossed in their craft that they waste away with their obsession, & die after creating their best work.

Description: The personification of that feeling you get when the song that is your jam comes on

Description: A small fairy warrior with the fierceness of a honey badger. Don't judge him by his size!

Description: A vampire that you really don't want to disturb while he's feeding

Description: A couple out for a pleasant stroll with their pet dragon

Description: A man who rides the wind.

Description: Hel, the Goddess of the freezing Norse afterlife, half beautiful woman, half corpse.

Description: A muse of music inspiring a young guitarist.

Description: A tea rose just beginning to bloom.

Description: Inspired somewhat by Pigeon Point lighthouse on the California coast

Description: The thing with feathers, the last thing in Pandora's box, the friend of all dreamers

Description: Beatrice & Benny get their groove on for their next gig.

Description: A spectral musician poses for the camera.

Description: The personification of Largo (a very slow tempo)

Description: A fusion of The Son of the Kite & The Kite's Daughter

Description: A little bit of Christmas cheer & warmth from three of my recurring characters, Beatrice, Benny, & their pet dragon.

Description: The mischievous Puck from a Midsummer Night's Dream.

Description: Inspired by Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a spirit is guided to the next life.

Description: Conjoined twins in outer space, waiting to be born

Description: Angels can be adrenaline junkies, too! This one's a storm chaser.

Description: I always thought of Kay, Gawain, & Lancelot as the core of Arthur's round table. Here, I tried to portray Arthur formally asking those three to join with him

Description: In the Arthurian canon, Gawain is typically the most passionate of Arthur's men. Here he is with his famous horse, Gryngolet.

Description: A working of earth magic.

Description: Based on the family name Keating, which is from the Norman "Cyting," meaning 'Son of the Kite.'

Description: Perhaps the most exciting thing to watch in the pit is the auxiliary percussionist. Their infectious enthusiasm is perhaps most visible when they have to play multiple instruments at once, like this guy on the bass drum & gong.

Description: Based on impressions from a salsa concert I played in & danced at.

Description: A pair of dancers inspired by the vibrant music of Chicago, especially the jazz-flute heavy Fancy Colors.

Description: This is what a pulse looks like