Coydog Comics

“Contented Wolves” - Canadian Timber Wolves (by Rudy in Ottawa)

Onfim was a child who lived in Novgorod, Russia, in the 13th century. He left his notes and homework exercises scratched in soft birch bark (beresta) which was preserved in the clay soil of Novgorod. Onfim, who archaeologists believe was six or seven at the time, wrote in Old Novgorodian; besides letters and syllables, he drew battle scenes and drawings of himself, his family, and his teacher. [x]

Here is a picture of him as a knight stabbing someone.

(At least, he wrote his name next to the knight. Either it was supposed to be him or he was signing his masterpiece. Either way, still adorable.)

Several pictures of the original birch pieces can be found here:  [x]

When scientists get too honest

If it’s because you think her skin tone is too light, I think maybe it had to do with my upping the contrast and using a colour balance layer, which might have done something to it. It’s usually a part of my process in general, but it might be to blame here maybe. Here’s her face without the balances next to the image I used as reference for her colours.

Imaged mauled a bit for the purpose of tumblr posting; view them all in order here!

(Almost) Every cat in the felidae family! There are of course, always debates among taxonomists about which cat is in which subfamily, and whether subspecies actually deserve to be a species in of themselves. This is a simplification. Of course kitties here aren’t to scale and color tweaked/caricatured to give them more appeal.