SF&F Picture 13 out of 78 by Ursula Vernon.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: Happy Little Capybara Visits The Mayan Underworld

'Excuse me,' said the happy little capybara, 'but did an owl carrying a sloth come by here?'

'Go away,' said Blood Gatherer grumpily.

The capybara was screwing up his courage to ask again, because Stanley the sloth was his best friend in the whole world and had to be found, when Blood Gatherer suddenly began thrashing and lashing and glomphing about like a tube sock stuffed full of cats.

'Are you okay?' asked the happy little capybara, when Blood Gatherer had finally stopped thrashing about, and was panting on the floor of the cave.

'I have an itch between my shoulderblades,' said Blood Gatherer even more grumpily, 'and my arms are too short to reach it.'

I need another project like I need a compound fracture of my drawing hand, but the notion of a children's book featuring the Happy Little Capybara entering Xibalba in an effort to find his stuffed sloth Stanley appeals to me on way too many levels. Blood Gatherer is one of the demon-lords of Xibalba, although I don't think he was a giant leech in the original 'Popul Vuh.' (Any kid's book I did would be weird and freaky and not suitable for children, so I figured I might as well resign myself to that fact right off the bat.)

Part of a tour:

Mesoamerican fantasy


	Categories: [Anthropomorphic (Furries)] [Humourous or Cute Things] [Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters] Techniques: [Computer Painted from Scratch]

Date	Name	Comment
1 Jun 2007	Helena C. Whittaker	Loading... but kids LOVE weird and freaky!
1 Nov 2007	SkyWolf	Loading... I love wierd and freaky!!! (Yea I know I spelled dat wrong; it adds EMPHASIS!!! = )
12 Dec 2007	Anonymous	Loading... let me just say that the idea of twisted childrens books always apeal to the public! i read em' as a kid and turned out just fine! PS- adults love childrens books too ya' know.
2 Feb 2008	Chinese girl	Loading... Chinese girl approves. You should write this book and self-publish if no one will take you. Amazon distribution ftw
3 Feb 2008	Kathleen Lori Flynn	Loading... You go Capybara !!! Save Stanley!!!
29 Feb 2008	Katie	Loading... Wow, it’s wonderful, I especially liked the line "tube sock stuffed full of cats," it was pure genius.
31 Mar 2008	Nathan Cel Medwin	Loading... this is a tad creepy but it looks great non-the-less.
10 Apr 2008	Katherine Somerville	Loading... WHAT?!?!? A Capybara!! my favorite animal. One of the only ones on the site.
2 Jun 2008	Delilah	Loading... Oh wow, first thing on my mind was how much I love the skin of the blod gatherer, the shading and all is amazing. Such lovely texture. And having a capybara in a picture is always a plus!
24 Jul 2008	Sara M.B. Guglielmino	Loading... wow
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SciFi and Fantasy Art: Happy Little Capybara Visits The Mayan Underworld