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Boneclaw Mother

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This is the cover for Chapter Seven of my increasingly lengthy webcomic, "Digger." Our wombat heroine had just encountered the elder of a tribe of hyena-like creatures, a hooded figure called Boneclaw Mother, and I liked her enough that I decided to give her the cover illustration.

"Digger" has subscription only archives, but there's several hundred pages free at the moment, plus the current page is always free on Tuesday and Thursday. [link]

Masks are probably the biggest recurring motif in "Digger"--half the characters are veiled or hooded or masked, it shows up in the myths people tell, and even the big stone heads scattered at random through the landscape are based on Balinese Barong masks. Possibly I'm a little obsessed.

Anyway, kind've a Susan Seddon Boulet influence on this one. Prints are available, for $10 and $20 respectively--send a note or visit [link] for details.
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SongCoyote's avatar
Merciful heavens, but I love this character!

I love looking at her, reading her antics, and even roleplaying them from time to time (I've introduced Boneclaw Mother to a couple of different tabletop RPG adventuring parties, and I manage to disturb them with her in a way similar to how she disturbs Digger... and other hyenas, for that matter). I've long wanted a tattoo of her on me somewhere, and this image might just be the right one!

Thank you for the many years of pleasure you've brought me through your stories and art, Ursula <3

Light and laughter,
SongCoyote