I've been tagged by Jennyfur, so here are my facts...


1. I am crazy about girls.

2. I have only ever had one girlfriend (in an on-and-off relationship totalling 1 year and 11 months if you subtract the offs).

3. I am a cat person, but am allergic to cats, so I have a dog.

4. I love insects because I think they're fascinating and beautiful (generally speaking).

5. My favorite kind of pie is rhubarb (with gooseberry as a close second).

6. I am terribly afraid of nurses and have had many nightmares about them.

7. I once witnessed a cap spontaneously unscrew itself from a bottle of aspirin.

8. I make lists as a hobby.

9. I aspire to be a respected science fiction author and artist, illustrating my own books and those of other authors.

10. I am about to complete my first novel (the first draft, that is).

11. I am crazy about girls.


I tag the following users:
~Eyefeather
~Gloomcake
~Khallya
~Natasek
~Odavis
~Scythemantis

It was hard finding 6 deviants who have never been tagged before.

In addition to the new deviations, scraps, and Deviant ID, I have put up new versions of a number of older pieces. This was mostly to replace scans and photographs I wasn't satisfied with, some of which were as much as seven years old. Below is a chronological list of the replaced images.

Still Life with Harvestman
Draaschig
Waterspout
Nude I
Lyekka
Dream Nudes
Guardians of the Key
Vomer
Green
Sakura
3:03 P.M. I
3:03 P.M. III
Signature

I took a two month sabbatical from Deviantart, but now I'm back. I've added six deviations and over twenty scraps that I made during my time away, as well as some old works I found.

For easy access, here is an index of the various creatures I have created, or reinterpreted from folklore. It excludes those that have only appeared in a single work.


FUZZIES (WHOOIDS)
The Fuzzies
Creature Recognition Chart

GHOSTS
Ghast
Ghost I
Ghost II
Ghost III
The Lurker
Sedentary Ghost I
Sedentary Ghost II
The Haunted Crystal

GROOØGS
Creature Recognition Chart
Grooøg I
Grooøg II

NEMATS
Nemat
Tamen

PIXIES
Creature Recognition Chart
Pixie

PUFFS
Creature Recognition Chart
Rabbit Puff

ROBOTS
Creature Recognition Chart
Birdbot
Robot with Panama Hat

SALT DRAGONS
Salt Dragon I
Salt Dragon II
Salt Dragon III

'SIX PLANETS' CREATURES
Turkey Lurkey
Tishdesher
Buskeeg

SPIKAYS
Spikay I
Spikay II

VORACIOUS ORBS
Creature Recognition Chart
Voraceous Orb

ZOMBIES
Vomer
Duo


Here is an index of some of my more traditional works.


STILL LIFES
Still Life with Harvestman
Apple
Stone

PORTRAITS
Self-Portrait I
Self-Portrait II
Lyekka
Girl
Sabrina
Head of a Woman
Maria
John

NUDES
Nude I
Nude II
Nude III
Nude IV
Dream Nudes
Nude with Staff

ANIMALS
Preying Mantis
Brown Trout
Goldfinch I
Goldfinch II

I’m not big on journals, but I thought I’d put up an artist’s statement or something of the sort. For starters, my name is Lee Sherman. I was born on the 13th anniversary of the Apollo 13’s safe return to Earth, and, around the time scientists found probable Martian microfossils in ALH84001, I pledged to become a science fiction author and artist like Wayne Douglas Barlowe. I recently graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in art (minoring in English).

Today I’m pursuing separate avenues of writing and art, both dominated by science fiction. I also produce fantasy art and Surrealism (I, unlike most, regard these as 3 separate disciplines). Many of my works are “found art” based on stains and other random things that suggest interesting images to me. The end results mostly fit into one of several fictional universes, and I usually include concise explanations in the artist’s comments. I used to develop my art and writing in parallel, illustrating my stories and novels, but I no longer do that for various reasons. The stories behind my works of art are usually either afterthoughts or factors in the development of a visual idea, not the genesis of the idea itself.

Right now I’m working almost entirely in pencil, so that’s what you’ll see here. I’m picky about what I put in my main gallery, so most of my work is in “scraps.” The scraps are mostly pages from my sketchbook, since I usually execute planned and/or complicated drawings on printer paper. I discovered when I saw them side by side that my scans are of wildly varying lightness. I’ll try to keep that standardized from now on.

I hope you find my work pleasing and thought-provoking. Please leave comments, since I’m receiving almost none at this point.