What, is this like cryptobiology? Nah. It's just a word I made up to encompass three unique creatures: the dragon, the gryphon, and the Apocatiel. These creatures have caught my attention and covered page after page of my sketchbook. I thought I would share a few images and a tidbit of lore.

	Dragons came to my attention first, decorating the sides and tops of my notes from as far back as first grade. Oriental snakey dragons, winged dragons, lizardy cavorting dragons, and many more graced nearly everything I touched in whatever media I happen to have on hand (including the fallen flowers of my Grandmother Cobleigh's fabulous garden). Actually, it was really bad of me to doodle in my classes, but my attention would wander and so would my pencil. I do not recommend doodling in class. Aside from the obvious lack of attention, the darned doodles are stuck on lined paper. I say, invest in a good sketchbook. You will be grateful later on in life and your teachers will thank you.
	Gryphons were developed next. They've got feathers, and, lacking any convenient model for wings, I couldn't get 'em right for the longest time. I think my first gryphons were done around sixth or seventh grade. Pretty primative! Still, now I have my darling cockatiel, and my gryphons are looking much better.
	On the subject of birds ... the fiece Apocatiel came last, as he will at the end of days, armageddon. He is a fearsome creature, innocuosly biding his time as an unassuming pet cockatiel. Be warned!

Actually, these are far from the first two creatures to grace my class notes. There was an odd time period between those two eras when I drew little else but unicorns and pegasi. "Odd" considering that I've all but forgotten how to draw horses, now. Yes, yes, and there was also the shark era of my drawings. Drawing humans has been a recent development with mixed results. I find it much easier to draw things that don't exist because there is a much greater variety and deviation from the norm than there is in drawing humans. People infer more from a drawing of a human by subtle differences; it's rather difficult to pick up the non-verbal clues of a gryphon, even if one has a pet cockatiel.

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