(1987) pencil and ink on paper. Ground zero for my horse character Jon Shire. This started as one of Brigitte Sliertin's tryout sketches of Thirty-Thirty the cyborg "equestroid" from Filmation's Bravestarr animated series. (Bona fide model sheets of the characters were on hand for a possible coloring book job.) Note the penciled-in headband and antenna, and the retained collar detail from Thirty-Thirty.