Diablo

I just finished this for a "ocean activity oriented" magazine. The story is about a guy who unknowingly went swimming in a lagoon that was home to a big alligator. People living in the houses surrounding the lagoon looked on in amusement while the guy was swimming. Later, someone said to him "If you see Diablo, say hi for me". Turns out the community had sort of adopted the alligator, named him, fed him, etc.

At first I wanted to capture the horror of how it must have felt to just barely get away with your life. But after sketching a few thumbnails, I unconciously drew a sketch of an alligator as a pet. Collar, leash, doghouse, the whole bit. It amused me enough to send it to the AD as my idea, and he liked it.