Yes, the two pictures I just posted are original (as are the volcano dragon pics) and took a little under 8 hours time to draw from scratch, combined. And all the pictures I post here will be original, unless otherwise noted.
I could average a little faster when I had access to ImageForge, but Paint's quite a bit slower, since it lacks many of the tools I like to use. By the way, they're not quite exactly the colors I wanted/chose, due to converting them from bitmaps to JPegs-it fades them out and mixes them a little bit, giving the pictures a slightly washed-out appearance. Since it seems to actually help the pictures look a little better and the colors blend together, I don't mind if they're not quite as bright as they're supposed to be.
Thanks! it's a lot of fun and a real labor of love, so I'm glad you're enjoying it too
