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This is my humble web domain. Within its pages, I hope you shall find something of interest to you. I feel that a web presence is justified by utility, at least for me -- for I am happy when I feel useful. So go surfing, and if you like what you find, just let me know. I would be most pleased.

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Here there be Dragons My personal passion that many share to some degree, dragons within are found. Mostly images at this stage, though stories and histories and discussions will someday populate this place. Contributions towards this end are happily welcome by email.
The image archive has existed on the net for a full decade now (yes, that's right, since the end of 1989), and it is one of the few dragon art collections on the net with credits to the artists and links to their pages when available. You may recognize the images and artwork, but do you know who made them? Not all the images are credited, however; as any museum caretaker can tell you, the quest of the collection is everlasting. If you have any info on uncredited images, please contact me.
Please do not use the images within publicly without consulting the artist for permission. Please respect the rights and property of the artists. Do not modify the art within without the artist's permission. If you really want to use something you find here, contact the artist (I have provided links where available) -- you'd be surprised how generous they can be when given a little courtesy! Artists are wonderful people with an incredible gift. Please treat them accordingly, I beg you.
A note of emphasis - none of the dragon images are mine. Most of them I have permission to use, and the rest I am seeking permission for. You should not find any TSR or WotC pictures within, for they explicitly disallow use of the images they own, without exception.
Thank you, and enjoy the museum!

Furry & Costuming What is 'Furry'? And what is 'costuming'? The answers within are found in detail, but take a look at the background image, and the decoration of the graphic up there. You see a fox humanoid creature (named Bausparfuchs, borrowed from the © Schwäbisch Hall bank of Germany). You see a rabbit humanoid creature (named Bugs Bunny, © Warner Bros.). A coyote looking creature (named Wile E. Coyote) in the upper left part of that image. And a dragon (named Rooth, © Me, with art by Karena Kliefoth) in the lower right area. These are examples of 'Furry' creatures. Just a plain ol' rabbit would just be furry, not Furry. Confused yet?
And what's this 'costuming'? Well, the art and craft of making costumes. Take a look at that background image again, and note the wolf and buck in the lower left, and the carved 'furry' style rabbit head in the upper right. I'm particularly interested in the mascot-style kind of costumes. You know, the full body-and-head who-the-heck-is-that kind of costume. Though others can be great, too. I'm even building some right now. Go check it out!

Credits Imagine if you took the time to give credit to every person, book, movie, tv show, commercial, and sunset that had an affect on your life. Well, of course you can't do that, but when building a web page, it's a bit easier to keep track of who contributed what. In this section, you'll find credits to all the people and sites who, knowingly or not, contributed to the construction of these pages. (let us not forget www.html.com). Whenever you see a dragon like this, read the text near it and you will find some credit given for something on the page. Or, if there is no text, just click on the icon. It may not always be that color (depending on the background), but it will be that shape. :) On that note:
click it this time: too much to say!

Links & Rings Now what good would a website be without a section dedicated to related links and rings. Here you'll find an index of every link used within these pages, as well as some rings of web pages like this one (one of those rings may have even brought you here!), and maybe even some other links as well that just didn't find their own little place within this site. Maybe just stuff I thought was neat. I'll try to keep it organized, so that it can be as useful to you as it is to me!

Personal This section is all about stuff that's related to me, the author. Friends, personal interests, personal facts, my resume, my thoughts, a collection of quotes, and all sorts of pictures of me, my dragon collection, my plush collection, my friends, my car, my apartment ... I love images, if you couldn't already tell. ;)

Site Summary
Category	Description
Here there be Dragons	My personal passion that many share to some degree, dragons within are found. Mostly images at this stage, though stories and histories and discussions will someday populate this place. Contributions towards this end are happily welcome by email. The image archive has existed on the net for a full decade now (yes, that's right, since the end of 1989), and it is one of the few dragon art collections on the net with credits to the artists and links to their pages when available. You may recognize the images and artwork, but do you know who made them? Not all the images are credited, however; as any museum caretaker can tell you, the quest of the collection is everlasting. If you have any info on uncredited images, please contact me. Please do not use the images within publicly without consulting the artist for permission. Please respect the rights and property of the artists. Do not modify the art within without the artist's permission. If you really want to use something you find here, contact the artist (I have provided links where available) -- you'd be surprised how generous they can be when given a little courtesy! Artists are wonderful people with an incredible gift. Please treat them accordingly, I beg you. A note of emphasis - none of the dragon images are mine. Most of them I have permission to use, and the rest I am seeking permission for. You should not find any TSR or WotC pictures within, for they explicitly disallow use of the images they own, without exception. Thank you, and enjoy the museum!
Furry & Costuming	What is 'Furry'? And what is 'costuming'? The answers within are found in detail, but take a look at the background image, and the decoration of the graphic up there. You see a fox humanoid creature (named Bausparfuchs, borrowed from the © Schwäbisch Hall bank of Germany). You see a rabbit humanoid creature (named Bugs Bunny, © Warner Bros.). A coyote looking creature (named Wile E. Coyote) in the upper left part of that image. And a dragon (named Rooth, © Me, with art by Karena Kliefoth) in the lower right area. These are examples of 'Furry' creatures. Just a plain ol' rabbit would just be furry, not Furry. Confused yet? And what's this 'costuming'? Well, the art and craft of making costumes. Take a look at that background image again, and note the wolf and buck in the lower left, and the carved 'furry' style rabbit head in the upper right. I'm particularly interested in the mascot-style kind of costumes. You know, the full body-and-head who-the-heck-is-that kind of costume. Though others can be great, too. I'm even building some right now. Go check it out!
Credits	Imagine if you took the time to give credit to every person, book, movie, tv show, commercial, and sunset that had an affect on your life. Well, of course you can't do that, but when building a web page, it's a bit easier to keep track of who contributed what. In this section, you'll find credits to all the people and sites who, knowingly or not, contributed to the construction of these pages. (let us not forget www.html.com). Whenever you see a dragon like this, read the text near it and you will find some credit given for something on the page. Or, if there is no text, just click on the icon. It may not always be that color (depending on the background), but it will be that shape. :) On that note: click it this time: too much to say!
Links & Rings	Now what good would a website be without a section dedicated to related links and rings. Here you'll find an index of every link used within these pages, as well as some rings of web pages like this one (one of those rings may have even brought you here!), and maybe even some other links as well that just didn't find their own little place within this site. Maybe just stuff I thought was neat. I'll try to keep it organized, so that it can be as useful to you as it is to me!
Personal	This section is all about stuff that's related to me, the author. Friends, personal interests, personal facts, my resume, my thoughts, a collection of quotes, and all sorts of pictures of me, my dragon collection, my plush collection, my friends, my car, my apartment ... I love images, if you couldn't already tell. ;)

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