This is about a 45 minute sketch and painting referenced out from a live guinea pig, Toby.  Bobby Chiu's pet.

Intense Turtle

Just a fun painting to see where I would go with this one.  

Sal A. Mander

The sketch or paint theme for this called "Amphibian".  What started out was a frog like head turned into a Salamander character for an interview with Travis Louie on Sketchoholic.com.