Ursula Vernon

An American fantasy/sci-fi artist and writer. Creator of the lol wut pear Biting Pear of Salamanca (pictured). She has a fairly considerable Internet following, and has created a number of webcomics, including the very notable Digger. Her artwork can be seen here.

Her works include

 * A Conspiracy Of Mammals (sadly unfinished)
 * Black Dogs
 * Digger (sadly finished)
 * Dragon Breath
 * Elf vs. Orc (tragically unfinished)
 * Irrational Fears
 * Nurk
 * Gearworld (Both a quasi-narrative journal and a generic setting for many paintings; tragically unfinished)

Tropes across her works include

 * Footnote Fever: Terry Pratchett would be proud.
 * Frogs and Toads: Second only to small furry animals in favor, it seems.
 * Funny Animal: Particularly weird ones, like wombats, hyenas, coelacanths, snails...
 * Funny Background Event
 * Makes Just as Much Sense in Context: Many of her works are pretty weird. And often as not, her explanation is "I don't know either" or "I just paint the things, I don't have to know what they mean".
 * Mood Whiplash: She has a very humourous style, and uses it even when describing very traumatic events.
 * Not Evil, Just Misunderstood
 * Our Dragons Are Different: Not only that, but every kind of dragon she draws seems to have different physical and mental attributes from the others.
 * Perky Goth: The artist herself is close to being one. She is fond of her spiked black leather boots and provides the page image for Fingerless Gloves.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Themed Tarot Deck: With wombats, but only a few cards were made.
 * What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?: Averted with Toadback Road, which was in fact inspired by marijuana-induced musings. Played straight with all her other work.