Children of the Savannah

We have lions! I don't remember ever making a piece that had so much warm colors in it. I find it very refreshing. It was very fun experimenting with mixing colors, I must try more next time.

This is also the first time where a picture came out much better than what I had in my head, so I'm really proud of this one. :)

But there's more to come with plenty of other animals to practice. I hope to finish two more pieces before this month is up. Five pictures a month is a big goal but I'll feel quite fulfilled. Spring is only a couple of months away, who knows what will happen.

Caught Red Handed

She's caught stealing your heart!

This came out pretty cute I might say, with homage to my favorite drawings of last year (save for the flamingo one teehee). The raccoons were inspired by the stories I've heard of them stealing stuff from people as well as some currently living under my house.

Lesson learned here though is that I need to practice more on the animals before sketching them out on the final piece. So I will be doing warm ups on my next animal before I get started on the actual pics. And if I'm inspired enough, I'll even color them. :D

Dancing Flamingos

First image of 2011! I'm in the mood to do illustrations so I'll be working on these for a while. I'm happy with this one because it's pretty close to what I had in my head. Flamingos are awesome.