Almost Live Animal Friday – Goat
Digital.
Despite this fellow’s ornery appearance, I was very satisfied with how it came out.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Chicks
Digital.
Two animals for the price of one today. In the photo, the chick on the left was in the foreground, while the one on the right was in the background. Surprisingly, the background chick was much easier for me to draw.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Ray
Digital.
I don’t remember offhand which kind of ray this fellow was. Surprisingly, the tail was harder to get right than the body itself.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Parrot
Digital.
As yesterday was Talk Like A Pirate Day, I felt like I had to do a parrot today. This fellow’s tail feathers were frustrating to get right–originally, I had a yellow feather among them, but it looked very strange among the black ones, to say nothing about the shapes of the feathers.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Prairie Dog
Digital.
As today is Friday the 13th, it seems natural for today’s post to be a black cat, but (a) I don’t have a personal photo of a black cat, and (b) I wanted to do a prairie dog last week before hearing about the frogs hiding in wind chimes. I believe this fellow was eating when I took its photo.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Frog
Digital.
I was inspired to do a frog this week after the recent news story about a man finding a family of tree frogs hiding in his wind chimes to escape Hurricane Dorian.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Goose
Digital.
That awkward moment between a cute fluffy gosling and a hissing, fully-grown goose. This particular goose was on a river bank, only separated from me by a fence, and was the closest I have come to a wild goose. Thankfully, this fellow had its head and neck down and didn’t notice me.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Eagle
Digital.
Originally, the head outline was yellow, but that did not match well with the brown body outline.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Turtle
Digital.
Unlike my previous two drawings in the series, I was very satisfied with my first attempt here, only making minor tweaks before declaring it ready to post. I believe the turtle was a midland painted turtle.
Almost Live Animal Friday – Deer
Digital.
Based on a photo I took at a park in Ohio a few years ago, where I came surprisingly close to the deer. This was my third attempt, with the first looking more like a fox with long legs than a deer.
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