San Antonio Zoo / Toy Studies / Nature Documentary Drawing

From the San Antonio Zoo...

In preparation for drawing moving zoo animals, I studied toy animals. These are from imagination using a toy as reference...

Also wanted to see various realistic poses, so I drew these while watching Planet Earth...

Animals are so fascinating and I like spending time with them and learning about them. I am continually in awe of how they are so naked against the world and still carve out a life for themselves. That is a power we understand little of, now that we've been so removed from nature.

I hope to have more animal-related posts :) I'm hoping that all this studying will lead to a strong enough understanding to do awesome character designs!

Tiffanny