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Published: 2013-02-08 02:09:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 774; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 0
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He's a long-eared jerboa, but I made him look a little like a bunny. And he has thumbs...
I drew/sketched many jerboas before I did this one. I usually don't do studies of that sort. It helped a lot. I'll try to make that a habit...
Watercolor paint, white gel pen, black colored pencil, and graphite on Arches cold pressed paper.
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Watercolor, eeee!! <3 I love watercolor! This is great. I thought it was a kangaroo rat at first. I'm glad to hear that you've found the advantage of doing studies of something before producing lovely work on it. I have yet to find that out for myself, but it sounds like good advice. This is definitely professional grade stuff! Maybe you should consider children's illustration?
I like how you conveyed texture and fur direction in the coat, and the colors blend together so flawlessly! I always have a hard time with watercolors unless I use very thick outlines (to cover up the fact that I can't color within friggin lines). The eyes of this character are rather cartoony, but again, I think that only reinforces my argument of you going into children's illustration ;3 I especially love the shading in the ears, and how light on its feet the jerboa looks!
Great job!
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Thanks! But I'm not sure about children's illustration. Especially not with this character. His story is shaping up to be a little much for children, I think. It's a little gory...And I really want to put some swear words in there sometimes. (Probably 'cause I don't really get to swear much out loud.)
I wouldn't call the eyes cartoony, I'd say they're more...Stylized? heh, I don't know.
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It's so cute- Then I look at his paws, and all I see is "I WILL GOUGE YOUR EYES OUT."
Then again, that's how most rodents are- adorable faces, terrifying extremities.
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Their cuteness makes people let their guard down, and then the rodents strike. It's their strategy.
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The other strategy is to abandon cuteness, hide in the compost pile, and try to kill my dog.
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I love these creatures and you depicted one of them amazingly! *thumbs up*
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Thanks! I love them, too. I sort of want one...But I doubt I could take proper care of it...
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