Drawing a Bear in 4 steps: From Illustration School: Let’s Draw Cute Animals by Sachiko Umoto. Part of an adorable series of drawing books. I just adore Sachiko Umoto’s charming illustrations and whimsical approach to making cute animals that’s simple[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Warm up sketches of polar bears. The bears here range in age from a week to six months. Instead of my standard mechanical pencil, I decided to try a new technique: sketching with blue line pencil, and finishing with Tombow[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
More studies of polar bears. These are referenced from photos of the famous Berlin polar bear, Knut, as a cub and now adult.
Studies of polar bear cubs to warm up for penciling a new Last of the Polar Bears page today.
More studies of African lion cubs. Source: Photos from Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Zooborns.
Studies of African lion cubs. Cats, wild and domestic, are wonderful subjects to study because their “line of action” is often very pronounced, as you can see in these sketches. Source: Photos from Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Zooborns.
Studies of a baby De Brazza’s Monkey. Monkeys are a wonderful subject for warm-up sketching, providing strong poses with plenty of angles, curves, stretches and squashes. And they’re expressive too! Source: referenced from Denver Zoo video.
Studies of miniature piglets from the Basel Zoo.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s SUPER BEAR! Sorry–no new comic page this week, as I’ve been spending my time preparing for my trip to New York. Please accept this filler illustration as a substitute. You all have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Studies of Sand Cats and Sand Cat kittens. Source: Referenced from photos taken at the Parken zoo Eskilstuna by Mats Ellting.