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12/17/2015

12/03/2015

stallion

in driving posture, head held low to herd the mares

llama

11/29/2015

11/28/2015

betta fish

the finnage is of a plakat doubletail male (like my Oliver)

little dog begging

11/19/2015

11/04/2015

10/29/2015

10/16/2015

Maned Rat

in color; I had to do this one just because the patterns in the fur stripe on the side so striking. Unlike anything you'd picture a rat to be.

10/14/2015

wolf howling

crested rat

Lophiomys imhausi, also called the maned rat. I saw a stuffed specimen in a museum once. This creature chews bark of a toxic tree and rubs the saliva into its fur, can drop a dog dead if bitten. Apparently scientists don't know yet how the rat avoids poisoning itself when preparing the toxin.

10/03/2015

10/02/2015

moose

dall sheep ram

side and frontal view of the head

9/30/2015

coyote

sniffing at something on the ground, hackles raised

9/25/2015

9/20/2015

9/15/2015

horse butt in color

(just the linework)

9/14/2015

vixen and Cub

another variation

9/10/2015

horse

or as my four-year-old would say: "horse butt!"

7/30/2015

7/29/2015

7/28/2015

spotted seals

gray seal or harbor seal

7/16/2015

6/09/2015

bison

a young bull

6/08/2015

american badger

maned wolf

Chrysocyon brachyurus

6/01/2015

5/28/2015

5/04/2015

rat

simplification and a few value changes, was a mouse

bison cow and calf

5/03/2015

mouse 5

fox

glimpsed dashing across the road

5/02/2015

horse leaping

in a pose rather like a carousel horse

4/30/2015

whitetail deer

duiker

a dminutive forest antelope

cat

washing its face

4/23/2015

4/22/2015

4/17/2015

4/15/2015

4/10/2015

squirrel

I think this squirrel I sketched was the indian palm squirrel (it has some stripes) but I haven't made a color version of this illustration yet.

4/08/2015

armored rat

 armored rat I wasn't sure this one actually had spines until I read the wiki article

4/07/2015