The SKETCHBOOK of DOOM

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This is the sketchbook that I took to the con. During opening ceremony, I mentioned the project and told the fuzzies that I was going to fill it over the weekend and that they needed to give me species suggestions. They did. I started it on Friday night, it was auctioned it off on Sunday (at 70% finished), and was wrapped up on Monday. It sold for £250, half of which went to the charity.

The winning bidder helped me decide the final species and I drew his character on the first page. He seemed very happy, which made ME very happy, and all things were wonderful!

Click through to see the drawings! None of these are scanned, so photos are all you guys are gonna get. 🙂 

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Kitsune Liao!<3333

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Snow Leopard (I really wanted to draw the fluffy tail).

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Fennec, Arctic, and Red Foxes. 

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Giant Panda, Red Panda

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Skunk

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Giraffe leaning on a stool drinking tea.

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Praying Mantis

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Shy Box Turtle

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Jack Rabbit

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Bat and teddy bear

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Platypus 

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Zebra and Okapi

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Wolf (and toast)

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Badger

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Ferret

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White-tailed Deer

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House Cat

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Sergal

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Owl (horned owl probably?)

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Arctic fox 2

These were really fun for me to do since I almost never do traditional media outside of conventions, and thus only do badges/sketchbooks on commission. I alternated between plain graphite and graphite/prismacolor marker and got to experiment with a lot of different styles and things. Sometimes I was able to get a reference for an animal, but most of the time I sort of just made up (so ignore the janky anatomy plz). 

AND HERE IS THE HAPPY WINNER, WHOM I ADORE:

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Look,Taro even has a signed print that he bought at the con yard sale!!! 

Anyway, it was a lot of work and totally worth it. :3

Introducing.. CUDDLEPUFFS.

This October will mark one year of selling at conventions. I intend to return to Anime Banzai then and, er, need to have entirely new offerings. So I’ve been plotting. I want to do cuddlepuff-style con badges, I think… that would be fun… and pre-made pokemon (and other) merch done in the same style. Here are my concepts so far. :3 It has been fun to experiment and test the ratios of cute/fluffy and recognizable…