#147 Guest Artist Jaime Raybin Draws the Okapi!

Animalia: Guest Artist!
Jaime Raybin - the Okapi

Jaime Raybin is an artist living and working in Nashville, TN.

Her commentary for this image is as follows:

"it lives in a bathroom."

So yeah, now you know all you need to know about Okapis.

Jaime's forte is actually dinosaurs, but this fantastic little painting

shows a range that extends to stripy legged HQs in carpeted bathrooms.

Check out her work!

#132 Guest Artist Jenie Gao draws the Spoonbill!

Animalia: Guest Artist!

Jenie Gao - the Spoonbill

Jenie Gao is an artist living and working in Milwaukee, WI.

For as long as I have known her, she has always drawn animals,

so I figured she would be perfect at guest artisting for Animalia.

I didn't know about the spoonbill until Jenie accidentally drew this

one instead of a shoebill, which is also forthcoming for animalia.

Jenie sent me the pen and ink drawing and I colored it,

but I really think Jenie's B/W drawings work better w/o color.

(Also, I had trouble figuring out what color I should do the b/g)

Either way, shoebills are crazy colors:

flamingo pink, Big Bird yellow, and sky blue.

Anyways, thanks Jenie!

#122 Gabe Slavitt Guest Drawing of the Gnu

Animalia: Guest Artist!

Gabe Slavitt - the Gnu

So, no Mexican Mole Rat today(I know, try to hold back the tears),

But! Instead we have a super special guest artist.

I asked my good friend and former roomie Gabriel Slavitt

if he would draw a Gnu for me, which he did.

While I was in Kansas City, we met up and there was a handoff,

and now it is here for your consumption.

I added a bit of color for the final bit.

Also, you can look and both Nick's Gnu and

my original Gnu if you feel so inclined.