#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!

#131 Christmas Gift / Elephant Part Two

Did an elephant drawing for a white elephant gift exchange.

Drawn after Jan Mollijn's woodcut.

From the little elephant in the top left corner.

Kind of an Animalia supplement.

Here is the original elephant post.

#130 The Moose

Animalia: Day 105
The Moose

Got tired of google searching animals for Animalia and only

getting results of hunters holding up limp animal carcasses.

Got kind of a Pietà vibe. and a PETA vibe. also Goya. also Rembrandt.

Started with a pretty loose pencil sketch

and went for it with a brush tip marker.

This was an attempt to try and keep the drawing much looser.

All of the shading/ details were done in the inking, rather than penciling.

Didn't plan out the shading well and it got messy in the body.

First time I think I've really had to fix the drawing in photoshop for Animalia.

Tried to keep it loose in the coloring too.

I think it turned out well.

Also, finished my first semester of Grad school.

That's the only reason y'all got a post.

Won't be back to everyday, but they will happen more often.

Hopefully.

xoxo

Jun.

Tomorrow: the Mountain Goat

#129 The Monkfish

Animalia: Day 104

The Monkfish

Did a couple of these, and was not happy.

Looked at some Mignola for inspiration.

Photoshopped and 'lored (as in colored).

Some of the colors happened as a happy accident when I turned

up saturation and the subtle changes became really bright.

Pretty happy with it.

Hopefully the next post will happen sooner rather than later,

but I wouldn't count on it. Final papers this week.

Missed you all.

xoxo

jun

Tomorrow(wishful thinking): the Moose.

#128 Sketches

Sketches from SMU Meadows Museum and Mustang Sculpture.

From the 19th C. part of the Museum.

The little sketch is a Goya, and the lady is

from another painting in the same room.

#127 Mermies

Unfinished designs for a tattoo for a friend.

More posts are on their way.

#126 The Mongoose

Animalia: Day 103

The Mongoose

Bet you didn't think another was comin so soon.

I actually drew this the same time as the mole, so whatevs.

Tomorrow(not really): the Monkfish

#125 The Mole

Animalia: Day 102

The Mole

Mole!

Went through a few designs.

Star-nosed moles can smell under water.

They blow out little air bubbles out of their noses,

then suck the air back in to smell underwater.

Apparently other semi aquatic mammals

such as water-shrews do this too.

Sorry it has been so long.

I've been busy consuming Panofskittles and those sour little Warburgs.

Hope you enjoyed the revival of Animalia.

Tomorrow: the Mongoose.

#124 The Mexican Mole Lizard

Animalia: Day 101

The Mexican Mole Lizard

It's got no back legs,

it's tiny, pink, and shiny,

it's got the body of a worm,

it's got the hands of a mole,

and it's a lizard.

Surrously...

Google it!

Anyways, sorry it took so long,

sorry this isn't in color,

and sorry it's a little bit racist.

But you're going to have to wait a hot minute for the next one, probs.

Just be glad I didn't put a revolver/tamale/maraca in his hand.

xoxo missed you all,

Jun.

Tomorrow(haha): the Mole

#123 Meadows Museum Sketches

This is not an animal post.

School is mad hectic.

So instead of an animal,

you're getting sketches from the Meadows Museum at SMU.

Done during the class I am TAing.

On the left is Antonis Mor's portrait of the 16 year old Alessandro Farnese,

and from top to bottom is Maino, Adoration of the Shepherds;

Murillo, Jacob Laying Peeled Rods Before the Flocks of Laban;

Zurbaran, The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Siena;

and a putto from a Murillo Immaculate Conception.

They're all Baroque, except the Mor.