Anyways, her birthday was rolling around and rather than give her a giftcard or something else equally lame and uninspired... I decided to ask her to list off 3-5 animals that she likes... and informed her that I would draw something for her.... using my "professional" drawing skills.
The day job is a retail job, and her birthday was right before the big holiday rush, so the birthday present fell to the sidelines for a bit... but I decided to clear off the drawing table and tackle this assignment. Her animals were a tiger, a ferret and an elephant. Initially this presented a quandary because... how does one mix these 3 together? The sheer size difference alone and the difference in body shapes would not make this easy. So, I struggled with that a bit. I knew I wanted the tiger to be the main body... but wasn't sure where to put in the ferret or elephant. I finally landed on ferret supplying the face and tail, with the elephant being the ears and feet. Then it all kinda came together.
I later regretted the tiger body cuz all the lines of the body were kinda a bitch... But, as a whole, I liked the end result... and it was good to draw some animals instead of humanoid things (like I usually do).
