Bones, Ungulates and Others

Another sketch dump, consisting of some skull studies, pronghorn and other miscellaneous creatures.

Here's a drawing of the extinct american cheetah (Miracinonyx) chasing down an extant pronghorn. Size comparison is probably not exact. The american cheetah is named such primarily due to morphological similarities between it and the contemporary cheetah, owed to a theorized case of convergent evolution. In actuality it's more closely related and similar in size to the modern puma/cougar.

The pronghorn is also interesting for similar reasons. Neither a deer nor an antelope, it's the sole surviving member of the family Antilocapridae and evolved separately from true antelope. It's closest living relatives are the giraffe and okapi. Their horns are also built more like a giraffe's knobs than anything else, composed of an inner bony core and a skin covering that hardens into a keratinous sheath and is annually shed. Both males and females have horns although the female's are smaller.

A walrus, hippopotamus, manatee hybrid.

Snow and Sky

Last few paintings from 2016. Only practice.

Wolf Study

Used an anatomy study as an excuse to try out stylized fur. No symmetry used for added difficulty. Here are a bunch of random renders ~

Some comps of zbrush BPR renders

Cougar Mountain Zoo

Sketches from a zoo trip. 

Spoilers: I didn't draw any of the cougars.

There are however shaved alpacas, hyacinth macaws, tigers, wallabies, emus, and crowned cranes.

Hasty Faces

Some older speedy portrait studies

Sketchbook Sampler

Finishing up a sketchbook and figured I'd post some snippets here before cracking open a new one. My pages tend to be hectic, mostly stream of conscious and random shapes that eventually develop into people or monsters. Sometimes there's a finished drawing, often I get impatient and move from idea to idea before finalizing any one specific thing. There are also plenty of studies included here of animals, people, and some images by John WIlliam Waterhouse. Ladies riding deer are also a recurring theme.

Messing Around

Some recent studies, speed-paints and other messes.

Below: Trying out something cartoony. Based on Zedig Diboine a bit and his approach to characters.

Quick moody messes playing around with an old dragon character. About ten minutes for each thanks to some musical motivation.

An unfinished matte painting experiment.

Lunch studies:

Facial Studies