Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Zoo Sketches

Went sketching at the zoo this weekend with Carrie Liao, Alice Herring, and Le Tang. Here are a few pages of doodles (again I touched some of these up with digital color).

Gerenuks are some of my favorite animals to draw:


The sleeping lioness and the creeper gerenuk. One of the gerenuks was spying on its pen mates from behind some rocks:

Normal giraffes, chubby giraffes...:

And a page of zebras:


Some of you guys have asked what pens I like to use for sketching. My current fave is the Pentel Sign Pen with a Brush Tip:
 

I also like using Sakura gel pens, and the Pentel Pocket Brush for looser sketching/adding black fills, etc.:



 And last but not least, this week's drawing challenge topic is Obsessive Pokémon!
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15 comments:

  1. Alice MarieFebruary 21, 2012 at 3:58 PM

    tee hee. CREEPER GERENUK. :D Also, I see an additional advantage to a smaller sketchbook: easier to scan.

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  2. Aaron LudwigFebruary 21, 2012 at 4:18 PM

    Those are quite possibly the best-drawn gerenuks I have ever seen.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 21, 2012 at 4:46 PM

    How does the drawing challenge work, yo?

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  4. Stu LivingstonFebruary 21, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    No shrimp chimps??

    Man...you draw so well it makes my teeth hurt @_@

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  5. UnknownFebruary 21, 2012 at 5:16 PM

    Haha, love the speech bubbles- great drawings too :)

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  6. Le TangFebruary 21, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    Geez you're good!

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  7. Cons OrozaFebruary 21, 2012 at 6:51 PM

    Girl, I love your sketches so much ♥

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  8. Chris YbarraFebruary 21, 2012 at 7:47 PM

    The giraffe's got back : ) Nice sketches, those pens look sick!

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  9. Tung NguyenFebruary 21, 2012 at 7:56 PM

    Hah hah hah

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  10. L RossiFebruary 21, 2012 at 10:27 PM

    Giraffes are lovely :)

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  11. LidixFebruary 22, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    Hi!
    Following Austin Madison question..How does the challenge work?and..Is this opened to participate for everybody?

    Love your entries and draws, by the way!:D

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  12. Kenji OnoFebruary 22, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    great sketches! did any of your friends draw a Panda doing some Kung Fu moves? JK...

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  13. Mr. ScribblesFebruary 22, 2012 at 11:27 AM

    Awesome! Alright Megan, you're forcing me to bust out the brush pens again... *blows off dust* "KAFF! KOFF!"

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  14. JasmineTannerFebruary 22, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    these are adorable, loce the giraffes and their speech bubbles! :D

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  15. Megan Nicole DongFebruary 22, 2012 at 11:44 PM

    Alice--I don't think I'm ever going back to a bigger sketchbook! In addition to being easier to scan, small sketchbooks are so much easier to carry around!

    Aaron--Oh man, thanks!! Gerenuks are a favorite of mine.

    Austin--Will post more info about the drawing challenge tomorrow! We just got this thing started and are terribly disorganized at the moment :)

    Stu--No shrimp chimps this time! And..thanks! Your teeth shouldn't hurt on my account, you and Steph draw beautifully!

    Leighton--Thanks for the kind words (and for taking the time to read the silly speech bubbles)

    Le--Thank you! Where are your awesome sketches, Le?

    Constanza--Aww, thank you!! :D

    Chris--Indeed! :)

    Laurent--thank you!

    Lidix--So sorry about all the ambiguity. Yes, the drawing challenge is open to everyone and I will post something about the way everything works tomorrow!

    Kenji--Haha, seriously, right? And thanks!

    Everett--Dude, yes! I want to see more of your sketches!!

    Jasmine--Thank you very much!

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