H is for Hippopotamus

G is for Gazelle

F is for Fox

Fox

E is for Elephant

It's really hard to draw a cartoon elephant and not simply copy those that have been done before. Mine's probably a mix of several, but I thought I'd differentiate it by making mine an elderly elephant. When asked what my favorite animal was, as a kid, I always said elephant. While that sort of thing becomes slightly less important as an adult, I don't think it's any less true.

Elephant

D is for Dingo

No I didn't cop out and simply choose a dog for my D Animal sketch. I chose a dingo. Course it looks like a dog. Who cares?! After capybara and buzzard I needed something straightforward.

Dingo

C is for Capybara

If you've never seen a capybara, be sure you check them out the next time you're at your local zoo. They're the world's largest rodents! Their head has a very distinct rectangular shape and they have eyes that strike me as both squinty and bored. Anyway, they seemed like the most interesting "C" animal for my alphabet series (this week in Color!).

Capybara

B is for Buzzard

I didn't realize how difficult this little self imposed project would be. I whipped out that Anteater in under a half hour, but when it came to finding an animal for B, for some reason I struggled. I didn't want to go with a totally obvious animal like a bear. I tried sketching bobcats, beavers, and bats. For some reason none of those turned out very well. Then last night, all of the sudden buzzards seemed to have whatever spark I needed to get some good drawings. So here they are...

Buzzard

A is for Anteater

I've decided to create a little assignment for myself. Faced with the prospect of not being able to post my work for Disney any longer, I started wondering what sort of material I would be able to put up on this blog with any regularity. I don't get out to figure draw nearly as much as I'd like and honestly my favorite/most successful drawings are generally quick character sketches. But even those are few and far between without a specific assignment to spur them into being. So I decided, simply to give myself some structure, I'm going to go through the alphabet, doing an animal sketch for each letter. I don't know that it will be every day, but at least when I get that "gotta post something feeling", at least I will have a starting place. I may go all the way to color with some of these, or they may just be quick sketches- the point is just to keep drawing.

And so I present the letter A...

Anteater

Anteater- a poem by Eric

(written very late at night)

Oh if I were an anteater

How grand life would be

On a branch I would teeter

way up in my tree

And the ants would all swarm

in their special ant way

but I'd never eat 'em-

I like burritos.

©Eric Scales 2009