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Dog

Dog

This is my version of the Dog. I have gone for a husky instead of a tradition looking dog face. The reason being that Husky's are more wolf like, this gives me a reason to put more detail into the fur.

Pig

Pig

The Pig has a lot of fine detail mixed in with a couple of bold black patterns which gives a good contrast.

Rat

Rat

This was a hard one as I found it hard drawing the main outline of the rat, but once i managed to pull that off the rest just flowed into place.

Bull

Bull

The Bull/Oxen is a piece that I enjoyed making. The design is very symmetrical and the fine detail really draw in the audience.

Tiger

Tiger

The Tiger is one of my favourite pieces, as there is so much open space which is separated by the black stripes. As a result this flows well with the intricate patterns on the forehead and fur.

Rabbit

Rabbit

The Rabbit saw me test out a couple new patterns and see how well they flow with the image. The plain white space around the mouth is acting like a trademark to this series of prints

Dragon

Dragon

The dragon was a hard one to create as I wanted it to be detailed so I packed in a lot of fine patterns. But since it was a mythical creature I didn't have a real reference to work off from.

Snake

Snake

For the snake I chose to go for the cobra as the back spread gave me more to work off from, and the scales gave a nice symmetrical touch.

Horse

Horse

For the Horse I didn't want to overcrowd it with too many patterns as I wanted to show the difference between the patterns in the mane and the facial features.

Ram

Ram

The Ram is very similar to the Bull in order to make it different I changed the direction of the horns and incorperated patterns in different directions.

Monkey

Monkey

The Monkey was a fun one to do as the open white areas gives the illustration some room to breathe. I feel the curved patterns work well with the structure of the face.

Rooster

Rooster

the Rooster is one of two from my series of 12 Chinese Zodiac animals that I drew from a side view. If I were to draw it from a front view I would loose out on capturing the comb and the beak. With the side view I can express more on the feathers, comb and wattle with the image still being readable.

Chinese Zodiac 

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