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Saturday Morning Shenanigans. ππ
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Justa few kitty sketches I did real quick to relax π
Dianthus lion!
Little design I came up with, it's available on my Redbubble!
Artfight revenge for @untitledscript99 π±π‘
(This was the last piece I managed to complete before the end of Artfight, and I think it's my favorite)
it's my birfday!!! i can now officially drink alcohol legally lol!
A new animal is unveiled: The West & Central African Lion subspecies. This is also an animal found in Asia. Today, lions have only two subspecies. I released an artprint of the lions including conservation status and distribution. Link here
New species unveiled: The Javan Leopard. To receive the infographic, subscribe to the club. Link here: Unveiling Club
New animal unlock! The Persian Leopard.
Finding information about this subspecies wasn't hard. I have a couple of books that mention it. The problem was to find something curious or different than the usual things. Of course, it covers the essentials and I also wish, it leaves you with some stuff you probably didn't know about this animal.
Process here:
Southeast African Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus Family: Felidae Genus: Acinonyx Conservation Status: Vulnerable This cat is quite different from the other members of this family. Its claws are partially protractile, and while most of the members of its family stalk and pounce their prey, Cheetahs rely on sight and speed. It's slender and... You can join the club by clicking here. __________________________ Thank you.
Love this one! More from the Felidae family. The turn now is for the biggest in America. Jaguar At first glance, Jaguars and Leopards are not so easy to differentiate. They are like two brothers. One's appearance, the leopard, looks more graceful and stylized. While the Jaguar has a more bulky body and its legs are shorter. One is agile while the other one is made to wrestle. However, the biggest difference is that the leopard lives in Africa, Asia, and Oceania, while the Jaguar is found in America. So if you are in Kenya, be 100% sure you are seeing a leopard. _________________________________________ Photo Reference Credits: Gary Morris __________________________________________ Thank you guys for your support. Love in the way of likes reblogs and follows is very much appreciated. If is more than love, you can tip me too :). One animal or more every week. Would love to do more than one but the illustrating part takes a lot of time X(.
I'm proud of this artwork. Despite the low quality of my reference picture, I was able to interpret shapes and details. The rarity of photographs of this majestic animal declared extinct in the mid-90s, I think makes this illustration all the more significant in preserving its memory. Javan Tiger This tiger was considered a plague. I think that says all. The characterization of the Javan Tiger as a plague is a sobering reminder of the destructive consequences of human activity on wildlife. I really wish we have changed so we don't see cases like this one in the future. _____________________________________________ Credits: Javan Tiger _____________________________________________ Thank you for your support. Likes, reblogs, and comments are appreciated. Please consider donating to this project. The cellphone or laptop wallpaper of this tiger is available, here. See you soon... boiπ€£!
Ignorance is bliss but is also fear.
Working on this project many times keeps me thinking about the impact we have over the life we share the world with. Humanity has been ignorant mostly of all of its existence, and whatever we used to fear, our answer, our instinct is to eliminate it. Now we think more before we act (some) and we discover that many times our fears are just funded. And we are learning to care about what we used to fear and to price what surrounds us, instead of thinking that they are there to serve us. Unfortunately, for some is just too late. South China Tiger
This population of tigers is believed extinct in the wild since not a sign of this animal has been reported since the late 1980s. There are programs trying to regrow the population in China and also in Africa. Its numbers are less than 200 and the reproduction programs have shown little success. The animals often present inbreeding depression and low genetic diversity. Before its extinction, the animal wasn't deeply studied in the wild so little is known about its natural behavior. It used to be listed as a subspecies but this recognition was based on the study of just five skulls. Now is counted as a population of the panthera tigris tigris. _____________________________________________ Credits: Felids and Hyenas of the World: Wildcats, Panthers, Lynx, Pumas, Ocelots, Caracals, and Relatives.Β Dr. JosΓ© R. CastellΓ³ South China Tiger Photo Reference Credits: Yifu Liu _____________________________________________ Thank you guys for your support! If you like the content, a follow, a like, and a reblogged will be very much appreciated. Hope you had a great New Year's Eve and I wish your dreams come true this new year. Please wish me the same. I have great expectations this year. Thank you!! Don't forget to visit my Store and follow me on Instagram
Working on this one took me forever. Iβm very happy with the result though because I wanted a pose that portrays the animal with majesty and power.
Bengal Tiger
If you ever saw a tiger, 90% of the chances are that you saw a Bengal Tiger. It is the most famous and probably the one that has inspired us the most. The versatility that the tiger has to propel the imagination of humans is unmeasurable. From a cruel villain to a magnificent god, its charisma and beauty have made us dream for centuries, and are now just part of the whole human culture, regardless of nationality.
It is also the popular white tiger which is nothing but a lack of melanin, the pigment in charge of giving us color. Less popular but equally magnificent and extremely rare is the golden tiger which can be seen just in captivity. A problem! if you ask me because this means that has been humanly altered genetically to get the color. There is also the black tiger, which is not completely black. Its black stripes are thicker making the orange color less visible. However, there are some reports stating that completely black tigers have been spotted in the wild. No photographs have been taken though.Β
India primordially is its homeland but now it can also be seen more often than in the wild in the backyards of United States homes. __________________________________________________ Credits: Felids and Hyenas of the World: Wildcats, Panthers, Lynx, Pumas, Ocelots, Caracals, and Relatives.Β Dr. JosΓ© R. CastellΓ³ Bengal Tiger __________________________________________________ Instagram Store Thank you guys for your support! If you like the contact please like and subscribe. Reblog is also very much appreciated. Any comments showing love or even hate are appreciated. Please help me spread the word! Cheers!!
This one was a total challenge. This tiger got extinct in the 70s, and there are not so many photographs of it, making it hard to draw. Actually, the one I based the pose on was a not-so-common and pixelated photograph of a dissected tiger in a museum that I found on the internet. I had to use various different pictures of tigers for the head, legs, tail, etc., keeping an eye on the characteristic features of the actual Caspian Tiger. Caspian Tiger This tiger was found in the middle east. From Ukraine to Western China. Its extinction began with the colonization of Russia by Turkestan in the late 19th century. Tigers were hunted by sportsmen and military personnel, their habitat was replaced by extensive croplands, and their nature was already vulnerable because of the abrupt of their environment. Until the 20th century, the Russian army cleared predators around settlements or potential agricultural lands. Also, deer and wild pigs (Tiger's prey) in the area was decimated by the increasing human population in the area. There are allegedly some sights of the animal but nothing has been confirmed. I think this is a clear example that every action that we make has an impact on nature. I hope one day we finally learn to live in harmony with what surrounds us. We lost a loved one but imagine how many unknown animals we have lost. Store Instagram ____________________________________________
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I loved to do this one. I think the pose was amazing and challenging and shows the nature of this magnificent animal. Thanks so much to Zoran Milutinovic who allowed me to use one of his amazing photographs as a reference. Siberian Tiger / Amur Tiger The Siberian Tiger is my favorite. Lives in cold temperatures so its coat is denser and thicker, making it puffier. It is also one of the biggest, sharing the size with the Bengal Tiger. This combination makes, in my point of view, the most majestic and powerful tiger. Studies demonstrate that Siberian Tigers used to be bigger before the 70s. However, the reduction of its environment mixed with the lack of food that comes with it, obliged them to adapt, reducing its size. This is normal in nature. Animals have to adapt if they want to survive. The problem that I see here is that the time frame is very short (50 years) and I am not so sure if this animal or others will be able to keep the pace. Is facing many threats. poaching, diseases brought by domestic dogs such as canine distemper, habitat destruction, and genetic diversity. At some point, less than 50 tigers remained. Today, the number recovered to about 500 which is good but not enough. ________________________________________________ Credits: Felids and Hyenas of the World: Wildcats, Panthers, Lynx, Pumas, Ocelots, Caracals, and Relatives.Β Dr. JosΓ© R. CastellΓ³ Siberian Tiger Photo Credits: Zoran Milutinovic ________________________________________________
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"Doing an animal that is so beloved is a real challenge. You want to have it right because you think people might be pickier. It was a really nice experience going further into minimal details trying not just to catch the shape of the animal but also its soul."
As I mentioned to you in my previous post (If you haven't seen it go check it out) I was going to mix things up. Instead of illustrating the whole family at once, I decided to do a couple of families and show a different member every week. I decided to go with the felines because I know how much they are loved but also how challenging they could be. It is my first feline so I struggle with things that none of the other animals I've done has.
Indochinese Tiger
Tigers are a special species. For many years it was thought that they are 9 subspecies. However, the latest studies (2017) demonstrate that they are just two subspecies and each of them is divided by populations of tigers. This is still in debate but most of the books that I checked welcomed this hypothesis. The Indochinese Tiger belongs to the genus panthera tigris tigris along with the Bengal Tiger, the Amur Tiger, and basically, all the tigers that live in Asia land. The other subspecies is the panthera tigris sondaica which are the groups that live in Indonesia. Sumatran Tiger, Bali Tiger, etc.
The Indochinese Tiger was seen in the infamous and today closed Tiger Temple, in Thailand. Where the monks used to drug the tigers, so people can gather around them without any danger. It is also said that they used to sell body parts of the tigers. I must confess that I went to the place ignoring that such horrible things were happening. What a shame. Something to think about. There are more tigers as pets in the United States than in the wild. W.T.F.! StoreInstagram
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References: Felids and Hyenas of the World. Dr. JosΓ© R. CastellΓ³
Indochinese Tiger
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