Animal Encounters Part 10

The last blast from the past at the zoo!  The OCD in me loves that this happened to end in a ten-part series.  So perfect!  Here we have some loose sketches of a gazelle.  These creatures are so delicate and dainty!  So that's the last of my old zoo sketches.  Makes me want to go to the zoo again!

Animal Encounters Part 9

Another blast from the past at the zoo!  Here we have a gorilla and peacock mingling on my sketchbook page.  There's no rhyme or reason to why I have certain animals paired up together on any given sketchbook page.  Although I bet I could make an interesting story about a gorilla and peacock encounter.  Maybe next time.

Animal Encounters Part 8

Another blast from the past at the zoo!  Up top we have a buffalo like creature.  I can't read my own writing so I don't know what I wrote up there.  The bottom part of the page are some hanging and swinging baboons.  These sketches are really loose because man those baboons move quickly.

Animal Encounters Part 7

Another blast from the past at the zoo!  Here we've got a close-up of an alligator (or crocodile), and some roly poly seals.  They were not in the same enclosure, they just happen to be on the same page in my sketchbook.  I always have had a soft spot for seals ever since a zoo visit in the first or second grade when I met Corky, a blind seal who could swim around and retrieve balls by feeling around with his whiskers.  I even had a book about him.  Also, my pug often reminds me of a seal pup with her fat round body and her weird seal-like sounds.

Animal Encounters Part 6

Another blast from the past at the zoo!  Here we have some black necked swans up top and some dainty flamingos at the bottom.

Animal Encounters Part 5

Another blast from the past at the zoo!  Here's a sleeping baby tiger at the top and below are some alert meerkats.

Animal Encounters Part 4

Another blast from the past!  I think this is a mule or donkey - I can't remember.

Animal Encounters Part 3

Another blast from the past at the zoo!  Here we've got some magpies up top, some chubby lil prairie dogs in the middle, and a sad lil donkey at the end.

Animal Encounters Part 2

Another blast from the past at the zoo.  Here are some seals and owls.

Animal Encounters Part 1

Another blast from the past.  This is from a series of drawings I did during a zoo visit when I was younger.  I have a soft spot for animals and I always enjoy drawing them.  Here's a diagonal Indian rhino