176: Musk-ox

Hee, it looks like these guys are wearing hairpieces.

365 Days of Animals
176: Musk-ox
Pen/Ink/Digital

110: Gorilla

That's crazy how similar their DNA is to ours!

365 Days of Animals
110: Gorilla
Pen/Ink/Digital

102: Giant Panda

Psyched about this one because AWWW PANDAS! Also, I painted this one (well, I painted the pandas, the background and the words are digital/pen). Hooray for busting out the paints! 

365 Days of Animals
102: Giant Panda
Gouache/Watercolors/Digital

Happy Friday Friends; Make it a good one! 
xo,
Michelle

100: Gerenuk

What strange little fellows! 

365 Days of Animals
100: Gerenuk
Pen/Ink/Digital

095: Galápagos Tortoise

Ohh, how I hope to make it to the Galápagos Islands someday...

365 Days of Animals
095: Galápagos Tortoise
Pen/Ink/Digital

091: Fossa

What cuties! Total mischief-makers...

365 Days of Animals
091: Fossa
Pen/Ink/Digital

090: Flying Fox

Whoa, just whoa. 

365 Days of Animals
090: Flying Fox
Pen/Ink/Digital

078: African Elephant

So strange about their teeth. I guess they slowly wear down and shift down until they fall out and then new ones grow in their place. 

365 Days of Animals
078: African Elephant
Pen/Ink/Digital

058: Civet

Poor little Civets...stupid humans won't leave them (and their butts) alone. In Vietnam and the Philippines, they make coffee prepared from partially eaten remains of coffee cherries that they harvest from their fecal matter. And they turn that into coffee. That can cost $100 a cup. I can't even.

365 Days of Animals
058: Civet
Pen/Ink/Digital

053: Chevrotain Deer

What a strange little mixed-up fellow!

365 Days of Animals
053: Chevrotain Deer
Pen/Ink/Digital

Happy Friday Friends!
xo,
Michelle

052: Cheetah

Cheetah's are so pretty, and holy crap, fast! Also, their polka-dots simultaneously mesmerize me and give me flashbacks to all the animal print patterns I used to have to create in my old job as a pattern-designer.
::so many dots::

365 Days of Animals
052: Cheetah
Pen/Ink/Digital

049: Caribou

He looks a little grumpy...

365 Days of Animals
049: Caribou
Pen/Ink/Digital

046: Capuchin Monkey

And here's a cute little monkey to lighten the mood...Happy Friday friends!

365 Days of Animals
046: Capuchin Monkey
Pen/Ink/Digital

044: Canadian Lynx

Gigunda kitty cat! 

365 Days of Animals
044: Canadian Lynx
Pen/Ink/Digital

035: Bongo

Bongos are so pretty! 

365 Days of Animals
035: Bongo
Pen/Ink/Digital

020: Bandicoot

Little cuties!

365 Days of Animals
020: Bandicoot
Pen/Ink/Digital

Happy Sunday!
xo,
Michelle

017: Avocet

They are definitely not here to make friends.
Also, I think it's kinda funny that they turn a bright orange or cinnamon color when they are in the breeding mood. 

365 Days of Animals
017: Avocet
Pen/Ink/Digital

005: Albino Snake

EEK.

365 Days of Animals
005 Albino Snake
pen/ink/digital

004: Addax

They seem like such nice little guys, and such cool horns. So sad!

365 Days of Animals
004 Addax
pen/ink/digital

2012 Wall Calendar and New Prints!

2012 Wall Calendar, available here in my shop.

So this is what I have been working feverishly on for the last couple months, my 2012 calendar!  As has been a bit of a tradition over the last couple years, I created 12 brand new illustrations, surrounding some sort of theme for my calendar.  I've been feeling a bit daring lately, and dreaming about all sorts of magical lands and fun times that I want to experience, so I hereby declare this year the YEAR OF ADVENTURE!  Yep, that's right!  Adventure doesn't have to mean traveling to a foreign land or jumping off a plane, it can also mean taking a different route home or just having no plan whatsoever for an evening and seeing where it takes you.  So hooray, I'm super-happy about this coming year and really excited about how my calendar came out!

2012 Wall calendar and all twelve prints are now available in my shop here!

Twelve brand new prints, available here in my shop.