Prompt 2: Burrow
The Meerhog
For the burrow prompt, I'm jumping over to Just The Zoo of Us episode no. 11, featuring the Lion King famous duo of Meerkat and Warthog.
This hybrid Meerhog has the digging habits of the normal Meerkat and lives in underground burrows with their group, or mob. They have fierce dramatic encounters when defending their territory and their various burrow complexes from other groups. Their tusks really come into play during their fights, though they have also been observed using them as a digging tool on occasion, particularly to get a tasty snack out of the ground.
About this Hybrid Animal Series:
This March, I started listening to a podcast called Just The Zoo of Us (starting at episode one). @JustTheZooOfUsPod
I have really been enjoying this podcast and, about three episodes in, I had the idea to draw a hybrid of the two animals featured in the episode. A zany idea (and I know later on, there are guest episodes with a single featured animal, but I have a system for that. Well, assuming I continue sharing this drawing series after the first 31 finish…), but it is quite a fun creative challenge to make a hybrid of the animals featured!
All this led to starting a series of hybrid animal drawings and also discovering that their podcast had an Instagram page which had a prompt list for Artober last year. Naturally, I decided to blend that prompt list with the sketch drawings I had started! (I know, I know. This series has been in the works for QUITE a while!)
That being said… I have more opportunities to draw in my sketchbook in a day then sit down with my full spread of color pencils, so most of this series will be released in the sketchier drawing stage rather than the fully rendered colors.
Just how life as a mom goes for me!
Especially since I am currently focusing my irregular coloring time on the ABC Animals Series. You can expect more releases of that series after October (though Patreon and my online stores will see designs sooner!).
Side Note: I am a sporadic podcast listener (and I have a lot I am subscribed to that I pick and choose from) so my progress through a back catalog can be a little slow. Still, I did get through the first 31 episodes to mix and match to their 2021 Artober Prompt List. It's a year late for the list, but I hope you enjoy the insanity anyway!
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i feel such a joy and peace in my heart when the red team is all crumpled together in the warthog. it just feels like the right place for them to be
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Hi can you please draw a pig.
the hog
[id: a sketchy drawing of a warthog head, seen from the side, roughly coloured in pale orange. end id.]
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What? He's fine. They are just testing that gravity works alright, and Tracer needed help with stretching his back. Their success at it is a different matter.
@dukeoftheblackstar come and do something about your favourite boys, they are not doing so fine under the cut.
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Behold! The boys!
Filling the Tattoos prompt for my 104th bingo. @clonefandomevents
I had a silly idea based off this scene from the masterpiece that is Starship Troopers.
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I don't want change, we both want more
I'll give it a minute, stay close by and wait 'til the truth comes up
I don't want change, we can't ignore
we've given it a minute, we'll just stand here spinning the truth around
local fast food workers hate them! couple keeps arguing for hours in the mcdonalds parking lot and intermittenly ordering more food from the drive-through
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IDK I bunch of animals I guess.
I forgot I was messing with the idea of changing my signature. I kinda like this blocky thing I was trying out for a while. It's what I used on all of my pottery pieces so why not my paintings? I need to remember to do this in the future
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MERRY CHRISTMAS @churchoralpha ! i was your secret santa, hope you like this ^^
i tried to put both Donut and Grif friendship and some shippy thing with Church but could not ahah... but just picture at the next wine and cheese hour Donut flirting with Church ;), there is a reason he keep going to their base ahah
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Warthog Spyro
its been a injoke since Microsoft announced they were buying Activision-Blizzard that Spyro could ride in a Warthog. Now I'm at the point as an artist where I can at least semi-legibly depict this
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