eytancragg asked: hi, michael! i'm really enjoying seeing your various arts here on tumblr, so thanks for sharing. my question for you is this: do you have a most favorite and/or least favorite type of animal to depict?

Answer:

Thank you for checking out my stuff!
I think I can draw cats the easiest because I have most personal experience with them, so I’m slightly more familiar with their behaviours , posing and anatomy.  I love Koalas as an animal but while they’re not too tricky to depict, I’ve found them hard to caricaturize for some reason.  I need to experiment on that front a little more.

Oh and TARSIERS!  One of the best creatures:

Meanwhile if I try to draw horses and dogs without reference it often turns out awful. 

#tarsier  #animals 

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7. tynic said: probably because they caricaturize themselves to some extent. Weird looking guys. I find making the nose bigger and the ears a little smaller can produce humorous results, though you have to be careful you don’t end up with a wombat.
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