Hi everyone!
This is my entry for the word "Exotic" for inktober.
When I tought about the word, I imagined an exotic animal. I don't know why, that's the mystery of neural pathways, but I thought about an everyday animal disguised as an exotic animal.
At first I thought of a cat that we'd turn into a tiger, but without the colour it didn't work so well, so I then thought of a horse that we'd turn into a zebra.
What better way to illustrate this scene than with children, amused by their little joke :)
(obviously, the older one draws the stripes better than her little brother ;) )
Process
As always I start with a sketch.
I have placed my values from the stripes as this is the main element of the illustration.
(on reflection, maybe I should have left the rest blank, but after all, it's becoming a running gag that I'm screwing up everything with these markers 🤣)
And finally I added some shading to the whole drawing, and placed some shadows.
Hope you will like it!
See you soon for more creations.