Quick studies of various primates – gorilla, orangutan mom and baby, gold-headed tamarin, and an emperor tamarin baby. Just monkeying around with facial expressions. 
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Studies of North African Cheetah mom and cub. My liveliest results, in regards to observational studies, come from videos, and it’s no surprise why. Photos are great for analyzing proportion and anatomy, but life is constantly in motion, and you miss out on the before-and-after in still frames. Photos also have the tendency to flatten their subject matter. Being able to watch the animal in action offers a greater sense of dimensionality and motion.
Note in these sketches the arching stretch of the cheetah cub, or the cheetah mom’s quick glance to the side by stretching her neck without changing the position of her body. These are actions I was able to see readily by watching the animals change their position.
Source: Whipsnade Zoo video.
A reader noticed that Stella and her Mom both have a dark patch on their muzzles and wondered if it was a trait specific to female polar bears. A good question! The answer is no, it has nothing to do with them being female. Interestingly, underneath all the fur, polar bears actually have black skin (its thought to assist them in staying warm, since black absorbs heat). The fur is thinnest around the nose, so on some polar bears, their muzzles are darker where the skin shows through. Stella takes after her mom, while Nanook has a fuzzier nose. 
In case you missed the announcement last week, I’ll be at New York Comic Con from October 8 – 10 with a limited edition book collecting the beginning of The Last of the Polar Bears. You can read more about it in this blog post.
For those of you who won’t be at the convention, you can still get the book through my website. Click on the banner below for more details!
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