day forty-six - bongo

it's funny how things work out. i spent most of the day planning to draw a sloth so i could have an excuse to post attenborough's description of them (postponed!); then i was going to draw this guy, because he's crazy cute; but this is what i ended up with:

© jem barratt

a bongo.

there was one at the adelaide zoo. not anymore, although i'm sure it's gone somewhere good because i don't think the zoo can just bin their animals. (it's in melbourne... damn you melbourne)

i likes to sketch with poscas. this style reminds me of the small drawings in novel series like redwall and narnia.

xj