u/awolbob

A few things I like about this and a few I can improve on. The watercolor brush tipped markers for the background didn't work well on the Ohuhu 160lb smooth marker paper.

I used a brush tipped for the large black areas and think a chisel tipped would have worked better making it more blocky.

Last pic of him is on newsprint paper

Open to any advice thanks.

We lost Liza (11.5) and her daughter Luna(8.5) last year a few months apart. She was my lifesaver that came to me at my lowest and wouldn't leave my side when my world was falling apart. I am so grateful for her.

My first attempt at Hellboy. I used micron pens, Staedtler and Sharpie markers on newsprint paper.

My sketch of the kung fu rabbits. I attached the picture reference used, photo taken my Mora Nakamura. I used micron pens

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Here are a few of the sketches I did in pencil this past year. I have been back drawing for just over a year now, been 7 years since I opened the sketchbook and finished it recently.

Some of the drawings were a bit rough at the start, but I did get into a flow and didn't close the book. I feel like I have the same "mistakes" in my pencil drawings and am stuck at this "level". Looking back at older drawings (not uploaded here) I have some of the same issues with shading things seem a bit off. I tried using more pencil types for the AVP drawing but it seemed a bit muddy or details getting lost in the shading. Then I over corrected with the Whitetail Buck and looks flat too. Any tips to improve or resources to read/watch and practice would be greatly appreciated.

REFERENCES see attached. Canadian Geographic magazine pictures of the Fox and the Loon. King fisher and the white tail buck were googled images on my tablet. Alien vs Predator composition was referenced from a googled image of a samurai fighting a demon and googled the individual creature to get their likeness, most images came from the AVP franchise.

Our California doe just kindled 14 kits last night. We have a first time mom in another hutch, a NZ red doe with 7 kits. The NZ red doe just experienced a split birth, #8 being stillborn came almost 24 hrs later. She appears to have recovered from that and her 7 kits look well fed. I am concerned for the 14 new kits and can potentially foster a few over to the NZ red.

I understand that I should rub the NZ red doe with my hands then go get the new kits and bring them to her nesting box and cover in her fur? Is this something I need to do ASAP? Do I pick the 3 largest ones to send to get fostered?

Is the other option trying to get the small ones from the large litter to nurse seperately?

I understand I may lose a couple, but l would like to give them all the best chances to survive. Any tips are appreciated

Found on a decomposing piece of spruce. Located in South Eastern NB, Canada

I am no carpenter and this took me a lot longer than I planned to. Learned a lot and improved by the last one. Lots of predators around here that could get to them. I wanted them high up and in something made with tough materials.

Currently have a breeding trio. A breeding pair of NZ reds and 1 California doe. The hybrid litters are for the freezer and the purebred ones are sold. Video catches our Red doe pulling fur. She had 7 kits 2 hours later. I cleaned out underneath after the kindling, to prevent attracting predators.

I reused pallets to make the foundation then .5"x1" wire floor. The walls are insulated metal panels. Roofs are insulated with the metal panels or 2" Styrofoam on top of the plywood. Solar fans and the watering system is from Amazon.

Her first litter. She pulled fur about an hour before this. I left her and came back 45 minutes later and had one kit on the wire. Put it back in the box to find 6 others tucked in there under her fur.

Walked by these two near a river in NB Canada. They froze when they saw me. Left them so they can get back to their activities

Growing fast

Our California doe had her first litter today, 31 days since the fall offs. Looks to be 5 maybe 6 in there, I didn't disturb them. She didn't pull her hair until she had her litter, then went wild pulling it out.