Hey kids! I'm kicking around sunny san diego, avoiding insane comic con goers (and boy... i'm jealous i'm not there, but some of them are nuts!), and otherwise wandering. Today I went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, which is part of the famous san diego zoo. (which i also plan to go to).
Cali's alright, I like it, but I guess I don't completely understand the hype.
Then again, I'm not on the beach with a lover and a beer, being rowdy young and lusty. Guess I'll never know. I'm an average looking midwestern boring piece of female. A fun vampire, if you will.
sigh. i wish.
It was insanely hot and i got heat stroke and almost passed out in a lion pen, but it was otherwise awesome.
Got a lot of reference shots, but here's a couple. Oh, and a doodle i did in about ten minutes of nasty turbulence on the flight in. I get SUPER nervous during rough turbulence and I guess super frenetic sketchy doodling is a way to cope.
so just a quick watercolour wash before bed. It's all kind of the same exact tone right now... so I need to do a lot of work on this one. I hope when I get home I can do this right. 
I went to a garden today and happened to happen upon this small dino, and this happened. 
Drew up this idea in a restaurant today... Yeah, me, riding a dinosaur. in the clouds. uh huh.
^this guy got into the flamingo pen and was literally shaking his tail feathers and yelling. I have NEVER seen a peacock actually spread its tail. Great end to the day. then my camera died :(
^obligatory mama and baby shot. they turn pink around a year old.
^flamingo chicks (like the bigger one at right) are all at once the most awkward and adorable creatures on the planet. take a fuzzy jr. high school boy and stick him on stilts. yeah.
^flamingo fight!!! when i hit the button their necks formed a perfect heart but it's blurry because they were biting each other's beaks off.
^spot nosed monkey watching other monkeys knock each other off things
^ the resident baby panda bear at San Diego zoo was being especially photogenic. i want to make greeting cards with this thing.
^hot, tired, adorable polar bear avoids public.
a family friend wanted me to draw her grandkids as a bday present to their mother (her daughter). Back when their mother was young she had a pencil portrait done. So the tradition continues. LITTLE KIDS ARE SO TOUGH TO DRAW. burrr. mechanical pencil. honestly looks better in reality. Dunno if i'm getting paid or not. Said I'd do it for free. As usual.
listening to cat power always makes me a wee bit teary... so here's a melancholy lad. 
