No but seriously, skunks are incredibly weird-looking up close. You may think you know what one looks like but you don’t. Your brain expects a black cat with a white stripe and a squirrel tail, but their proportions are all wrong, and I do a double-take every time I see one. It must be even harder for artists who don’t live in a place where they are backyard fauna.
Oh I kNOW. FRAKKING MUSTELOID TAXONOMY THAT ISN’T A MUSTELID. *throws things*. Euplerids and Viverrids are weirder still though, so… at least I’m not drawing a Fossa????
I love weird animals but man. And I thought the Archaeopteryx was annoying to figure out! Actually I should be fine once I get the geometry down but it is eluding me thus far.
ππβ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia β ππ
January 6, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Why are SKUNKS SO HARD TO DRAW-
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
January 6, 2024 at 8:30 PM
The eternal question
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
January 6, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Dissertation topic right there.
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
January 6, 2024 at 10:49 PM
No but seriously, skunks are incredibly weird-looking up close. You may think you know what one looks like but you don’t. Your brain expects a black cat with a white stripe and a squirrel tail, but their proportions are all wrong, and I do a double-take every time I see one. It must be even harder for artists who don’t live in a place where they are backyard fauna.
ππβ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia β ππ
January 6, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Oh I kNOW. FRAKKING MUSTELOID TAXONOMY THAT ISN’T A MUSTELID. *throws things*. Euplerids and Viverrids are weirder still though, so… at least I’m not drawing a Fossa????
Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
January 6, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Next skunk suit iteration: the seven-species-jammed-together-in-one model.
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January 7, 2024 at 1:50 AM
I love weird animals but man. And I thought the Archaeopteryx was annoying to figure out! Actually I should be fine once I get the geometry down but it is eluding me thus far.
zindigo
January 7, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Have you tried Pepe le Pew for inspiration? 😉
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January 7, 2024 at 4:13 PM
He’s too cartoony for my style! Also funnily enough, for cartoons, Flower and Bluebelle from Bambi are weirdly more accurate.
zindigo
January 7, 2024 at 4:52 PM
There’s a skunk in Bambi!
https://www.pinterest.com/wendyc1965/bambi/
ππβ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia β ππ
January 7, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Yes I know, Flower and Bluebelle! haha
zindigo
January 7, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Oh lol! Sorry! I didn’t remember the characters names 😬