It Began with a Chicken, a Duck and a Warthog

I realised it had been almost a year since I had drawn a single thing. My motivation had been smothered by a lifestyle consisting only of work with overtime stacked on top. It had become easier to simply tell my self I would start something soon and dream about it to make my self feel better. Then, I decided to make a change. I couldn't afford to simply just quit my job so I stopped doing over time and, yes, I would have less money to spare but it would give me time to try to rekindle my interest.

So within a couple of days I drew up some rough A4 pencil sketches. They were the skeletons of a chicken, a warthog and a duck skull The chicken and the warthog were given props to provide visual contrast.

It was time to convert them free hand onto A2, in biro pen. The first drawing, the chicken, took two days to complete. As it was in biro pen, and large enough to fit on A2, I was convinced there was plenty of space for error and once it had happened it would be permanent. Some how it turned out ok despite the fact that, the rough drawing I was copying from, had a truly disproportionately big head.

Ok you've seen it already but take another look at that head....

...and now compare...seriously, the size of that head...

The completed version with a much smaller head.

By the end of the week the chicken was accompanied by completed versions of the warthog and duck skull.

"Quack"