It all started innocently enough, with a conversation between friends. I don't know if either of us knew that it would end in this, but when the topic got turned to what animals should look like, there was really nowhere else I could go.
I don't usually go to bed early, and so when my lovely friend Annie called me up to chat a bit before midnight last night, I was wide awake and ready to bounce thoughts and ideas around. I had my laptop up, and when I found that our words had turned to something to visualize, I immediately opened paint and started drawing. I cannot say that I am efficient enough to have done these rudimentary drawings in the ten or so minutes we spent collaborating ideas, but the seed for a post was planted, and so here I am, with a few of our ideas on how to make animals more entertaining to gaze upon.
It should also be said that I could probably just list the names of the animals we came up with, and let my readers imagine what they should look like on their own, but I wanted to draw, and this is my blog, so I win.
Annie and I had many separate ideas as to how these animals should look, but I ended up drawing them (pretty much) the way they look to me.
The Zebraphant is a cross between a (you guessed it!) zebra and an elephant. It is an herbivore, and you should not fear it. It is as gentle as it is vibrant.
I don't usually go to bed early, and so when my lovely friend Annie called me up to chat a bit before midnight last night, I was wide awake and ready to bounce thoughts and ideas around. I had my laptop up, and when I found that our words had turned to something to visualize, I immediately opened paint and started drawing. I cannot say that I am efficient enough to have done these rudimentary drawings in the ten or so minutes we spent collaborating ideas, but the seed for a post was planted, and so here I am, with a few of our ideas on how to make animals more entertaining to gaze upon.
It should also be said that I could probably just list the names of the animals we came up with, and let my readers imagine what they should look like on their own, but I wanted to draw, and this is my blog, so I win.
Annie and I had many separate ideas as to how these animals should look, but I ended up drawing them (pretty much) the way they look to me.
The Zebraphant:
The Zebraphant is a cross between a (you guessed it!) zebra and an elephant. It is an herbivore, and you should not fear it. It is as gentle as it is vibrant.
Annie envisioned this guy as more of a zebra body with an elephant's trunk and tusks, but I found out that I am much better at drawing elephants than I am drawing zebras. Okay, so the "much better" may be an overstatement, but really, you would agree if you saw the majority-zebra version I quickly tried before giving up on that endeavor. If the giant zebra body were drawn, the body would be a lot faster, and scarier to humans (stampedes would be particularly horrific). But, as he is, he's just a cuter (in my opinion) elephant, and not harmful in the slightest. Yes, I just decided he's a him.
I've decided to name him Raj.
The Pleamingo
We envisioned the pleamingo with lots of feathers and glitter, like something out of a Ke$ha video. Unfortunately, I am not well-versed enough in Paint to figure out how to make glitter happen, so my alternative ended in a slightly obnoxious-looking bright pink.
The pleamingo itself is mix of a peacock and a flamingo. And, I would have you know that the term "Pleamingo" is best. Putting the words "peacock" and "flamingo" together without the end result being ridiculously awkward is difficult.
The pleamingo gets no name, because it is elusive, and I'm not exactly sure what gender it is. I don't really want to know.
The Girunicorn
The most whimsical of all animals, because the Unicorn doesn't really exist. But I love unicorns, and Annie knows this, so we had to come up with at least one half-mythical creature. In a perfect world, the girunicorn would be invisible, but since that is rather too easy to draw, I decided to make an outline.
Because of it being a mythical creature, you will note the rainbow wings and tail. Flying is not the only difference between the girunicorn and its inspiring-creatures. Note the lack of ears. This is because the girunicorn is above hearing, and can read your mind. It's okay to be a little intimidated by its majesty.
And, last but not least we have
The Bearant
I imagine a bite from the bearant is much like being stung by a Bullet Ant.
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