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Halloween Rabbits

Tamsin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:58:33 +0000

It’s a little early for Halloween yet, but it is creeping up. I’ve been getting ready by drawing some Halloween bunnies for my Cafepress shop.

When I’m drawing I start with a pencil sketch, then ink the drawing with a pen, then scan it and do some computer wizardry to trace the lines and remove the white background ready to colour (if I want to). Here is an example:

A rabbit popping out of a Halloween pumpkin, 1 - sketch, 2 - Inked, 3 Scanned

The scan is usually a closer copy of the original inked picture, but I was playing around with the settings and I liked it. This one is definitely Scamp influenced – I can see him thinking a Halloween pumpkin is a perfect bunny toy. It would probably have a few more chew marks though!

These Halloween bunnies are more cartoony but they start the same way, sketched, inked & scanned:

I ended up colouring them in though, and here’s the end result:

The bunny in the middle reminds me of Scamp too – the cheeky grin, not that he has fangs!

Enrichment Illustration

Tamsin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:46:32 +0000

Here’s my rabbit picture for this week, an illustration of enrichment (making your bunnies environment interesting) for some info I’m writing.

Anyone else draw/painted/created any bunnies this week?

Bunny Pictures: Dutch Rabbits

Tamsin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:58:39 +0000

I had this wild hare (that sounds so much better then ‘crazy idea’) that I’d try to get into the habit of drawing a bunny a week. That was the beginning of January. I’m not doing great so far! I thought I’d ease myself in with a pic I drew last year and came across when I was looking for something else.

Three little dutch bunnies: