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Mantid :D

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Yaaaaaaaaaaay. I've fallen in love with mantids rofl.
serously, they're so cute and full of character.

Aaaanyway. This is my second competition entry (the london piece [link] was the first), this time an animal illustration for Dorling Kindersley books.
I have no idea if its the style they want or even the kind of animal they want (i think they were probably looking for fluffy things), but i'm really pleased wiht it.
And get this, no reference for the mantis! :o i know, i know. Basically i've drawn too many of the li'l buggers and now i pretty much understand their basic anatomy, which is kinda cool :)


Oh, yeah, FULL VIEW gives a much lovelier, bigger, cleaner image again, so if you've got a couple of seconds give it a click ;)

if anyone is interested, i put together a kind of basic tutorial on how i made the image for this piece. Put it together as evidence of my prep work, but if anyone is bothered how i work i can put it up here.
so let me know.

erm, for officianodos of the mantis world, this guy was based mainly on a Giant Asian. (...mantis)
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Dino-Mario's avatar
I Love mantids too.This is awesome!!!
*faves it*