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Play: Meercats for Illustration Friday

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At the Oakland Zoo this summer, the Meercats played continuously while we watched, chasing each other, pouncing, play-fighting, and kicking up dust. Meercats are actually from the mongoose family, not cats, but they play just like kittens.

When I saw that the word for Illustration Friday this week was “Play” I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do anything with it. I knew that the IF site would be loaded with pictures of little kids playing or putting on stage plays and I was having trouble thinking of anything original. Plus I was worried I hadn’t been doing enough playing in my own life and wondered if I should just go outside and play instead of staying indoors trying to come up with an idea. But then I came across a photo I took of Meercats at the Oakland Zoo and decided to paint them.

I PLAYED with the image a bit too, adding the foreground and background Meercats to the picture that weren’t in the photo. I drew in pencil, then inked and added watercolor in Aquabee sketchbook (but probably should have used watercolor paper as I pushed the paper a little further than it likes to go).

19 replies on “Play: Meercats for Illustration Friday”

Reminds me of Meercat Manor on the Animal channel. We watch it every week just because they are so darn cute! It’s fun, isn’t it that we can just add what isn’t in the picture or leave out what might be in the picture that we don’t want. Good work.

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It’s good to know that you were able to play a little bit with your illustration as well. I also like the fact that you thought about your piece and did something original. I don’t mind that people have past work that applies for the theme, but I like the kind of challenge of an assignment. I’ve seen some beautiful pieces that were submitted, but the content didn’t have a thing to do with the topic. It’s like, what exactly does that have to do with the price of rice in China?

I really enjoy your technique. The meercats are super cute. I too tried to watch Meercat Manor, however, couldn’t tell them apart, and therefore couldn’t keep up with the commentary and therefore couldn’t keep up with the show.

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it looks like they play in the way that dogs do. . . with a bit of a snarl! the two looking straight at us and unconcerned show that it must be all in fun, really like your composition on this, really nice!

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