Sunday Manimals

So this post comes with a little bit of explanation. On Sundays I find myself at Church for a good long while...long enough that I start to doodle. It keeps my mind occupied whilst I listen to the speaker. So I got into the habit of drawing chimera's of two different animals (I ask the person sitting next to me to name two so that I don't just end up with the same animals every time...i.e. MY favorite animals) This idea originally came from a gospel standpoint in my religion. If I had to make up animals, what would they look like? And it also came from one of my favorite cartoons, Avatar: The Last Airbender where I saw my first Platypus Bear, and it inspired me. So, I thought I'd share some of my creatures cause I think they are awesome.Brontosaurus+Parakeet: This, so far, is my favorite one :) Just look how cute it is! Albeit I think i based this creature more off of a cockatiel than a parakeet @_@ oh wells, its still my favorite.
Bear+Chicken: Ok, seriously, how genuine is this thing! I quite adore it...especially since I usually have a lot of trouble drawing bears...well...this is more of a bicken than a bear...but still.
Pig+Gopher:This is a drawing that I don't like. It just didn't come out right XC yes I secretly keep my reject animals off of the internet, sorry guys. But this one got lucky! Even if I think he is ugly, he is punny (see drawing below) :)
Pig+Gofer: IT'S A PIG GOFER!!!! Imagine one of these running around your office bringing you Starbucks! Personally I'd think to myself everyday "How did he pay for my hot chocolate? That's one smart pig."
I also draw people as animals :) I wasn't having too much luck yesterday combining animals, so I resorted to my old habit of asking someone their favorite animal and drawing them as such. It always brings a smile to their face :)
And this is Jest! Do you know how I first got good at drawing? Well I don't remember, but I like to think a part of it was because I drew animals in chibi form and made a comic series about them. I never got very far in that particular series :<>

Enjoy!