Vietnam Mouse Deer

Hi there, I just found your blog and love your designs and illustrations! I'm part of a zoo roleplay server where a lot of people play a zoo game (Planet Zoo) that lets you import custom images for signs, would it be alright if I linked your blog for people to take a look at and maybe use some of your work as in-game signs? Nobody would be profiting and the server is all volunteer run. Thanks!

Hello! Thank you! I'm happy you liked my work. I am familiar with the game Planet Zoo, which I think is awesome. Regarding using the illustrations, I really want to thank you for asking me first. Please understand that this is how I make my living so I don't license illustrations for free. I spend hours working on each animal. I have to find the right photograph, then ask permission to use it, and rendering the animal can take me up to ten hours. Finally, I spend time looking for the information to complete the infographic. Each animal takes me a minimum of eight hours so I expect to get some profit from them. If there is any way that you think I can earn money from this illustration licensing, I'm happy to hear what can you propose. Thank you.

Introducing the Alpaca: a new release coming soon to my club. The animal with the best quality wool in the world where are the indigenous people from Peru who fairly enough have the monopoly of the business. In other words, no other big company has taken over. Peruvians protect, as other countries do, what belongs to them. Awesome! Check out more about this animal in my club. Become a member here: Un/Vei/Ling the largest Mammal encyclopedia in the making.

A new addition to the club is the newly recognized species, the Australian Snubfin Dolphin. Check out the infographic on my Instagram here:

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An illustrated poster with all the rhinos of the world. Is the most complete compilation because includes all the subspecies, even the ones that are extinct.

It took time to search, compile and corroborate information. Some of the extinct subspecies' quality photographs weren't good and some others didn't even have, so I had to base them on written descriptions.

Moreover, illustrating a rhino is not easy. Is a meticulous job. A rhino has a lot of textures that take time to do if you want to make it believable (an average of 10 hours per rhino). it drained me and I found myself exhausted at the end. But worthed it. I love animals, I love rhinos and I love to study them and share what I learned.

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As always, I really enjoy working on cetaceans. They are really grateful. I spent no more than three hours and I am happy with the result. Today, the most common dolphin on earth. Short-Beaked Common Dolphin

Formerly considered a subspecies of the Common Dolphin, the short-beaked common dolphin has since been recognized as a distinct species with no subspecies identified thus far. Although they can be difficult to differentiate from their long-beaked counterparts, the short-beaked common dolphin can be identified by its notably smaller beak.

This species is widely distributed throughout all the world's oceans, with a global population estimated to be around two million individuals. Despite their abundance, they face numerous threats such as entanglement in fishing gear, pollution, and habitat loss. Therefore, conservation efforts are necessary to protect these remarkable creatures and ensure their long-term survival. ___________________________________ Credits: Whales, Dolphins and Seals: A field guide to the marine mammals of the world / Brett Jarret & Hadoram Shirihai NOAA Fisheries ___________________________________ Thank you guys for your likes and support. Please consider following my page, it will really help me a lot. Likes, and reblogs are also appreciated. If you can't get enough content about animals, you can also follow my Instagram, where I post the illustration process and some other different animals. If that is not enough, check the art prints in my store here. And if is still not enough, please let me know what else you need. Cheers¡

Indian Elephant Elephas maximus indicus Family: Elephantidae Status and Conservation: Endangered

There are several notable distinctions between Asian Elephants and African Elephants. Firstly, Asian Elephants have significantly smaller ears than their African counterparts. Additionally, Asian Elephants have a pointed head shape, while African Elephants have a flatter head. In terms of size, Asian Elephants are considerably smaller. Furthermore, Asian Elephants have a long history of domestication... (Full illustration and article here) _________________________________________ I'm working on doing the largest illustrated mammal encyclopedia because I'm including all subspecies, so any sort of support is very much appreciated. Thank you.

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Eastern Black Rhinoceros

Black rhinos have the most subspecies among all rhinos. At some point, it was believed that it was 23 subspecies of black rhinos. This was made of poor investigations based on parts of bones, skulls, and just mere sights of the animal.

With time, better studies suggested that the subspecies consisted of just t four. There is still debate because some say there are five subspecies (which is the one I am inclined to believe) but this cannot be proven because three of the five subspecies are already extinct, and there is not even a photographic register of them. Some skulls and bones are around but it's hard to make conclusions based on just little remains of the animal. It is hard for me to believe that they were extinct without even a picture of them. It is not the case for this subspecies but its situation is critical. A little more than 700 are in the wild including a small group of them that were taken to South Africa. This is uncommon because this animal is restricted to Kenya and Tanzania. Its future is uncertain because of the poaching of the animal for their horns. If there is a market eager to buy horns, it will be some eager to risk their lives in order to feed that market as well.

References: Eastern Black Rhino Eastern Black Rhino Photo Reference: Michal Sloviak ________________________________________

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The last animal of the year: The Commerson's Dolphin. Check infographic here

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Your artwork is amazing! Legit can't tell they're no photographs!

Have you ever drawn animals that are definitely extinct but only have limited photographs, if any?

Like the dodo! But I see taxidermied photos of it so I guess that's fine.

And the thylacine!

It'd be so cool to create something that's almost a photograph of an animal that never had photographs taken of it 🤩

Hello! Thank you! I have done some. In some, the photo references I have are really bad and in a few others, they are just mere written descriptions. I had to figure out a way to do them and make them look believable (The Northern Sumatran Rhino, The Indian Javan Rhinoceros, the Vietnamese Javan Rhinoceros, Quagga, and the Caspian Tiger) Some others arent' extinct but they don't have good photographs or they are not complete, they just show a part of the animal like the Indonesian Javan Rhinoceros, the Vietnam Mouse Deer, the Water Chevrotain, etc) I won't do the Dodo because I'm just working on mammals. The idea is to do them all so I don't think I'll have the time to do birds. I would love to do them too though. Thanks again for your interest. I really hope one day my posters can get into zoos, museums, and universities. Thanks as well for the link you sent me. Have a nice day!

Kiang:

This is a complete new one for me, I never heard of this animal before. It is the largest of the wild asses and it used to be counted as a subspecies of the Onager. However, further studies demonstrated that is a different species. It can be also named as Tibetan Wild Ass, Khyang, or Gorkhar.

There is a different approach to the association of this animal compared to the other asses and is the way that is seen by the people who coexists with them. Never been tamed, this ass is not seen as a stupid animal like other in cultures tend to portray asses. Instead, it is seen as an imposing and graceful animal more likely as a horse, that pasturing gracefully on the Tibetan Plateau. Some travelers even say that the Kiang served as an inspiration for the mythical unicorn.

It can be crossbreed with horses, other asses, donkeys and even zebras, but its offspring will be sterile as mules.

They move in small herds and males are usually solitaries. Sometimes they can group in herds of a several hundreds individuals. This herds don’t last longer and are basically consisting in young males, females and theirs calfs. The only enemy, besides humans, might be the Himalayan Wolf who dare to attack Kiangs if are found alone.

Eastern Kiang: It is the largest of the three subspecies. Inhabits in Qinghai, southeastern Xinjiang,

Southern Kiang: It is the smallest

Western Kiang: It has a darker coat and is slightly smaller than the Eastern Kiang.

There is still missing information to validate the existence of the three subspecies.

PD. My next family will be the camelidae, so if you know about this family or have good pictures of them, you are very welcome to help me with this investigation.

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