Description: Colourful pen and ink animal illustration of a purple axolotl. Axolotl are a critically endangered species of salamander which are also hugely popular as pets. These unusual amphibians are unique due to their external gills. Wild axolotl are generally brown or grey but in captivity many other colour variations have been created through selective breeding.
Description: Colourful pen and ink animal illustration of a yellow boxfish. Yellow boxfish are a tropical species of fish found in ocean reefs. These fish match their name well as they really are box shape. Their bodies are a vibrant yellow and are covered in dark spots, both of which fade and change colour slightly as they mature into adults.
Description: Colourful animal illustration of a blue-footed booby. This ink drawing was created by hand using pigma micron marker pens and coloured with alcohol markers. Blue footed boobies are marine birds found along the east coasts of the Pacific ocean. These birds are famous for their vibrant blue feet. The feathers on their wings are a dark brown, with white underparts merging to a mottled white and brown plumage on their heads and necks.
Description: Black and white animal illustration of a Philippine eagle. This ink drawing was created by hand using pigma micron marker pens. The Philippine eagle is a critically endangered species of eagle found only in the forests of the Philippines. The largest eagle in the world, these birds have a distinctive fluffy head crest with brown and white plumage.
Description: Black and white animal illustration of a blue-footed booby. This ink drawing was created by hand using pigma micron marker pens. Blue footed boobies are marine birds found along the east coasts of the Pacific ocean. These birds are famous for their vibrant blue feet. The feathers on their wings are a dark brown, with white underparts merging to a mottled white and brown plumage on their heads and necks.
Description: Black and white pen and ink animal illustration of an axolotl. Axolotl are a critically endangered species of salamander which are also hugely popular as pets. These unusual amphibians are unique due to their external gills. Wild axolotl are generally brown or grey but in captivity many other colour variations have been created through selective breeding.
Description: Black and white animal illustration of a wild house mouse. I photographed this cutie a few months ago, it was sneaking into the bird feeder at a friends house and I couldn’t wait to draw it! House mice are common small rodents with large round ears, long tail and a pointed snout. Their fur is short and brown. Drawn using pigma sakura microns, with one of my own photographs as reference. This tiny mouse was cleaning itself when I took the photograph, which allowed me to capture this cute pose!
Description: Black and white ink illustration of a young Scimitar-horned oryx. Drawn using one of my own photographs as reference, I created this drawing using pigma micron markers and a rotring isograph for the darkest areas. The Scimitar oryx, or Sahara oryx are a species of antelope that sadly are extinct in the wild. Once found across North Africa, these oryxes have a white coat with red brown markings. All oryx species have amazing long horns.
Description: Colourful pen and ink animal illustration of a giraffe. The giraffe (Giraffa) is a tall African mammal, and the tallest living animal in the world, living in scattered regions across Africa. They are also one of the most popular animals and are distinguished by their extremely long necks and legs. They have horn like shapes protruding from the head, large ears, a white or cream body with dark orange brown or near black blotches, spots or patches covering most of the body.
Description: Black and white animal ink illustration portrait of a young Sulawesi crested macaque, a critically endangered species of monkey. Hand drawn using Pigma Micron marker pens, I used one of my own photographs as a reference image for this drawing. The Celebes crested macaque, or black ape is found in only in a few small areas on the island of Sulawesi. These primates have a hairless face and black fur on the rest of their bodies
Description: Black and white pen and ink animal illustration of an Amur tiger. The tiger is an apex predator and endangered big cat recognisable by its reddish orange fur and black stripes and a long tail. All tiger species are listed as endangered. Amur, or Siberian tigers are the largest subspecies, found in Russia, China and Korea.
Description: Black and white ink painting of a pair of Orcas. Orcas are also known as killer whales, but despite this name they are actually more closely related to dolphins than whales! They have a very distinctive appearance with black bodies, a white underside and white patches close to their eyes.
Description: Colourful animal ink illustration of a flying common barn owl, drawn using marker pens, with one of my own photographs as reference. Barn owls are a nocturnal species of owl which is widely found across the UK and the world. They are a very well known and popular owl, with a heart-shaped face and white, cream and grey feathers.
Description: Black and white ink illustration of a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth climbing along a vine. I created this drawing using one of my own photographs as reference, and whilst watching the sloth I was surprised at how fast they can climb! Their famed slowness is actually based on their slow metabolism. The Linnaeus's two-toed sloth is one of the six living sloth species which spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of tropical rainforests in South and Central America.
Description: Black and white ink painting of a group, or pod, of Orcas. Orcas are also known as killer whales, but despite this name they are actually more closely related to dolphins than whales! They have a very distinctive appearance with black bodies, a white underside and white patches close to their eyes.
Description: Black and white pen and ink animal illustration of a giraffe. The giraffe (Giraffa) is a tall African mammal, and the tallest living animal in the world, living in scattered regions across Africa. They are also one of the most popular animals and are distinguished by their extremely long necks and legs. They have horn like shapes protruding from the head, large ears, a white or cream body with dark orange brown or near black blotches, spots or patches covering most of the body.
Description: Black and white ink painting of a pair of Orcas. Orcas are also known as killer whales, but despite this name they are actually more closely related to dolphins than whales! They have a very distinctive appearance with black bodies, a white underside and white patches close to their eyes.
Description: Black and white ink illustration of a praying mantis. I created this drawing using a stippling technique, this illustration is comprised of thousands of tiny dots drawn with a fine nib pen. Praying mantis is the common name for a group of insects called Mantises or Mantodea which are found worldwide although most are found in tropical habitats. These bugs are commonly kept as pets.
Description: Black and white ink painting of a pair of Orcas with a mottled turquoise blue backgroud. Orcas are also known as killer whales, but despite this name they are actually more closely related to dolphins than whales! They have a very distinctive appearance with black bodies, a white underside and white patches close to their eyes.
Description: Black and white animal ink illustration of a European turtle dove. Hand-drawn ink ink using a stippling technique, this drawing is comprised of thousands of tiny dots. A member of the dove and pigeon family, the European turtle dove is a vulnerable species of bird found across many parts of Europe. Smaller than many other doves, the plumage of the turtle dove is also more brown, with a striped patch at the neck and distinctive mottled black markings on their wing feathers.
Description: Black and white pen and ink animal illustration of a young Amur tiger cub. The tiger is an apex predator and endangered big cat recognisable by its reddish orange fur and black stripes and a long tail. All tiger species are listed as endangered. Amur, or Siberian tigers are the largest subspecies, found in Russia, China and Korea.
Description: Black and white animal ink illustration of a flying common barn owl, drawn using marker pens, with one of my own photographs as reference. Barn owls are a nocturnal species of owl which is widely found across the UK and the world. They are a very well known and popular owl, with a heart-shaped face and white, cream and grey feathers.
Description: Ink illustration of a young baby South Devon calf. Drawn using one of my own photographs as reference, I used pigma micron marker pens to create this drawing. Most walks in the countryside and farm land in Britain awards the sight of at least one field of cows, this particular calf was part of a large herd roaming wild in Dartmoor National Park. South Devon cattle are a native breed of cattle to the UK, they are a large breed of beef cattle with beautiful copper red fur.
Description: Black and white ink painting of a pair of orcas. Orcas are also known as killer whales, but despite this name they are actually more closely related to dolphins than whales! They have a very distinctive appearance with black bodies, a white underside and white patches close to their eyes.
Description: Black and white animal ink illustration of a rockhopper penguin. Drawn using one of my own photographs as reference, I used Sakura pigma micron marker pens to create this drawing. Penguins are aquatic flightless birds, all of who have wings that have adapted into flippers suitable for their marine environment. Rockhopper penguins are vulnerable species of crested penguin found around the coasts of South America and the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Description: Black and white ink painting of a killer whale. Orcas are also known as killer whales, but despite this name they are actually more closely related to dolphins than whales! They have a very distinctive appearance with black bodies, a white underside and white patches close to their eyes.
Description: Black and white animal ink illustration of a Grevy's zebra foal. Drawn using one of my own photographs as reference, I used mostly Sakura pigma micron marker pens and a brush pen for the darkest areas. The Grévy's zebra is the largest of the three species of zebra and is distinctive due to it's narrow stripes and large ears. They live in the semi-arid grasslands of Kenya and Ethiopia, Africa. They are an endangered species with estimated less than 3000 left in the wild.
Description: Black and white pen and ink animal illustration portrait of a snow leopard head. Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) are a vulnerable species of big cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. Their fur is very thick and is white underneath, blending to a mottled grey, they have black spots on their heads and feet which gradually become larger and form large rosettes on the back and tail.
