Vertebrae Illustration: Before and After

I drew this tiny gold deer vertebrae on a white canvas and couldn't figure out why it kept bothering me when compared to it's black contour counterpart. Luckily, my sister came along and suggested it needed more weight. Usually I don't backtrack on my art once I've considered it a finished piece and I do all my tinkering near the beginning of a project, but I took another stab at the final piece and filled it in with black:

I liked the new version a lot better so I filled in the black one too for more contrast. Good suggestion, sis! That's what it needed indeed.

Deer Jaw Contour

I've been working on these deer jaw contour pieces to add to the Feather & Fir booth at the Beehive Bazaar starting this upcoming Thursday:

I like the contrast of the white on black, but I also think the gold on black is pretty classy too. It was fun to draw something a little quirkier than normal.