It makes me happy when I can share new artwork! I’m calling this “The Locals,” wildlife commonly found in the Great Lakes area.

It was great fun filling up this 14″ x 17″ page with animals – a deer, bear, wolf, coyote, fox, raccoon, badger, skunk, squirrel, rabbit, groundhog, porcupine, eagle, great blue heron, great horned own, cardinal, blue jay, did I miss anyone?!

One of my goals in life is to draw everything so this page full of animals is a great contribution to that goal, as well as my zoo-inspired animals.

I Photoshopped this page so each animal is on its own layer and ready for a variety of uses, from the cool web banner above, to icons on maps, mixed up in surface patterns, perfectly placed on greeting cards, strategically referred to in editorial illustrations and more!

I could keep going and fill up more pages like this with so many different themes, like underwater sea life, birds, butterflies, zoo life, and the list goes on.