Critters Gotta Live Somewhere! Cartoon Landscape Drawings
Some while ago I published an article here referencing cartoon animals I was commissioned to draw for one of my commercial clients. Since the client’s market is the scrapbook industry, they also wanted double page landscape drawings in the same style as the animals. These were fun, and, as you can imagine, quite varied in nature, given that the animal species represent many different parts of the world (including pre-history).
So, this is what I came up with for the African savanna scene. Divided down the middle, this is a two page spread. The African animals I drew can be placed in this scene along with whatever mementos the customer wants to include in the scrap book. The main thing I wanted was to have the style of the scene match the style of the critters and to achieve the “feel” of the natural environment in the landscape drawing. Also there needed to be plenty of space available for the customers to place the animals where they want.