Personal drawing-a-day challenge

[TwiggyT]

@jeanebean The first seven days will be the guinea pigs I've owned, and for those I'm just doing drawings based on their individual personalities. After that I'm going to draw my niece and nephew's guinea pigs, and it looks like I have a cousin that wants theirs drawn. After that I might run an Instagram contest or something to get other pigs to draw. If not I'll just make some up. I was thinking of doing some guinea pig-themed merchandise, so this will hopefully help with promotion. I've notice that of all the small pet communities I've been a part of, the guinea pig community has some of the most rabid consumers. After that are hedgehog people, and chinchilla people just don't care.

[Chip Valecek]

@twiggyt best of luck with your challenge. So far they are really cute.

[TwiggyT]

@Chip-Valecek Thank you!

Piigvember Day 5: Nugget was a fierce warrior, ie, she bit people a lot.

[alexsen]

@twiggyt

Good job! These all are looking pretty good. Just a few criticisms - the perspective on the shield strap feels a little off, it's a little too round. Also shields usually have a handle as well. Google it. As well the feet and the shadows aren't quite right. The shadow would be larger or have less clearance, if you know what I mean. Personally I rather like Day 4 : Snicker. Feels like something out of a Disney movie, in a good way.

[TwiggyT]

Piigvember Day 6: Bubbles dressed as her namesake.

[TwiggyT]

Piigvember Day 7: Panda appreciates comfort (and timely servings of veggies).

[TwiggyT]

Piigvember Day 8: Sarah Surfs

[TwiggyT]

Piigvember Day 9: Sugar goes fishing.

[TwiggyT]

Piigvember Day 10: Windy

[TwiggyT]

Day 11: Rememberance

This is really rough, but I need a mental health day. I just wanted to get something done.

[amandar]

@twiggyt I love these! They all have so much character and energy.

[TwiggyT]

@amandar Thank you! I'm glad you like them!

Piigvember Day 12: Sushi!

[TwiggyT]

Day 13: The Doctor

[Susan Marks]

@twiggyt I am super impressed with your commitment to a drawing of this magnitude per day! 5 (nugget), 10 (windy), and 11 (remembrance) are my favorites. What they share in common to my eye is a greater depth of character. I can imagine and perhaps even more importantly I have more curiosity about their story. I’m looking forward to seeing more.

[TwiggyT]

Hi, Susan! Thanks for your comment. That's a good way to analyze these. I hadn't thought about Nugget having more depth; she was simply the only mean guinea pig I've ever had. I agree with Windy and Rememberance, though; I was a little sad that more people didn't comment on those on my social media. Especially Windy -- I really liked that one myself.

[Susan Marks]

@twiggyt alas! Sometimes I do miss the clarity of having a right, unanimous answer, like with an algebra equation!

[TwiggyT]

Day 14: The Carrot Thief

I dislike trying to size images like this for Instagram. My drawings won't fit in their box.

[TwiggyT]

Day 15: Bamboo

[Eli]

@twiggyt The Carrot Thief is my favorite!

[demotlj]

@twiggyt I have an iPhone app called "Square" that will resize pictures for Instagram by adding a border so the main picture isn't cut off. It was either free or really cheap and works well. There are probably similar apps for Android.