These two pieces were my second and third pieces of wildlife, after completing my first tiger. Up to this point I focused only on people. I thought the olive baboon was an interesting subject with its greenish coat of hair. They’re found on the African continent. They are on the “least concern” end of the conservancy spectrum where extinct is on the opposite end. However, they are still impacted by habitat loss due to agricultural expansion. The tarsier was another interesting and unique subject with its large eyes. Without realizing it, I believe this piece is pretty close to actual size for a tarsier. A sad but fascinating fact about this animal is that it will commit suicide when touched while in captivity. They become so traumatized by loud noise and touching or petting. Both of these were fun to work on. I used mainly a scalpel on both pieces to scratch off the ink to create the image. To get a layered effect, I colored the animals with translucent ink and then re-scratched them. Then I added a little more diluted color and re-scratched. I did this on both pieces until I reached the desired tones and textures.
