All kinds of animals

At last!  The new animals for May are finally here and guess what?  The calendar just turned over to June. Curses!  I thought we could make it in time.  The truth is that the animals have been done for a week but I am to blame for the delay because I just couldn't get the right ideas going for their back stories.  I apologize for holding out on you, but I had a serious case of animal back story writer's block.

Anyway, I'm happy with them now so why don't we go ahead and show them to you?

Exhibit A: The Octopus

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Exhibit A Fun Fact: Ryan has argued for almost a year now that an octopus was impossible to do. I finally convinced him to give it a try and, as per usual, he not only figured it out but he totally knocked it out the park.  Let this be a public declaration to Ryan L. Berkley, illustrator: You can draw anything!

Exhibit B: (The winner of your vote) The Pygmy Marmoset

Exhibit B Fun Fact: We honestly had no idea what a Pygmy Marmoset was when the votes started rolling in. You all like to pick some crazy obscure animals! Whatever happened to cows and pigs and generic snakes?  Nevertheless, we're really glad to know about the marmosets so thanks for the lesson.

The other reason for the delay and the lack of blogging is because we've been prepping like mad for the Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair this weekend.  We have a couple new products we're going to test out on the unsuspecting citizens of New York City and if they are greeted with approval, they'll be making their way to an Etsy shop near you soon. {Hint, the shop I'm referring to is our own!}

Meanwhile, the one day in the last week we weren't housebound with the 2D animals, we jaunted out to the country to hang with some 3D animals.  Our pal Audrey turned two and invited us to celebrate with her on a farm out west.  

I am quite partial to the bottom rabbit.  He most certainly knows something that I don't know and somehow that makes me feel good.

Comments

[Becka]

Aw, the calf! Slightly crazy looking but also cute. I thought the goat was walking across monkey bars at first.

[Dylan]

Wowww. That octopus is crazy!

[lynbird]

Gooo, marmoset!

[GirlieGirl]

I left a comment the other day, but apparently it got lost in space. BUT... I did practically pee myself when I saw the marmoset! I am so utterly happy, and he is frickin' adorable as it gets. Slap Ryan a *high-five* from me!

[Grant]

We all know that I'm a fan of anything that's knocked out of the park.

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I apologize for holding out on you, but I had a serious case of animal back story writer's block.