Weasel-A-Day No. 1

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by PepperNivalis

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Weasel-A-Day

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I realized recently that, despite having lived a good portion of my life as one, I have no idea how to draw weasels from imagination. To get better, I'm going to try and draw a weasel a day until I learn how to deal with their weird anatomy. It'll also give me a chance to experiment with some different rendering and coloring styles in the meantime :)

I chose as my first Weasel-A-Day this picture of weasels mating (from a photographic reference by Bob Fuller of his two amorous garden residents). It's one of the only pictures I've actually found on the internet of least weasels mating in particular; it's usually done in the female's burrow, so you need to set a special camera up beforehand to catch them in the act. Weasel courtship is remarkably intense and protracted for such a little animal, with copulations lasting up to three hours--that's some serious stamina!

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