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Hi, I'm Chris, I've been a long-time reader of Bored Panda, and I thought I'd share some of my pencil drawings. Just like most creatives, I've been drawing since I was young, they weren't great, but I was proud of them... Okay, that is not 100% truth. I am embarrassed by some of the pencil sketches that I drew and gave to my friends back in high school (here's hoping that they threw them away ha!), but luckily I've improved. I'm also mostly self-taught. I did have a 1-semester stint at my local college's beginning Art class where I learned quite a lot and tried to hone my skills from then on but to no avail, unfortunately.

Not so much that I started to forget what I've learned rather I didn't have enough clear vision of what I want my art style to be. So I drew and drew and drew - some belong in the dump while some I can proudly say I "drew that!" It wasn't until two years later when I did a Tiger (posted here) and a Quetzal that I started to get an idea of what I want to draw, my style, etc. However, I didn't realize that and still strayed and went on to experiment with other art mediums. Fast forward to 2014, I found my way back, and that has now become my style and continually try to make it better.

The process in creating my art can be as simple as illustrating the entire artwork on a single piece of paper to doing several drawing ideas on separate sheets of paper and bringing them together in Photoshop to create the whole image. I'm inspired by music, shows (anime mostly), nature, or draw whatever my mind decides to come up with, and animals have been the main characters of my art... Partly because I don't know how to draw people (human anatomy is a... well you know haha). Hopefully, one day, I'll be able to include people in my beautiful drawings too.

Whoops, I wasn't intending to write all that but enjoy my animal drawings!

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The Spirits' Playground

The Spirits' Playground

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    Panacea

    Panacea

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    Amy Jo Buchanan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the beak reminds me of these vintage witch doctor masks! I love the incorporating of roses and ribbons throughout this image though.

    İdil
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I'd love this tattooed on me!

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    Source Of All Knowledge

    Source Of All Knowledge

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    Lorna Campbell
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOVE your creativity. I also LOVE to sketch/draw/paint, but prefer pencil/pen. Your work is wonderful!

    Tony Le
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Owls of Ga'Hoole inspired?

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    On The Run

    On The Run

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    Amy Jo Buchanan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the tiny rabbit wrapped in the ribbon and the teddy bear head falling off... everything about this shows motion I love it.

    Darlene Girard
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite.. you are very talented.

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    Night Frost

    Night Frost

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    Who's Up For Tea?

    Who's Up For Tea?

    Inspired by Alice in Wonderland.

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    Amy Jo Buchanan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can see traces of mushrooms, caterpillar, rabbit, looking glasses, tea, flowers and things from Alice in Wonderland! I love it!

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    The Diver

    The Diver

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    Samantha Harris
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy s**t I love this so much. Following the hell out of your instagram!

    Amy Jo Buchanan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the fish and antique diver helmet! ❤️

    Audrey Partridge
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this cause I am a diver.....should have done coral not flowers.......love it though

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    Fragile By Nature

    Fragile By Nature

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    Route 10

    Route 10

    A couple of my favorite Pokemon - Rufflet & Braviary.

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    Zaha Cristina
    Community Member
    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woderful work! Good luck with your art, maby you should merge them into a children story book. Or make some adorable t-shirts.