Drawing for a "protest" flyer.

[Zbiz]

Well about a year ago my friend told me about a petco with horrible conditions for their leos. Babies on sand, with no water little food ect. SO she asked if i could make a picture for a flyer to post on their door to warn people. Its the drawing i use for my avatar now. Marcia saw the pic and asked if i could post the whole thing. I hope it doesnt offend anybody that uses sand. But we all know its not good for babies which was our real concern. OK here it is. Oh please let me know what you think of it, as an art major i like to hear critiques.

 

[moosassah]

We're suppose to keep it clean on a public bb, so all I can say is that is one SICK drawing.

 

[GeckoStud]

Interesting drawing! Reminds me of a style that a kid that was in my highschool a few years ago.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I think it is a very good artistic rendition of a sand impacted gecko!

 

[bittner_344]

that is a incredible drwaing!! soo much detail put into it.
thanks for posting
-brett

 

[marula]

nice draw!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats

 

[leolover2]

Very nice. I hope it changed people's mines about getting leos at PetCo.

 

[BluGnat]

VERY cool!! How long did that take you to do, start to finish? I hope that it educates people - hope Petco lets it stay up. Maybe it could have a little pouch on one corner of the poster with cards to geckoforums.net that people could take home with them.

 

[Scott&Nikki]

I like the pic and the idea, but if you put it ON their doors, they can take it off. It won't be much of a "protest". That is their property and it may even be illegal for you to post that on their door. Standing outside with a poster is a different story, I believe.

 

[nygeckoqn]

Great drawing...I do hope it does some good....Maybe get it put on some business card magnets with the url to geckoforums and pass them to people outside the store.There has to be a way to get that message out there that isn't illegal. I love the drawing I can see you put a lot of time and effort and it does depict what a leo feels like with an impacted belly.I see nothing wrong with it at all. Great detail. Great job...lets hope there is something that you can do that will make a differnce...in Petcos coporate pocket.

 

[robin]

i love your style.!! it really is a fantastic drawing. you have any other stuff?

 

[Scott&Nikki]

You should do a "This is your leo/This is your leo on Petco" poster. Or, "Support our breeders" or "Impeach Bush" wait... how did that get in there?

 

[GeckoMandi]

That is an awesome drawing!! I agree 100% with what Marcia said.

 

[Zbiz]

Actually we put it up after the petco opened and they didnt take it down for weeks... I guess they didnt notice it, They didnt notice the dying leos in their cages so why would they notice a poster? Anyways...

Thanks guys for all the comments!!! It took me a couple of hours to do it. The real time consumer was the digital coloring. Actually the sketch was made in a art history class i didnt favor lol, they have their uses. Im working on bearded dragon drawing as we speak... and then a chameleon, might get to post him up tommorrow, but most likely thursday. Im also gona revamp the leo and just make a happy one healthy version. I also want to start thinking of a leo logo for my breeding project, Eyelids for the win hehe.

 

[aricbuss]

very nice!!!

 

[brandy101010]

Great drawing. It would certainly make me think twice about buying a gecko from petco. although I don't even think about it. I learned my lesson like most people here.

 

[Zbiz]

OK I decided I'll show you guys step by step the process with the Bearded dragon drawing. This is the pencil sketch. I wanted him to be in a sun bathing and looking cool while doing it mood. I think i got it. The tecture of the skin is gona be a challenge lol *good luck to me*. OK here it is, Let me know what you think!!!

 

[Zbiz]

Anybody want to make suggestions before i start inking him up?

 

[brandy101010]

That is very cool! You should do one with bearded dragons head bobbing playing in a heavy metal band. :guitarist:

I always wanted to video tape my dragons and iguanas head bobbing with metal music in the back ground. :main_yes: