Wolf Park | a study of anatomy

Wolves, and canines in general, are one of my favorite animals. This is a pretty bold statement seeing as I am a complete and absolute lover of any animal, big or small. Back in 2011 my boyfriend and I visited Wolf Park, which is a "not-for-profit organization dedicated to behavioral research, education and conservation, with the objective of improving the public’s understanding of wolves and the value they provide to our environment." Additionally, Wolf Park offers photography seminars under the guidance of one of my most favored wildlife photographers, Monty Sloan. Alongside Monty and a handful of other photography/wildlife enthusiasts, we spent several hours inside an enclosure with three of Wolf Park's resident wolves. This was one of the best experiences of my life to date. Our visit afforded me not only the opportunity to meet and interact with wolves *insert high-pitched noise of complete and utter joy here*, it gave me once in a lifetime photo opportunities, as well as an entire library of photo references for anatomical study. Above I've provided a sketch of Ruedi, one of Wolf Park's at-the-time Ambassador Wolves. Below is a photograph I took of him during my visit.

ART DUMP

Hellooooooo world,

I haven't updated in a while, I'm not sure which direction to take this blog at this point after the addition of my website, www.keriduckworth.com. I've been considering creating a blog there strictly for artwork and turning this one into a blog filled with inspiring photography, illustrations, animations, designs, and my own life happenings. Perhaps it will be a blend of both. For now, I will leave you with some eye candy. (No really, this first one has candy in it, yay!)



This piece was done as a panoramic for my "Game & Animation Art" class. USI rarely, if ever, offers classes like this, so I was BEYOND ecstatic. I was using Flash essentially for the first time. This scene drew inspiration from one of my all time favorite cartoons in the world, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack by Thurop Van Orman. (Go on, google him, he's got a magnificent beard.)



This was our first lip sync, although I won't post the full animation here just yet. Here we see a crab with a man arm. Natural selection has skipped over him, and he is not the happiest crustacean.



This is a still from my final animation. I will try to post the entire thing here soon, but for now, feast your eyes upon the still. I would like to eventually go back and work on this animation a bit, adding in more detail and refining some of the movements, as they still need some work.

So there you have it! I will continue to update with more artwork until I am caught up to my current projects. On an unrelated note, you should check out the following link if you are into photography or wolves. The article features a little bit about the photographer, Shlomi Nissim, and her take on Little Red Riding Hood.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-incredible-story-behind