If you've been following my Wildlife Poster thread, you might have seen this one post I made which involved a 14-page "mini encyclopedia" featuring 60 of my animal drawings. The initial idea was inspired by the marine encyclopedia used in the Endless Ocean games, which kept track of all the species discovered by the player. I dunno, I just liked the way it looked, and wanted to do something similar with my own drawings.
Well, last month, I decided to do an expanded version, this time totaling at 26 pages and featuring twice as many animals as the previous edition.
I definitely think this was a worthy expansion of the previous encyclopedia, though at some point, I would like to do an even bigger expansion featuring 250-300 species, and I was hoping to get some ideas on how I could further expand this idea, as well as suggestions for what species I could add in the future.
You can suggest whatever animals you want, but I'd primarily like to focus on species from the following ten regions:
ARCTIC - polar regions of North America and Eurasia
SOUTHWEST - Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin deserts
AMAZONIA - tropical rainforests of Central and South America
BAVARIA - temperate forests of western Europe
SAVANNAH - tropical grasslands of east and south Africa
CONGO - tropical forests of west and central Africa
EAST ASIA - tropical forests of India, China, and southeast Asia
OUTBACK - Australia and Tasmania
BARRIER REEF - the great barrier reef and its surrounding waters
ANTARCTIC - Antarctica and its surrounding waters
MISCELLANEOUS - basically any species that doesn't fit into the above regions
Keep in mind that these regions are generalizations for the sake of inclusivity, but they're the regions I like to focus on whenever I make animal-related works. It allows me to tackle a diverse variety of species without overwhelming myself.
To aid in any suggestions, here’s a full list of species I’ve drawn so far and the regions they’d correspond with. If there’s in animals you’d like to see in a future encyclopedia that aren’t already on the list, be sure to give them a shout-out!
PRIMATES
Chimpanzee - Congo
Western Gorilla - Congo
Bornean Orangutan - East Asia
Siamang - East Asia
Lar Gibbon - East Asia
Mandrill - Congo
Olive Baboon - Savannah/Congo
Proboscis Monkey - East Asia
Black Howler Monkey - Amazonia
Red Howler Monkey - Amazonia
White-Faced Capuchin - Amazonia
Coquerel’s Sifaka - Miscellaneous
Ring-Tailed Lemur - Miscellaneous
RODENTS
Eastern Grey Squirrel - Miscellaneous
Eurasian Red Squirrel - Bavaria
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog - Southwest
American Beaver - Southwest
Eurasian Beaver - Bavaria
Capybara - Amazonia
CARNIVORE
Lion - Savannah
Tiger - East Asia
Jaguar - Amazonia
Leopard - Savannah/Congo/East Asia
Snow Leopard - Miscellaneous
Eurasian Lynx - Bavaria
Canadian Lynx - Arctic
Bobcat - Southwest
Mountain Lion - Southwest/Amazonia
Cheetah - Savannah
Meerkat - Savannah
Spotted Hyena - Savannah
Grey Wolf - Arctic/Southwest/Bavaria
Coyote - Southwest
African Wild Dog - Savannah
Red Fox - Bavaria
Fennec Fox - Miscellaneous
Arctic Fox - Arctic
Polar Bear - Arctic
Brown Bear - Arctic/Bavaria
American Black Bear - Southwest
Giant Panda - East Asia
Red Panda - East Asia
Northern Raccoon - Southwest
Striped Skunk - Southwest
Spotted Skunk - Southwest
European Badger - Bavaria
MARINE MAMMALS
Eurasian Otter - Bavaria/East Asia
Sea Otter - Arctic
Walrus - Arctic
California Sea Lion - Miscellaneous
Harbor Seal - Arctic
Bearded Seal - Arctic
Ringed Seal - Arctic
Harp Seal - Arctic
Ribbon Seal - Arctic
Weddell Seal - Antarctic
Crabeater Seal - Antarctic
Leopard Seal - Antarctic
Southern Elephant Seal - Antarctic
Bottlenose Dolphin - Barrier Reef
Orca - Arctic/Antarctic
Beluga - Arctic
Narwhal - Arctic
Sperm Whale - Antarctic
Bowhead Whale - Arctic
Humpback Whale - Barrier Reef/Antarctic
Grey Whale - Arctic
Blue Whale - Antarctic
UNGULATES
Common Hippopotamus - Savannah/Congo
Common Warthog - Savannah
Wild Boar - Bavaria/East Asia
Dromedary Camel - Outback
Bactrian Camel - Miscellaneous
Giraffe - Savannah
Okapi - Congo
Moose - Arctic/Bavaria
Caribou - Arctic
Red Deer - Bavaria
Fallow Deer - Bavaria
Roe Deer - Bavaria
White-Tailed Deer - Southwest
American Bison - Southwest
African Buffalo - Savannah/Congo
Bongo - Congo
Thomson’s Gazelle - Savannah
Bighorn Sheep - Southwest
Dall Sheep - Arctic
Alpine Ibex - Bavaria
Muskox - Arctic
Blue Wildebeest - Savannah
Sable Antelope - Savannah
Gemsbok - Savannah
Plains Zebra - Savannah
Baird’s Tapir - Amazonia
Malayan Tapir - East Asia
Indian Rhinoceros - East Asia
Black Rhinoceros - Savannah
White Rhinoceros - Savannah
OTHER MAMMALS
African Bush Elephant - Savannah
Asian Elephant - East Asia
Giant Anteater - Amazonia
Brown-Throated Sloth - Amazonia
Red Kangaroo - Outback
Koala - Outback
Common Wombat - Outback
Tasmanian Devil - Outback
Platypus - Outback
RATITES
Common Ostrich - Savannah
Emu - Outback
Southern Cassowary - Outback
North Island Brown Kiwi - Miscellaneous
FOWL
Indian Peafowl - East Asia
Red Junglefowl - East Asia
Wild Turkey - Southwest
Mallard Duck - Arctic/Southwest/Bavaria
Mute Swan - Bavaria
Black Swan - Outback
WATERBIRDS
Greater Flamingo - Savannah/Congo
American Flamingo - Miscellaneous
Emperor Penguin - Antarctic
King Penguin - Antarctic
Adélie Penguin - Antarctic
Gentoo Penguin - Antarctic
Chinstrap Penguin - Antarctic
Rockhopper Penguin - Antarctic
Macaroni Penguin - Antarctic
Magellanic Penguin - Antarctic
African Penguin - Miscellaneous
Wandering Albatross - Antarctic
Brown Pelican - Miscellaneous
Australian Pelican - Barrier Reef
Atlantic Puffin - Arctic
Grey Crowned Crane - Savannah/Congo
AFROAVES
Secretarybird - Savannah
California Condor - Southwest
Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture - Savannah
Harpy Eagle - Amazonia
Bald Eagle - Arctic/Southwest
Eurasian Eagle-Owl - Bavaria
Snowy Owl - Arctic
Laughing Kookaburra - Outback
Great Indian Hornbill - East Asia
Rhinoceros Hornbill - East Asia
Toco Toucan - Amazonia
Keel-Billed Toucan - Amazonia
AUSTRALAVES
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo - Outback
Blue-and-Gold Macaw - Amazonia
Scarlet Macaw - Amazonia
Great Green Macaw - Amazonia
Green-Winged Macaw - Amazonia
Hyacinth Macaw - Amazonia
Rainbow Lorikeet - Outback
CROCODILIANS
American Alligator - Miscellaneous
Nile Crocodile - Savannah/Congo
Saltwater Crocodile - East Asia/Outback
TURTLES
Green Sea Turtle - Barrier Reef
Galápagos Giant Tortoise - Miscellaneous
SQUAMATA
Komodo Dragon - East Asia
Gila Monster - Southwest
Green Iguana - Amazonia
Panther Chameleon - Miscellaneous
Jackson’s Chameleon - Congo
Thorny Devil - Outback
Frilled Lizard - Outback
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake - Southwest
King Cobra - East Asia
Reticulated Python - East Asia
Emerald Tree Boa - Amazonia
Boa Constrictor- Amazonia
Green Anaconda - Amazonia
Yellow Anaconda - Amazonia
AMPHIBIANS
Common Toad - Bavaria
Red-Eyed Tree Frog - Amazonia
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog - Amazonia
Golden Poison Dart Frog - Amazonia
Lehmann’s Poison Dart Frog - Amazonia
Blue Poison Dart Frog - Amazonia
Dyeing Poison Dart Frog - Amazonia
Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog - Amazonia
Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog - Amazonia
BONY FISH
Green Moray - Miscellaneous
Giant Moray - Barrier Reef
Common Seahorse - Barrier Reef
Humphead Wrasse - Barrier Reef
Ocellaris Clownfish - Barrier Reef
Red Lionfish - Barrier Reef
Moorish Idol - Barrier Reef
Regal Blue Tang - Barrier Reef
Longspine Porcupinefish - Barrier Reef
CARTILAGINOUS FISH
Blacktip Reef Shark - Barrier Reef
Tiger Shark - Barrier Reef
Scalloped Hammerhead - Barrier Reef
Great White Shark - Barrier Reef
Whale Shark - Barrier Reef
Spotted Eagle-Ray - Barrier Reef
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray - Barrier Reef
Reef Manta Ray - Barrier Reef
INVERTEBRATES
Common Starfish - Arctic
Monarch Butterfly - Southwest/Amazonia
Common Blue Morpho - Amazonia
Western Honeybee - Bavaria/Savannah
Bullet Ant - Amazonia
European Mantis - Bavaria
Seven-Spotted Ladybug - Bavaria
Hercules Beetle - Southwest/Amazonia
Goliath Birdeater - Amazonia
Mexican Redknee Tarantula - Southwest/Amazonia
Emperor Scorpion - Congo
Giant Desert Scorpion - Southwest
Ornate Spiny Lobster - Barrier Reef
Peacock Mantis Shrimp - Barrier Reef
Japanese Spider Crab - Miscellaneous
Giant Pacific Octopus - Arctic
Colossal Squid - Antarctic
Moon Jellyfish - Barrier Reef
(Note that I don’t plan to include every animal on this list in the future expansion - I’m simply leaving them as options for now)
All right, I know it's been a long time since I posted any new animal drawings to this site, but I do have some news regarding my work. Sometime last month, the file I was using to create the animal drawings got corrupted, so I pretty much lost everything inside the document. As shown in my last post, I had over a hundred animal drawings on that file, so it was very disheartening to basically have to start over again from scratch.
Even though the original file seems permanently corrupted however, I have finally recovered nearly all of the animal drawings that were lost, and so I wouldn't come out of this experience with nothing, I made sure to draw plenty of new animals that were absent from the previous document. The full list of newly-drawn animals is provided in the link below.
MAMMALS
Aardvark
African Forest Elephant
Amazon River Dolphin
Arctic Hare
Asiatic Black Bear
Binturong
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit
Blackbuck
Bonobo
Chinese Pangolin
Common Vampire Bat
Dhole
Dingo
Dugong
Emperor Tamarin
European Bison
European Pine Marten
European Rabbit
Ghost Bat
Giant Otter
Golden Lion Tamarin
Grey-Headed Flying Fox
Hourglass Dolphin
Malayan Flying Fox
Mantled Guereza
Mule Deer
Nine-Banded Armadillo
Pronghorn
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Red-Necked Wallaby
Red River Hog
Short-Beaked Echidna
Sloth Bear
Spectacled Bear
Springbok
Striped Hyena
Sugar Glider
Sun Bear
Tiger Quoll
Tree Pangolin
White-Nosed Coati
Wild Water Buffalo
Wolverine
BIRDS
African Grey Parrot
Arctic Tern
Burrowing Owl
Common Eider Duck
Eurasian Hoopoe
Golden Eagle
Golden Pheasant
Greater Roadrunner
Jabiru Stork
Peregrine Falcon
Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
Red-Tailed Hawk
Scarlet Ibis
Snow Petrel
Southern Ground Hornbill
Turkey Vulture
Wedge-Tailed Eagle
White-Backed Vulture
Yellow-Billed Oxpecker
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS
Asian Water Monitor
Axolotl
Black Caiman
Central American Coral Snake
Fire Salamander
Gaboon Viper
Goliath Frog
Gharial
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Nile Monitor
Perentie
Spectacled Caiman
Tiger Salamander
Yellow-Bellied Sea Krait
Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait
FISH
Bluestreaked Cleaner Wrasse
Copperband Butterflyfish
Electric Eel
Emperor Angelfish
Flame Angelfish
Powder Blue Tang
Red-Bellied Piranha
Yellow Tang
INVERTEBRATES
Amazonian Giant Centipede
Antarctic Krill
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
Sacred Scarab Beetle
With the addition of 91 new species, the current document now stands at 295 animal drawings (just to make sure I never lose this work again, I went out of my way to create multiple backups of the file). It took quite a while, but I was able to recover from my loss and come back stronger.
To showcase both the new and old animal drawings I've done, I've finally decided to make yet another expansion to my encyclopedia project, this time going from 120 to 180 species. Not nearly as ambitious as the 200-300+ number I previously suggested, but I thought it might be nice to stick with multiples of 60. Now that I'm doing this project for the third time, I think it's nice to look back at the different editions and see how each one expands its representation of the animal kingdom. I hope you guys have as much fun seeing these projects as much as I enjoy putting them together.
