[Art] North American Porcupine as Totem

[moonvoice]

qilora, do you want to flick me an email at ophelias.diary@gmail.com to yay or nay this piece? :D

North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

Porcupines are awesome, we have echidnas here, but I like all sorts of spiny animals. Anyway, porcupines are large rodents with characteristic hardened hairs growing along their back and sides which form spines. They are sometimes considered pests (personally I think they're awesome), and their quills are used for decorative purposes in jewellery, clothing adornments and so on.

The North American porcupine is skilled at remembering 'mazes' or complex routes to find food, as it is a very picky eater. It would be a good companion if you were lost! Except that it can't talk... and it probably wouldn't care for memorising the roads you were interested in.






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Original available for sale ($75 USD) - on hold
18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint

Comments

Porky!

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

Aww, it's so cute! And very determined looking, too.

A lot of people don't realize that porcupines are really very soft - when they're not agitated, their quills lay flat & they have soft, long fur. They also chuckle.

Re: Porky!

[eldriwolf.livejournal.com]

yes, and No quills on the belly,(or the nose) so when they crawl into your lap, tummy-skritch heaven!
You can still stick yourself on a quill, even when neither of you want that, though---and there Are Quills on the head, so ear-rubs must be given with Great Care...