Giraffe Gestural Sketches

Another part of the process for the WAZA poster...

When I haven't collaged an animal before, I like to get back to good old fashioned pencil and paper to do some quick studies and gestural sketches to get a feel for the shapes and lines of the creature.

In this case, the giraffe is to be reaching up into a tree to eat some of its favourite leaves, so I wanted to explore a few different angles for the head and that ginormous tongue.