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I photographed this fruit bat during a trip to Kenya. Although at the time it was daylight and he was resting I decided to place him in a night time context, what started out as a simple natural history illustration morphed into an atmospheric piece of art. The blue moon addition was a way of adding dramatic effect and also incorporating a hint of toning variation to the background. I blocked in the background using marker pen and then worked over it with coloured pencil.

H 25.0 x W 15.0 x D 0.1 cm

• Picture/Painting
• Animals & Birds
• Realism
• Mixed Media
• Paper