Type Collab: Swinub by ShadeofShinon on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

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My entry for 's Ice type collab!

Swinub was a nice change since it's small and simple but challenging for the very same resons. It's flat and round so there's not much to play around with in terms of interesting pose etc.

I usually look for ideas for my interpretations from Bulbapedia but this time they didn't seem like such a good fit. On the Swinub article the Pokemon is said to be based on a boar piglet but they also mentioned a guinea pig and a groundhog, possibly only because they are both potato shaped. However, those don't fit at all with how I see the Swinub family and how I previously interpret Mamoswine, which is a mix of boar and mammoth. So I decided to just try to imagine a baby Mamoswine, when it's still soft, fluffy and small.

Hope you like it! It was fun to paint.

Media Wacom Cintiq 13HD | Photoshop CS6
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