Illustration Friday - Surrender

I hope no one minds me putting Illustration Friday in reverse because this is my idea for last week's theme, surrender. And come on, the poor little astronaut giraffe is going to have to surrender after letting his guard down for lunch!

I did this with pen and ink, using a much more flexible nib than I've tried in the past. I was feeling pretty happy and excited because it looked alright and I hadn't made a complete mess of it. Course afterwards I realized that I didn't first check to see if the paper would fit in my scanner, so I had to cut off a bit from the sides. Plus I also hit a wall the first night I tried to color it. BUT, regardless... the happiness still lingers!

See, I have this long held admiration for work created with pen and ink (and watercolor, but this was of course colored digitally) and will soon dedicate a post to talking about it. But for now just know that I felt a buzz while inking this drawing. Oh, and the astronaut giraffe will be ok :)