Elephant Diaper Can
I somehow let my older sister talk me into decorating a diaper can that was used as a baby shower gift (the recipient mother is fond of elephants).
I started out by making several No. 2 pencil sketches of the animal. These are all original designs from my head, I didn't look at any reference material, although My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fluttershy did cross my mind while I was sketching the worried one looking over its shoulder. While it was the first one that I drew, I ultimately ended up not using the pachyderm in the sitting pose with the ribbon on its head.
Materials:
United Solutions plastic utility can and colored Sharpie markers (all of which my sister provided). The original illustrations were done with No. 2 pencil on white paper from one of my old sketch pads.
Dimensions:
With the lid on, the can is 41 cm (16.1") tall and has a circumference of roughly 101 cm (39.8") at its thickest point (the top).
Time:
Two days, August 3rd and 4th, 2014. I drew three of the pencil elephant illustrations, and repeatedly copied two of them onto the bottom and middle rows of the diaper can, on the 3rd. On the following day, I drew the sleeping elephant in pencil and then traced that five times onto the top row of the can to finish the project.
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The background pattern is a photo of an African Elephant, from a 1993 Eyewitness Books Elephant tome, that I edited in a computer art program.
The midi music playing is the "Stolen Materia" theme from Final Fantasy VII.