For the last few weeks I’ve been working on sketches and drawings of river otters for a project I was asked to do. The finished piece is to be used for a children’s nature camp t-shirt. Projects like these are always fun but people all have different ideas as to what they want so starting with sketches of various poses is always a good thing.

We decided on two general designs. One was an otter looking out of the water which would be a vertical design.

This guy was the first finished drawing of that group.

This otter seemed a bit grumpy to me, especially for use on a kid’s shirt so I did another drawing.

I liked this one’s personality but we still wanted to look at a horizontal drawing that could fit the whole otter in as well as a fish.

This last drawing is the one we decided on for the shirt design. When the shirt is ready, I will show it here. You have to be a kid enrolled in the camp to get one, though. Sorry about that.

This was a great project to work on and I donated the art for the shirt design. The other two drawings are for sale, however. You may email me for more information about them or to to my Mary Richmond Design Etsy shop where they will be listed for sale.