Pantalaimon - Ermine

I chose to try drawing Ermines because I've been reading the His Dark Materials books and Lyra's daemon, Pantalaimon often turns into an Ermine and inspired me.


Below is an image from the film, The Golden Compass with Pantalaimon as an Ermine.



Interestingly Ermine's are brown in the summer and in the winter they are white except the tip of their tail. They are from the arctic and can also run through snow easily. They are ferocious hunters and are capable of killing animals much larger than itself even though they are small (can grow 30 cm long) but some of the smallest weasles are most dangerous! (They are a member of the weasle family)
Poor Ermines are endangered due to be hunted for their fur, its even used in the robes of the Lord Chief Justice of England.