Cartoon Ermines

Here are some cartoon Ermines that I drew based on the life drawings that I drew earlier in this blog.

Ermine Pose Sketches

When I say Pose Sketches I mean watching an animal moving and quickly drawing it as its moving around. A lot will look messy and scratchy or nothing like the animal its meant to be but a few will catch good poses and moves. Below are my pose sketches of an Ermine. The last 2 are of an ermine killing a rabbit, I did them from a BBC reference video.

More Pantalaimon - Ermine

More Ermines based on the character, Pantalaimon. Think I like the ones where I gave him a patch on his head the most as I was more awake when I drew them and the patch can be used to show expressions easier, like eyebrows.

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.