“Animal Alphabets” are weekly art prompts on Twitter and Instagram, where each week is a new letter along with an animal in a situation starting with that letter. They are fun, short “mini projects” to do in-between longer projects, and it lets me practice character and animal design. I don’t do them every week, but as I do them I’ll continue to post them here in addition to Twitter and Instagram.
F – Flamingo Frying Sausages
![A flamingo wearing a cook hat and apron frying sausages in a frying pan. There is a speech balloon with the flamingo saying "Ok, who ordered the sausages?!"](https://drawnbyshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/f-flamingos-frying-sausages.jpg)
G – Giant Panda Bear Gardening
![A very large giant panda is in a garden and is holding a carrot that they just pulled out of the dirt. In the background a neighbor woman is looking at the panda over the fence in shock.](https://drawnbyshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/g-giant-panda-bear-gardening-v2.jpg)
J – Jaguar Juggling
![An illustration of an anthropomorphic jaguar juggling balls](https://drawnbyshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/j-jaguar-juggling-balls-latest.jpg)
K – Kiwi Practicing Karate
![A cartoon illustration of a kiwi bird jumping and giving a karate kick.](https://drawnbyshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/k-kiwi-practicing-karate.jpg)
L – Llama as a Lighthouse Keeper
![A cartoon illustration of a llama lighthouse keeper looking at the viewer through a telescope/monocular and a lighthouse in the background](https://drawnbyshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/l-llama-as-a-lighthouse-keeper.jpg)
M – Mouse as a Mathematician
![A cartoon illustration of a mouse standing on a chalkboard rail pointing with a piece of chalk at a bunch of equations on the board and saying “So as you can see, it’s really quite simple”.](https://drawnbyshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/m-mouse-as-a-mathematician-update.jpg)
P – Pangolin Playing Piano
![A cartoon illustration of a pangolin (scaly anteater) playing piano.](https://drawnbyshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/p-pangolin-playing-piano.jpg)
S – Seagull Sleeping
![A cartoon illustration of a seagull sleeping on log pilings in the water, while a group of fish are playing a prank by dressing him up nose-and-mustache glasses and taking a picture of him.](https://drawnbyshawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/s-seagull-sleeping.jpg)