day one-hundred-and-ninety-nine - red spitting cobra

or naja pallida (oooooh! sultry)

© jem barratt

see. he's red and he's a cobra. but oh no! he is not spitting! it's a good thing i didn't draw that, because when they spit they go from cute and cartoony to pure evil. and this guy looks just a little bit intimidating...

but really they should be called a red spraying cobra. jeez, get your semantics right naturalists.

xj

day one-hundred-and-twelve - indian cobra

treat the vervet monkey as yesterday's drawing and this guy as today's:

© jem barratt

i like him. hopefully you like this slightly retarded drawing style too as it's all you'll be getting for a while. at least two of my right-hand-fingers still work!

xj