My New Years resolution is that I want to draw more. As a part of this goal I decided to start this blog and draw probably my favorite thing to draw which is little animals and maybe learn a bit about each one as I post about them.
My first animal is an elephant, cause elephants never forget, which i hopefully what I will not forget to do with this project. I guess I drew an Asian elephant, because it lacks tusks and of adult elephants, only the adult Asian female elephants don't have tusks. Also I drew her very small and smallish ears which are other character traits of Asian elephants. I don't know why but as I look at the little drawing I made, I realize she looks either really tired or depressed. I suppose she could be tired because in many countries Asian elephants are domesticated and made to work, hauling logs or cargo, or western tourists, all of which sounds kinda exhausting. Alternatively, if she is a wild animal, she may be depressed due to the loss of her native habitat. She lives in one of the most densely populated areas of the world and her species is threatened due to the loss of forest habitat. Female elephants herd, and the bull elephants are usually solitary. They have a matriarchal society and the group is led by the oldest female. So maybe this elephant is just tired of being bossed around.
More facts from Wikipedia: It is the largest living land animal in Asia. The species is found primarily in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina and parts of Nepal and Indonesia (primarily Borneo), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Bhutan, and Sumatra. It is considered endangered, with between 41,410 and 52,345 left in the wild.
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