[wip] Shy ball pythons

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[ wip ] Chocolate Reptiles  / [ drawing ] Snake

I drew The Year of the Blue Snake a while ago for New Year.

I wanted to draw more snakes with a completely different vibe.

When I drew the blue snake, I intended to create a dreamy and mysterious atmosphere. This time, I emphasized a more cute for the snake I drew. I wanted to express some soft feelings I get when I look at snakes. I haven't had a chance to touch a snake, but I've heard that they're incredibly soft... I imagined that kind of softness.

I've seen a lot of cute pictures of ball pythons over the years. They're one of the most popular pet reptiles so they're often featured in the media. They have a very gentle personality and when they're scared, they curled up, it’s how they get their name.

Hmm... I hope the snake in my drawing isn't stressed, so I looked into this pose's meaning a bit more, and it seems that when the snake is scared, it curls up into a ball so that its head and tail are barely visible. The tighter they are when they're stressed, the looser they are when they're comfortable. But some snakes do this curled-up pose even when they're comfortable. I heard there are individual differences. So the snakes in the picture are just shy.. 😉

In the very last step, I changed the background color. The sand color background looks comfortable because the snake and the background color are similar, but I think the snake is not visible well. I like the changed version because it looks a little more lively when I change it to green.

The dark background makes the snake stand out a lot, but since the intention of this picture is 'the soft and warm feeling of the snake', I thought a bright color would be more suitable as a representative image. I made two versions for those of you who use dark mode as a wallpaper.

Ball pythons have a really diverse and beautiful pattern of morphs. Of all the animals I've drawn so far, I think ball pythons have the most types of morphs. Choosing what to draw is a real pleasure 😙

Each snake's pattern is unique, like a human fingerprint 💕

I also want to draw corn snakes and milk snakes, but I think that will be later someday, in the future.

As a next work, I plan to finish the icon pack for Twinkle bugs and make some new stickers or GIF for app. Thank you!