This is a back-dated post for my archive project, where I am copying over every piece of art I have ever submitted to DeviantArt, with the original submission date or watermarked year stamp, so a complete archive of my work can be found on this website.

Reference photo: https://www.deviantart.com/a15-s/art/A15-S-SMP022R-64003782 by *A15-S

There will be no prints of this image. Original will be for sale in the Further Confusion 2008 art auction.

I’ve never tried to draw wet fur before, but I thought a river otter should be wet. I looked at a lot of photos of wet otters to get the fur and the head right, but I couldn’t find a single one that gave me exactly the angle I wanted, and nowhere near the kind of lighting I wanted. The only direct reference was from the male nude that inspired the piece.