Tasmanian Devil

Illustration of a Tasmanian Devil for the Earth Archive's piece 'A new hope for Tasmanian devils' about the recent advances in understanding Devil Facial Tumor Disease. All is not lost but it's a race against fortifying the remaining devil populations against everything else that poses a threat to them.

Despite their sturdy appearance, devils can be quite agile!

Details of the finished piece.

Some studies on the dimorphism in the head shape. Males are very blocky and boofy where females are comparatively gracile, as gracile as a devil can be!

Familiarising myself with the head shape and form, as well as a few skulls. The top right skull was a postmortem specimen showing the damage done by DFTD.