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I decided to make a little series out of painting my snakes! This is Kovu... yup, my boyfriend named him after the lion from The Lion King 2 :"D of course, if you know me you know I won't complain about a Lion King reference! Painting these guys is great practice for dragons and reptiles in the future, and also some much needed hand practice! This little dude stole my heart, as soon as I saw him I knew I had to have him. He has such a dorky face. I got him on Valentines day this month!

He's a Liasis fuscus or an Australian water python. It's unlikely I'll ever be able to find a female for him, they're very hard to come by as a species. I was surprised when I saw him for sale! If I ever manage to find a female I will certainly buy it. I adore their deep brown colors, and they radiate rainbows in the sunlight! Can you tell I have a thing for iridescence?
He's a fantastic eater and once he's full grown he'll be situated in a semi-aquatic bio-active exo-terra! Coming up next is probably a hognose or one of my ball pythons!

PS- the full process video of this painting was recorded and will be part of my Patreon video tutorial on shiny animal textures this month! It will go up on Gumroad as well at some point.

Kovu1 SM by TamberElla