This is one of two pictures sketched out over the summer of 04 while in Canada. While the other was based on this concept this was the start of the idea, inspired while on a walk through some temperate rainforest. This rather large slug (we don't get them that big here in England) was just sitting on a log eating its way through some small sprouting leaves and, bizarre as it may seem, the little thing looked quite adorable. For a slug that is. It's the first time I've ever seen a slug's mouth. Anyway, that was why I attempted to draw a picture that embodied the idea of 'cute slug' and so the Cute Little Slug Girl was born. The shading and gradiated colouring took quite a while, but I ended up pleased with the result.