Dusty the chinchilla

Hello! I just thought I'd make a quick post about my baby Dusty.

So I've been having a rough time recently and I needed something to cheer myself up. I've wanted my own pet for a really long time and now I've got a job (at last!) my mama said I could get one. I wanted a bunny but my parents didn't want one in the house and I didn't want to keep them outside in the winter. My mama finally agreed to let me get a chinchilla to keep in my room, as long as she didn't have to look after it at all. Of course I agreed, so off we went to the pet store to see how much the cages would cost.

  

I was planning on buying the cage and chinchilla when I got paid at the end of the month. The cage that I wanted was £120 and the chinchilla was £90. That's already £210 without boredom breakers, food or hay! My mama spotted an adoption centre in the pet shop with a chinchilla at the top of the list. We asked about him and he was ready to be taken home straight away! His previous owners didn't want him anymore so they gave him back to the pet shop. He came with his cage&toys, and we bought some fresh food, hay and sawdust to freshen it up a bit. We gave them a donation of £80 and took him home that day.

He's a very curious little creature, it was tough to get a picture of him because he kept nibbling the camera! His name was Dusty when I adopted him so I kept his name. The owners didn't know how old he was and there isn't a way to tell, but chinchillas can live to the age of 20+! I love him so much, I just had to draw him.

And here's a cute one of the both of us, just for fun!

And if you decide to cuddle a chinchilla, don't wear all black...

Thanks for reading! xx

It's almost Halloween!

Hello! This is my first post here and it took me a while to think of what to talk about. After buying my first pumpkin of the year today I remembered that Autumn is my favourite season!

I love carving pumpkins, they smell so good! It took me a while to get in the Halloween spirit this year. Every year I set up my room for Halloween far too early, but recently I've had a lot going on and I forgot! So I have a week to get in the mood. Even Halloween at Disneyland didn't help...

I've been lacking inspiration to draw lately so I decided to take some time to myself and get doodling. Nothing cheers me up more than finishing a drawing that I'm really pleased with! I sat down and thought of some ideas (seriously feeling some Halloween vibes that night), and here's the result:

I'm really please with how this turned out and it's definitely encouraged me to carry on drawing. This was a photo taken on my phone because I was planning to scan it later, but my messy pup got muddy paw prints all over it. Typical.

Thanks for reading! xx