Although I had an interest in drawing since childhood, I haven't taken it seriously until about 7 years ago. I was just drawing bear face pictures for fun to look at during work. My job can actually get quite boring, I work in a grocery store. During breaks I decided to go further and drew many pictures of various animals doing stuff. I gave my bear a full body and drew a picture of him walking on a tight rope and other fun stuff in my crude drawings. I gave the bear a friend, a raccoon named Walter Ringtail and I named the bear Rusty, they're actually best...more