Raccoon for Will A. Sanborn

This is for Will A. Sanborn (he's a writer-friend of mine); I know he uses a raccoon in his Livejournal icon pics, so that's what I drew. I think I've only ever drawn, oh, maybe 5 raccoons my whole life, and I didn't have a reference in front of me, so hopefully you can tell it's a 'coon. I'm sure there are inaccuracies!

BTW: I know the glasses are kinda impossible, but when I constructed something more elaborate (like with "arms" on the glasses) it just looked... weird. So, I fully admit I cheated things. When doing the fur I tried to keep in mind what I'd read in an "animal textures" book I'd bought, though I was going for more of an old-fashioned illustration look. Also, though I LOVE to see all different kinds, this is more of the way I draw anthropomorphic animal art when I'm drawing for myself - mostly animal but (hopefully) with a bit of a personality, somewhat akin to Beatrix Potter (but nowhere near her level, goodness no).

I hold my pen funny; maybe I should have looked at how someone ELSE holds their pen when drawing this. Will's right-handed in real life, too; and I wish I'd had a good photo reference of raccoon paws when I did this, because I don't like the way the paw-hand came out.

Incidentally, the pencil/RSVP pen drawing is done on a small, cream-colored response card; I had a bunch left over from when I printed our wedding invitations. It takes pen and pencil well, it's easy to hide when I draw at lunch, and it's easy to mail (I already have the envelopes) so expect more of these "thank you" sketches to you artists in the future. *looks out at you all*