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Illustrating a giraffe, a time-lapse by Caroline Campeau

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Watch as a young giraffe goes from a pencil sketch to full color in this time-lapse illustration video by Montreal-based photographer and illustrator Caroline Campeau.

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She uses Copic markers, Windsor & Newton watercolors, and Golden acrylics to define the animal. The music is the original 1924 recording of the classic Rhapsody in Blue by composer and pianist George Gershwin.

coloring in the giraffe's head
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