I am fair­ly obsessed with draw­ing alli­ga­tors and croc­o­diles, and with a recent return to illus­trat­ing with actu­al paint instead of dig­i­tal media, one of my first pics was of course of an alli­ga­tor. I tried to keep the colour palette more sub­dued than usu­al and I specif­i­cal­ly avoid­ed certain