This was done at the request of my mom who was one of the two people who ended up getting pageview 20k. Since I'm away at school, devart has actually been a good way for her to keep tabs on what I'm up to art-wise.

She asked specifically for a 'cute bunny.' Well, if you read my last journal entry, you know about Durante and while he was here the other night, he would play really hard for a bit, then just stop and fall asleep in some random position. In his logic, he was tired, so he just went to sleep where he was and when you think about, it makes sense.

That was the first bit of inspiration. Then once I started sketching this, it reminded me of when our rabbit had her first litter many years ago now. There were two runts we ended up taking care of because the litter was too large for a first time mother to handle. We fed them, but because they didn't have a mother cleaning them all the time, their fur was getting rather matted. My mom found some rabbit shampoo (yes, they do make rabbit shampoo) and after feeding the pair, gave them their first bath.

Well, the tendancy of babies to sleep after feeding is not lost on baby rabbits and they both dozed off as they were being washed. My mom panicked thinking she had accidentally drown them while bathing them. Luckily one of them woke up and she realized what had happened, but that first bath was also their last

So inadvertanly, this piece holds a lot of sentimentality for me on a couple different levels. It really is true that the best inspiration comes from life and also the most meaningful.

Thanks mom, for all the support in everything over the years. I couldn't have done it without you

Media: Original line art done with Col-erase carmine red on paper. All color work done in Painter 8