Rambunctious

So I decided to start submitting illustrations to "Illustrations Friday". The topic is for the week is "rambunctious" so what is more suitable than an actual ram, getting his poor tail yanked on by an ornry and rambunctious raccoon!?
This is just the scanned version...i'll be working on it more today and tomorrow in order to submit it in time! =)



Uploaded into Adobe Illustrator and Live Traced.

After that...Live Paint...then create a background! While I was creating the very simple background, a silly idea popped into my head. Stay tuned to see what is going to be added to the image!


...and here is the finishing touch!




....I hate this illustration. Don't you hate it when you work really hard on a project, and you think the finished product looks like something that was constructed by a 4th grader on heavy medication!? hah...I'm still getting acquainted with the tools...that is my excuse. =)