Earlier that day I had caught a mongoose in the cat trap ( our neighbor's cat likes to come over to our yard and try to fight my cat

) and right when I saw the chubby mongoose I challenged myself to draw it.
I ended up going to Google and Pinterest for the references since the one in the trap was throwing a fit and wouldn't stay still.



These are the three main references I used
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I didn't use a reference for the fox aspect of it, but I do recall thinking about my orange muffed Easter Egger hen

and that is where the puffle cheeks\fox idea came from