I dunno. you think he's large enough to be a professional bowler?

Now there's a bowling alley I'd go visit. :D

You'd fit right in there :)

I doubt I'd fit *in* the place though. ^..^

he's large enough to be a wrecking ball!

Yessir! Those hippo's ain't scrawny.

Nicely done Pachy. As always, I love the shoulder roll/crease/layer.

And I absolutely ADORE the detail at the belly where we can see UP the shirt. Perfectly done Pachy. :D

Thank you, Rakeesh! I'm glad you like it.

I'm glad you're glad for it makes me glad to make you glad.....aren't you glad? X3

ohho! nice one, i love the ass on him! very sexy and nice post man!

*blushes* Thanks Gill! I'm glad you like it :) I haven't done a rear view pic in quite a while.

Interesting hooves...I've been struggling with mine for awhile now...

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Hooves, hands - they're never easy. I'm trying to break a bad habit of always making them too small.

Ooh, love it. He looks like the dude who turned into a hippo in the blimpy pops, lol Except this one doesn't have hair. His coloring made me think of that one though. ^_^

Thanks! Glad you like it. I was playing around with the coloring on this guy for a while. At one point, his back (what you could see) was darker - more of a purplish color. I like the way this looks a little more.

You're welcome. :)

I do too. He's a pretty sexy looking hippo. lol

i could sleep on this hippo. (guess what i'd use as a pillow).

Hmmm. The bowling ball? J/K!

Damn dude, you pulled off this pose perfectly! Outstanding!

Thanks, buddy! Glad you like it.

Show no mercy fatass!!! ;3 awesome work with the shades and perspective. Did you use prismas to color that Hippo?

Thanks Ollis! Yeah . . I suck pretty hard core with markers ^^ I used Paintshop Pro to color everything. *hangs head in shame* :)

I cant see beyond his butt..Did he get a strike???

I dunno. He said he did. I'm not gonna argue.

What an excellent view! And obvously he packs a ton of power seeing how far that ball is down the lane and still above the ground.

Yeah - that's it. He's so strong that the ball doesn't hit the lane before hitting the pins, yep. No way did I make the lane too short, nah!

With that size!! i am surprized he didn't cracked the bowling froor!!!!!!!!

You should see the size of some of the 'athletes' at the bowling alley ^^

Good artwork :)

Well this is Hippo-Male. Well, how is Hippo-female? ;D

Thanks! I know it's hard to tell, but . . .
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/910646/

I thinked about Hippo-female,not Hippo-male ;P

Best wishes from Poland ;)

Bus-hippo is hippo-female, Koniar92.

Oh-ho, nice angle. :P And Rak's comment made me notice the up-the-shirt shot, that's great, I want to say maybe the tail should be up a bit more, in placement on the body, that is. Well done though, I love those arms, them're beautiful they is. Good work on the colorin' as well, very nice all around.

Thanks, Starfig! A tried a few different spots for the tail before I went with this. I put it there after looking at a real hippo and figuring out where it would be if this guy were standing on all fours. But, you may be right - it may have worked better up higher. Thanks for the comment :)

The tail probably *does* work where it is, if that's the anatomy we're looking at.

But in that case it's his clothing that's misleading: the way his shorts ride up so much higher, combined with the position of his right rumpcheek due to his raised leg, makes it look like his whole rump is above his tail, putting his tail around the spot where you would normally expect to find the masculine member. If the shorts ended just above the tail then it'd be easier to see what's going on.

The amount of detail you always fit into your pieces, Pachy. Between the shading and subtle details on the clothing and shoes, to the believability you create in his movements, you never cease to amaze.

Thanks BW! That's nice of you to say :)

*LOL* He must have asked the artist to get his good side.

I was thinking "I need to draw some new poses. I haven't done a rear view in a while. . ."

Well, now that you've drawn rhinos playing croquet and hippos bowling, I guess there's only one thing left for you: Elephants playing shuffleboard!

I think the furs who were bowling in the adjacent lanes have been bounced away! Lovin' this pic lots! =3

Suppose if a pin didn't fall, all he'd have to do is stomp his foot once or twice. Thanks for the comment, Drew! Glad you like it :)

dont be fooled he only wins evrey game with a perfict 300 cause his bowling bawl is HUGE and weighs 50 pounds and takes up the entire lane >.<. also YAY i love hippo's =p

I should have put the ball on the lane, as opposed to floating above it like this. Aww, fiddles. Live and learn.

but thats the illusion of the ball its what keeps the league from disqualifying his ball >.>

He's wonderful! I think the hippo girls at my zoo would like him. I know I do. I'd go bowling with him anytime. But I'd watch where he sat.

Thanks for the comment! Good to hear that you like him :)

Are these the hippos at your zoo, by chance?
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/985155/

Yes! Thems my girls. We have Maggie, who is the grandma. She's almost 34 I believe (next month is her birthday). Then her granddaughters, Zambezi and Kasai (she just had a birthday last month). The parents and another sibling live in Denver. If you want more info go to www.cmzoo.org. It's an awesome zoo and world famous because of our giraffes.

That's very nicely done, Pachy. The only thing I'm thinking is that possible his back should be a tad wider. *shrugs* Could just be an aesthetic thing on my part, however. Overall, you've drawn him incredibly well- the only wonder is that he managed to stop himself at the line and didn't go bowling down the alley after the ball!

Thanks, Lupine! I can see where your critique is coming from. I know you like to draw characters where the widest part of the body is in the middle; I prefer the bottom half to be the widest. Just a matter of preference :)

Somethin' about fat guys (not this fat, though) and bowling that often sees the two paired up...

Nice angle there, and good scenery. Good job displaying that sole, and designing the clothing. As for the river-horse himself, well, I dunno. Each section of blubber is made distinct, which is good, and you even bothered to draw the hair at the end of the snout. Oh, and Tolstoy's comment reminded me that the pose is worth mentioning; nicely done there.

Thanks for the feedback. I guess there's something about the hippo that doesn't look right to you, but you can't put your finger on it. That's OK. I'm sure I'll see something beside the placement of the bowling ball and how the lanes on the left aren't the right width in a few days time. I'm not a professional artist, so each drawing is a learning experience for me ;)

I don't know whether it's the wrinkles, the color, or whatever, but I'm not complainin'.

I can beat anyone in bowling :D

u>i

What's your average? :P

Also Pachyman, awesome work! Heh, the loft he put on that ball reminds me a lot of the way I used to bowl... I'd have the ball past the arrows before it'd hit the lanes, and pretty much everyone within a 5-lane radius of me could tell when it finally hit... I got in trouble with the owner of the alley I bowl at over that, so I've tamed my release down a lot.

Well 250's about not much higher

Ahhh, yeah, that's pretty good... how do they usually oil the lanes at your local bowling alley?

i have no idea X3 i dont bowl often, :3

And now that I hear someone else comment on it, I'll say I did notice that this looked a bit like other hippos you've drawn. Way to be consistent. In a good way.

i hope he gets a strike

ooh nice huge hippo

Thanks! Glad you like him :)

I like bowling

What size are the bowling shoes?

Size 15 triple E. Hippos don't have very large feet.

I'd love to be his stud