Reindeer Ride

Another Christmas drawing!
Tis the season to be jolly falalala laaa la la la laaa

Now that I've finally got the scanner working again, I can upload this drawing! I thought it was a fun concept of the elves riding one of Santa's reindeer, taking a break from work

I used pen and ink, and watercolour for change, instead of pencil.

One thing that didn't work out was the original background, which I also did in watercolour. To be honest, it wasn't very exciting and mostly consisted of a snowy landscape, but the scanner made it look like a muddy grey... =/ So I used Photoshop to replace it with a digital, more simple background instead.

All the stock photos were great as usual, although I had to use a few more reference photos to draw this scene. This was drawn on A3 paper, and it took a while to complete, but it was really fun to do!

I've also entered this into DamselStock's Christmas Elf competition! damselstock.deviantart.com/jou…

I would appreciate any constructive criticism and comments ^^

Reference Used:
Elves damselstock.deviantart.com/art… and damselstock.deviantart.com/art… by DamselStock
Reindeer fav.me/d4hroo4 by Sikaris-Stock
Bird fav.me/d4crrqs by hatestock
Riding poses unlocked-stock.deviantart.com/… by Unlocked-Stock and fav.me/d5it902 by HorseStockPhotos