Primary research

Once I had my script laid out I knew what elements I would need in the story so I started to look at books on drawing the animals I would need in my story.

Animals Real and Imagined (2010) by Terry Whitlatch was an excellent resource as it described how to draw animal musculature and locomotion.

The Artists Guide to drawing real animals (2006) was another good resource as it broke down the techniques for drawing differeing animals. I decided to try and get some first had photos of birds of prey so I joined a few forums and managed to get in contact with falconer who lived quite close by to me. He was nice enough to let me come and take some photos of his amazing birds which I could use for reference....

I also asked and visited a friend of mine who I knew kept jumping spiders in order to get the following photos for reference...

I also had to practice drawing people such as S.W.A.T team members...