You must work from your own photo of your pet or a real animal.
You may use real paint, markers, pen, or special paper before you import your image into Illustrator and turn it into a vector image.
Add texture for the fur, scales, canvas, including brush strokes.
'Dog in Blue' by Kelsey L.
Blackout / Cut Poetry
Create a poem that the viewer reads around your artwork. Based on a page of a book, magazine, newspaper or even a web page, that you, the artist, draws over and brings attention to the words of the artist's poem.
Make sure you have a color theory that creates a mood and relates to the subject of your poem and the feeling you are trying to express.
You should do some drawing or cutting by hand and also so some drawing, cutting, or coloring work using Illustrator as a Vector image.
You may even warp or distort the image for interest.
Be creative!
'Live Wild and Free' - Black Out Poetry by Mckenzie B.