Caper the Raccoon

I got the idea for this little guy from the DuPage Paranormal Society ([link]). While watching their footage they had taken from Waverly Hills Sanatoruim during an investigation, there were, quite frequently, families of raccoons coming in and out of the pictures. It was obvious they had made that place their home and thus were constantly contaminating evidence by causing noises and, believe it or not, because of their glowing eyes in the darkness. While watching them on the video, somebody had said that they should name them Waverly and it should be their mascot, jokingly. lol Well, I liked the idea, so I decided to make this little raccoon our group's ([link]) mascot! (Originally, I had drawn a standard ghost named Wispy to be our mascot, but I didn't like drawing it, so I decided I wanted something different.)

So this is Caper, named so because he is a trouble-making raccoon who enjoys playing pranks on unsuspecting investigators, especially the trainees!

This is mostly just some practice for me since I haven't really been drawing that much at all lately. I don't even have any art classes this quarter, so I hope I will get to draw this coming quarter. I hate being out of practice! It makes me self concious when it comes time to draw.


Photoshop CS2
Simple brush tool (16-20% opacity)