Coati silk performer (Patreon)

Got a sudden need for drawing a random character and asked one of my partners for a animal I could turn into one. They said Coati (white faced) and since I'd just went and watch Circus of torment I decided to make him into a circus performer. Just minus any costume.

No one complains about that.

When I was a child (and before it got illegal) my parents actually had a coati in a (decent-ish?) cage in the backyard. In Danish they are called Næse bjørn (nose bear) and they had named her Gizmo. She made the cutest little noises and had a fondness for eating earthworms. As much as I liked Gizmo and as fun as it was bragging about having such an animal I'm glad it was made forbidden to keep them as pets.

My parents did their best caring for her with what information they had gotten but she was alone her whole life and the few times she was introduced to a male she chased him off. Must have been lonely even with daily human contact.

A rather bittersweet memory. Sorry about that! I promise she wasn't neglected at all! It was just not the optimal living situation for her either. We live and we learn.