1/4. We all judge medieval illustrators for completely ballsing up drawing what we think of as simple animals like the crocodile and the giraffe.
But if you had no Internet, no photos and only had bad descriptions and other bad drawings to rely on how well could you draw a rhino?

2/4. Fuck that how well would you be able to draw an owl if all you had to go on was your own experiences with them? How many people have even seen an owl in the wild? I haven't and I grew up near a forest packed with the things

3/4. "Draw an owl Merfyn."
"Okay cool, but here's the thing. I know it's a bird and it comes out at night but I've never actually seen one?"
"Oh it's got a round face and big eyes and looks a bit like a frumpy dowager duchess in a tree."
"Say no more, got it!"

4/4. "Merfyn, I need you to add a picture of a giraffe to the manuscript"
"Of course. What's a giraffe?"
"It's an animal from distant lands"
"Okay...what does it look like?"
"It's like a big horse."
"Okay."
"With a really, really, really long neck"
"..."
"And horns. And spots."