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The Sly Fox.
Well, this is definetely not the fox of a year, but considering that I didn't try to draw a fox since I was small... I'm glad I have done it.
It was drawn by this tutorial:
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The archetype of sly fox in folklore, for some context
The Sly Fox can often be found in old soviet cartoons, usually together with a Grey Wolf. They both came there from even more old Russian folklore, so nobody knows when the very first story about them was told. Usually in this stories Sly Fox tries to outsmart Grey Wolf and other animals, but get punished in the end, like in this cartoon:
P.S. I've intentionally made its face expression more human-like, than face expression of a real fox.
P.P.S. If this fox accidentally reminds you someone... it's not a coincidence.