Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Since early success Hodges has travelled extensively for inspiration and references. He has visited East Africa on many occasions with notable elephant drawings, big cats other African wildlife gaining inspiration from the wild. Particularly relating to actual moments were "Nile Crocodile (2000)" after an experience in Samburu National Park, Kenya, and "Joy (2003)" from Daphne Sheldrick's elephant orphanage in Tsavo National Park, and "Baby Love (2008)" from a moment in the rain in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.