Now We're Getting Somewhere!

I feel like I finally found a home in this color palette! An appropriate mix of vibrant and cool. Not perfect yet but getting there.

Poses and Expressions for the Hero Shot

I've worked out some poses and expressions for the hero shot where the boy and dog are playing. I got to use some old reference of Mysti and I playing before she had passed this Summer so I'm happy about that. I'm also pretty happy about the new addition of the scarf, he was just too cold for winter before, now he looks wintery even without the snow!

Always Making Thumbnails!

Every day I'm thumbnailing!

Object Studies

I spent some time more clearly defining some of the objects from the story. The gun feels like a good balance of detail vs. simplicity as well as structure now. I also did some studies of things that will be farther away from the camera but still important.

Scene Studies

This week I made thumbnails of the environments leading up to the gun scene. I'm pretty happy overall, I'm starting to get a feeling like this space actually exists and I can walk around in it in my mind.

Boy and Doggy Studies

This week I've spent my time studying boy and dog interacting poses, and dog behavior specific poses. I'm using my references from my childhood photos and from the dog show that I went to the previous weekend. Coming up with this stuff from imagination just wasn't good enough. We all know what dogs look like and how they act, but I really had to spend some time doing critical analysis of what make the goofy, what makes them cute, how specifically do they carry themselves, so that I could get some more appealing stuff into the dog scenes.

Active Dogs

I jumped on the chance to get a bunch of first hand dog reference this week. My wife and I visited the AKC Dog Agility World Tryouts in Hopkins Minnesota. Handlers and their dogs were competing to become part of a world team that would travel to Europe to face off against other countries. For me, it was a great chance to witness first hand, a bunch of really happy and proud dog owners, interacting with their beloved pets. These people were loving and passionate and very active so it was perfect reference to inspire doggy interacting drawings. To the sketchbooks!