A bit more progress on rover...

Got to spend a whole fifteen minutes on him. Have had a fair few projects on at the moment that have diverted me away from Rover. Hoping to get back on track over the weekend.

Bears and Puppies

Did this sketch for a friend last week.

She had requested the inclusion of some bears. I like it,

I think the bears and puppies play well together :)

A bit more progress...

Spent a bit more time on Rover tonite...

Rover the Dogmonaut

Wanted to do a personal rendering project. Don't get a lot of chance to spend time rendering on image at home so i thought i'd take the opportunity to start on one tonite.
Have completed the intial sketch and started the render. Here's the progress so far.

Just went and saw Pixar's UP

I just went and saw Pixar's UP, and wow!
I thought after Wall-E it would be a hard follow up so i went in prepped for disappointment.
How i could have ever doubted the brilliance of Pixar is beyond me. I'm hesitant to make comparison's to Wall-E as i am still riding on the euphoria of UP, but i must say - WOW!
Pixar have shown yet again that they are truly in a league of their own when it comes to character and storytelling.
And as a dog fan I was in heaven. I think Dug may be the c[IMG][/IMG]utest animated dog character i have ever seen on film. Simply brilliant and utterly hilarious.
If you get the chance go and see this film immediately. I saw it in 3d which was fantastic but i'd have to say the story and characters are that good that without the 3d this is simply brilliant.
Needless to say i came home inspired and scribbled up this Dug-inspired sketch. I did mine a little younger and thinner than the movie character.
Coloring a little darker too.

Something a little different

Thought i'd try some about as different from anything i'd ever tried before. Went for a flat vector sort of style. Not really my choice of style but certainly intersting to experiment with.

Me Mate

Dug these up out of my folio archives. A few years back the company i work for dabbled in pet toy and accessories. These illustrations were done for an ocka Aussie dog accessory brand we developed called "Me Mate"
I really enjoyed this project as I developed a style in complete contrast to anything i had done before.