Jun2019 Commission
The client wanted a picture of herself with her two past dogs as a wedding anniversary gift. This was probably my biggest commission yet and it took much longer than I originally expected.
Finished product
Image sent by a happy customer
Adding more fur and final details, also beginning to sketch on the background.
Adding fur
Not satisfied with the facial anatomy I created another reference layer to turn on and off to see which anatomy didnt line up with the reference and adjusted the anatomy there after.
Starting to detail the second dog
Finishing details from the first reference picture
Attempt at replicate scarf pattern. I eventually gave up and did basic tracing of the pattern which didn't allign perfectly with the scarf I had already drawn but was still very much helpful.
Re-adjusting my anatomy reference layer to be more accurate shape to its original form and correcting the anatomy there after
Detailing the first dog
Additional reference to create a in character smile
Additional reference to the create eyes
Basic colour-sampeling. An additional dog of the same breed was used for the liver Field here.
Sketch layer. I'm using a cropped version of the reference as top layer to enable and disable back and fourth as I go to make sure I get the anatomy right.