dawgs ~

[lookingland]

this is what i am working on, so this is what i am posting about, insipidity and all (and when i ought to be writing, of course).

the hardest thing about Reconstruction sometimes seems to be that I'm just not in the mood to draw certain things on certain days. i've been trying to draw a close-up on a stagecoach for two weeks (with horrific results on a variety of dreadful drafts). i was about ready to chuck it all and go with something else when i forced myself to commit to a composition just to get it down. well, i'm mostly okay with the results (not shown in full here) and i think once it's inked, painted, and tinted it'll be just fine ~ but boy was it a fight every step of the way.

my favorite part of it is the detail of the dog, buster, sitting at his master's feet (which is shown here!). i didn't think i would be able to draw a convincing bloodhound, but i did (yay!), and he actually came out rather adorable, which is good because i really like buster as a character.

dog lover that i am, it's always been odd to me that more of my characters aren't dog people. James is. Preston is. Whit is (well, he is ~ geh). Sid is. That's four out of about a bazillion. most of the rest of them are either cat people or wouldn't know what to do with a pet if they had one. so i guess i better make use of the handful of dog characters i have to work with.

and, of course, i have to share a picture of my own dawg. because he is adorable, after all, even if he is sooo hard to photograph that this picture surprised even me!


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Comments

[countessariadne.livejournal.com]

So cute~!

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

i do beat him regularly to try to make him stop, but apparently he just can't help himself.

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[countrysoaper.livejournal.com]

He has a phantom tail! LOL
At least most of him was staying still!

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

i try to beat him so he'll stop wagging, but he's persistently happy as well!

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[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Aw, pooch! Both the real and the pencil-rendered are lovely!

I have questions about your sketches, but I'll have to ask you another time as I'm tired and I fear I won't make any sense :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

not make sense, you? [snerk!]

i have questions for you about horse kisses as well ~ but then mebbe i'd make even less sense ~ hahahahahaha ~

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[melissacaritas.livejournal.com]

PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!

So cute! :) :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

he just can't seem to help it!

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