On my design wall – 2014.08.02

I have a new commission for a dog portrait (and another one waiting in the wings!).  This is Kodiak – he’s a malamute. His coloring is similar to two other dogs I’ve made portraits of,  so I started with some of the same fabrics for the lighter fur.  Here you can see the original photo, some of the fabrics I’m considering, my full-size pattern, and his paws in fabric.

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Here’s his face.  The eyes and tongue are separate units not yet fused to the rest.  I like to create in units, so I can easily switch something out if it doesn’t work with all the other fabrics.  I don’t fuse it all together until I’ve finalized all my fabric selections.

I like to check the accuracy of my values and colors by looking at the fabric portrait next to the original photo.

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4 Responses to On my design wall – 2014.08.02

  1. Andra says:

    So cool!!!!!

  2. Norma Schlager says:

    Off to a good start! I love your other dog portraits.

  3. Jo (Victoria) says:

    Fantastic work. I would love to take a two day course on portraits if you ever considered teaching it

  4. Connie Campbell says:

    Beautiful work and the eyes are so neat!

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