Final Piece #2 Image

Ruby, the west highland terrier, that I created in Photoshop to be my second, final digital image.
I really like the turn out of this image, it appears to be very detailed and textured, this is what I wanted in my second final image, for the piece to have a bit more detail than the last one. (Gecko sketch link below) >
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6973146728022153024#editor/target=post;postID=1522253695632072608;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=13;src=link

I again, like my first image, took inspiration from the artist griffsnuff (Bold lines, colour, and overall cartoon visual look). However, I also took elements from a few other research artists, such as Julia Kay with her usage of mark making using lines.

http://studiojuliakay.com/juliaKayPhoto250.html

In the image above, note the mark making lines on the right dog. The shade lines in the middle are very rough, however they allow for simple shading to be recognised. I tried to go for a similar approach, however tweaked slightly. I used this rough line style, coupled with a darker background in the area I wanted to appear shaded. This is prominent on the left side of my canine illustration, where the shadows are supposed to be. Also, like Julia Kay, I took influence with her contrasting look, as well as minimal approach, of a strong line colour, against a background that would display the image as clear as possible.

I created a tester, of a dog in the style of Julia Kay.

A digital tester, using a similar colour scheme, against a contrasting background, like in Julia's style.