Hey Hive!
We're back again with another Art Attack! If you're new to the series, this is where I share my paintings and the process behind them. A behind-the-scenes look at my artwork, if you will. This is not to say that I'm very good at art, or that I'm a professional in any way. In fact this is the opposite, and serves as a reminder to how I first started, and lets me track my progress too!
So last month, I shared a cat comic I did based on a poem I found on reddit:
I really liked how this came out, and I've been wanting to do another one but all the poems I found online were too long and didn't fit the 4 frame comic style I had going. Until, one of my friends came up with a simple one on her instagram!
I asked if I could use her caption and she said yes! So I went to sketching right away!
For the style I kept it pretty similar to the previous comic I did; modelling the dogs after those in ぼくとわんこ (boku to wanko) - the dog collector app! Which is basically the dog version of Neko Atsume, and they have such cute doggies!
Source: Vulcan Post
After browsing for some doggy poses, it was time to get sketching!
After some adjustments, I got my final sketch:
I tried to go for different breeds of dogs to really encompass all dogs like the poem suggests, but there was only so many pictures of boku to wanko I could find. I think it looked alright though. I didn't want to crowd each of the frames either anyway.
And of course I went for King Tubbs for the last panel. He just seems perfect for that role anyway. He is indeed a cat btw, from Neko Atsume:
Source: Game Skinny
Anyway, it was time to outline!
Since I did this on a cheap sketchbook, I was kinda limited to markers and colour pencils for colours. I did all markers for the previous comic, but with this I wanted different shades for the doggos so I mixed it up and used both!
Where I had the correct colours for markers I used that, and if I didn't I used colour pencils instead. And after that was just another quick outline.
Here are the panels in their final form:
And here's how the comic turned out:
I thought this actually came out really well. The variety of colours was good, there was a nice contrast, and all the doggos looked really cute! Granted, you could see the marker and pencil lines but that can't be helped. I did have some trouble with sketching the guard dogs' uniforms so I'm glad they turned out okay.
I really liked this piece and I would be happy to do more simple comics like these if I could find more poems! Unfortunately my literature writing days have long gone so I don't think I have the capacity to write any more poems. So if you have any suggestions let me know and I might just turn it into a cute comic! :3
Thanks so much for reading!
To find out more about me, check out my intro post here!
