My subjects today are two chihuahuas. One long haired and one short haired. Honey is 10 years old and Gidget is 17. Below are the photos my client sent. My first thought was - oh this is going to be challenging. I wondered if I could even work from these photos!
My process for reviewing photos is:
a) technically - I like large high resolution clear photos - these photos did not pass that test!
b) lighting - I can work from separate photos, but they do need to 'go together' and / or 'compliment' each other. The lighting on both is coming from the right. Both dogs have a 'look' that speaks to me - I'm sweet and you love me more than anything! These passed that test.
c) Composition - so how will this look in black and white? I work in graphite so the contrast is important. Since Honey is wearing a dark sweater I thought it would be nice to have her on the right with Gidget's white mussel overlapping the sweater. Okay passed that test.
So, at this point I thought okay let's give it a Go and see how it turns out!.
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| Gidget 17 Years |
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| Honey 10 years |
Here's the finished artwork.
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| "Gidget & Honey" |
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