制作毛茸茸的小狗

我之所以畫這個(gè)小狗的設(shè)計(jì)，是因?yàn)樵赪acom的競賽中，簡單的設(shè)計(jì)就是把怪獸設(shè)計(jì)成你自己的寵物。這個(gè)比賽吸引我不是因?yàn)楂@獎(jiǎng)，而是因?yàn)槲蚁矚g運(yùn)用我的想象力，尤其是在做人物設(shè)計(jì)的時(shí)候。

I drew this character design because of a Wacom contest where the brief was to design a monster as your own pet. This contest attracted me not because of the prize, but because I like using my imagination especially when doing character design.

通常情況下，一個(gè)怪物看起來殘忍、邪惡和可怕，但我想讓我的怪物看起來可愛和友好——就像一只小狗。在我開始之前，我做了很多研究，最后在一個(gè)哈士奇和柯基之間的一個(gè)合體上，因?yàn)楣�士奇有一個(gè)很酷的臉(圖01)，柯基看起來又矮又可愛(圖02)，這兩個(gè)都是我喜歡的狗。為了使它更有獨(dú)創(chuàng)性和特別性，我把它的耳朵畫的像兔子一樣(圖03)，我在前額上加了兩只小眼睛(圖04)。有些人可能會說，這看起來還是有點(diǎn)讓人不安，但我希望它能給人一種神秘感。為了讓它更漂亮，我試著添加一條金魚的尾巴，因?yàn)槲矣X得魚尾巴的浮雕看起來很漂亮(圖05)。對我來說，漂浮在空中的魚是獨(dú)特而神奇的，在當(dāng)時(shí)我認(rèn)為它適合我的小怪物。你可能注意到，我在它的右手邊畫了一個(gè)小痣。這是為了增加一點(diǎn)幽默，因?yàn)樗�也反映了我的性格�?/P>

Normally, at a glance, a monster looks cruel, evil and horrific, but I wanted my monster to look cute and friendly - like a puppy. I did a lot of research before I started and finally settled on a cross between a husky and corgi because the husky has a cool face (Fig.01), the corgi looks short and cute (Fig.02) and both of these are dogs I like. To make it original and special I made its ears long like a rabbit's (Fig.03), and I added two small eyes on the forehead (Fig.04). Some might say it still looks a little disturbing, but I hope it adds a sense of mystery. To make it prettier, I tried to add a goldfish's tail because I think that the floating look of a fish's tail looks beautiful (Fig.05). For me fishes floating in the air are unique and amazing, and at the time I thought it would suit my little monster. You may notice that I have drawn a small mole on the right-hand side of its face. This is to add a little humor because it reflects my characteristics too.

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這個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)的另一個(gè)原因是我想畫一些有皮毛的東西�？雌饋砜蓯凼俏业牡谝粋�(gè)目標(biāo)，但實(shí)際上我也想在我的作品集上加上一幅畫，這張圖顯示了我畫畫時(shí)的技巧。皮草很難處理，很難讓它看起來光滑美麗。毛皮比畫女人的頭發(fā)更難處理!

Another reason for this design is I wanted to draw something with fur. Looking cute was my first aim, but I actually also wanted to add to my portfolio a drawing which shows my skills when drawing fur. Fur is hard to handle and it is hard to make it look smooth and beautiful. Fur is harder to handle than drawing a woman's hair!

我選擇從后面照出圖像，因?yàn)槲艺J(rèn)為這有助于展示人物及其特征，特別是皮毛。這也增強(qiáng)了半透明的耳朵。所有這些都對提升這個(gè)簡單設(shè)計(jì)的情緒很重要。我把尾巴做了一點(diǎn)透明，以幫助增強(qiáng)材料和照明。我用藍(lán)色的顏色來畫皮毛，選擇了一個(gè)冷色調(diào)的底座，因?yàn)槲蚁胱尮房雌饋硐袼�一樣，它和尾巴的顏色形成了對比�?/P>

I chose to light the image from behind as I think this helps to show off the character and its characteristics, particularly the fur. This also enhanced the translucent ears. All of these are important to enhance the mood of this simple design. I made the tail a bit transparent to help enhance the material and lighting. I used a blue color to paint the fur and chose a cold color range for the base because I wanted to make the dog look like it could be aquatic, and it contrasted with the color of the tail.

對于這幅畫，我基本上是用噴槍工具和濕刷工具把小狗畫在背景上。有時(shí)我會對畫筆做一些調(diào)整，比如混合模式，不透明度，形狀動態(tài)，其他動態(tài)等等。我用小狗的照片，把它們合并在一起，用變形和橡皮工具修改它們，直到我創(chuàng)造出我想要的形狀。當(dāng)我有了我的角色的基礎(chǔ)時(shí)，我用了顏料和涂抹工具來畫毛皮。

For the painting I basically used the Airbrush tool to paint the puppy and a Wet brush tool for the background. Sometime I will do adjustments to the brushes like the blending modes, Opacity, Shape dynamics, other dynamics etc. For the body I used photographs of puppies, merging them together and modifying them with the Transform and Liquify tools until I had created the shape I wanted. When I had the base for my character I used paint and the Smudge tool to paint the fur.

由于角色是圖像的主要焦點(diǎn)，所以我決定將主要的焦點(diǎn)直接放在頁面的中間。我選擇這個(gè)姿勢是因?yàn)樗�讓狗看起來很友好。為了吸引觀眾的眼球，我用一些簡單的筆刷和燈光結(jié)束了背景，在背景上添加了小狗的倒影，讓它看起來像是站在水面上(圖06)。我還增加了一些飛濺、漣漪和水從爪子上滴下來以增強(qiáng)感覺。它給我的插圖更多的生命，使它更有趣(圖07)。

Due to the fact that the character is the main focus of the image, I decided that I would put the main focus directly in the middle of the page. I chose the pose because it made the dog look friendly. To hold the viewer's eye, I finished off the background with some simple brush work and lighting, added the reflection of my puppy on the background and made it look like it was standing on the water (Fig.06). I also added some splash, ripples, and water dropping from its paw to enhance the feeling. It gave my illustration more life and made it more interesting (Fig.07).

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總之，盡管我在比賽中沒有贏得任何獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，但我確實(shí)得到了朋友們的贊揚(yáng)、支持和安慰，這對我來說已經(jīng)足夠了。但遺憾的是，我用狗的照片來做這項(xiàng)藝術(shù)工作，由于一些個(gè)人問題，我在最后期限前幾天就開始畫畫了。我很高興能在這本雜志上發(fā)表文章!

In conclusion, even though I didn't win any prizes in the competition I did get a lot of praise, support and consolation from my friends and that was enough for me. But it was a pity because I had used pictures of real dogs to do this art work, and due to some personal problems I started to draw with just a few days left before deadline. I am very glad to feature in this magazine!

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