制作毛茸茸的小狗

我之所以画这个小狗的设计，是因为在Wacom的竞赛中，简单的设计就是把怪兽设计成你自己的宠物。这个比赛吸引我不是因为获奖，而是因为我喜欢运用我的想象力，尤其是在做人物设计的时候。

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.

通常情况下，一个怪物看起来残忍、邪恶和可怕，但我想让我的怪物看起来可爱和友好——就像一只小狗。在我开始之前，我做了很多研究，最后在一个哈士奇和柯基之间的一个合体上，因为哈士奇有一个很酷的脸(图01)，柯基看起来又矮又可爱(图02)，这两个都是我喜欢的狗。为了使它更有独创性和特别性，我把它的耳朵画的像兔子一样(图03)，我在前额上加了两只小眼睛(图04)。有些人可能会说，这看起来还是有点让人不安，但我希望它能给人一种神秘感。为了让它更漂亮，我试着添加一条金鱼的尾巴，因为我觉得鱼尾巴的浮雕看起来很漂亮(图05)。对我来说，漂浮在空中的鱼是独特而神奇的，在当时我认为它适合我的小怪物。你可能注意到，我在它的右手边画了一个小痣。这是为了增加一点幽默，因为它也反映了我的性格。

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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这个设计的另一个原因是我想画一些有皮毛的东西。看起来可爱是我的第一个目标，但实际上我也想在我的作品集上加上一幅画，这张图显示了我画画时的技巧。皮草很难处理，很难让它看起来光滑美丽。毛皮比画女人的头发更难处理!

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!

我选择从后面照出图像，因为我认为这有助于展示人物及其特征，特别是皮毛。这也增强了半透明的耳朵。所有这些都对提升这个简单设计的情绪很重要。我把尾巴做了一点透明，以帮助增强材料和照明。我用蓝色的颜色来画皮毛，选择了一个冷色调的底座，因为我想让狗看起来像水一样，它和尾巴的颜色形成了对比。

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.

对于这幅画，我基本上是用喷枪工具和湿刷工具把小狗画在背景上。有时我会对画笔做一些调整，比如混合模式，不透明度，形状动态，其他动态等等。我用小狗的照片，把它们合并在一起，用变形和橡皮工具修改它们，直到我创造出我想要的形状。当我有了我的角色的基础时，我用了颜料和涂抹工具来画毛皮。

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.

由于角色是图像的主要焦点，所以我决定将主要的焦点直接放在页面的中间。我选择这个姿势是因为它让狗看起来很友好。为了吸引观众的眼球，我用一些简单的笔刷和灯光结束了背景，在背景上添加了小狗的倒影，让它看起来像是站在水面上(图06)。我还增加了一些飞溅、涟漪和水从爪子上滴下来以增强感觉。它给我的插图更多的生命，使它更有趣(图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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总之，尽管我在比赛中没有赢得任何奖项，但我确实得到了朋友们的赞扬、支持和安慰，这对我来说已经足够了。但遗憾的是，我用狗的照片来做这项艺术工作，由于一些个人问题，我在最后期限前几天就开始画画了。我很高兴能在这本杂志上发表文章!

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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