Bulldog

by Daniel Eskridge

Title

Bulldog

Artist

Daniel Eskridge

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Painting

Description

An English bulldog with a brown and white coat of short fur stands on a hillside which is covered in tall green grass. The dog dominates the frame and is seen from a low point of view. A deep blue sky laced with a few white clouds outlines the form of this unique breed of canine.

Up till now, all of my dog themed artwork has featured larger hunting dogs, but I wanted to try my hand at a smaller sized breed. English bulldogs (also known as British bulldogs) are one of my favorite breeds of dogs. Every one that I've ever met has been gentle and affectionate. Not to mention, the bulldog was the mascot of my alma mater, the University of Georgia. So that was the dog I chose.

To make this artwork, I started by creating a digital sculpture of the dog's form in a neutral stance using a program called Sculptris which I also used to paint the dog's base coloring. I then imported the model into another program called Blender3D where I rigged the model, that is, gave it a virtual skeleton that allowed me to repose the animals head, limbs, and body. Next, I imported the now posed model into another program called Daz Studio where I used a plug-in called LookAtMyHair to add the fur. For the next step, I imported the now fur covered model into yet another program called Vue to where I added the rest of the environment and rendered the scene. Finally, I used GIMP, an image editing application to finish the scene up by adjusting the colors and fixing details here and there.


Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge

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January 8th, 2015

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