illustrations
Inspirations
I was inspired by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge who painted the "Dogs playing Poker" paintings. His painting have dogs doing human actions of smoking, drinking and some cheating. He paints the same thing but in different locations doing human actions. The one paint of the "Dogs Playing Poker"
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One of the Dogs playing Poker paintings being called "A Friend in Need". Different type of dogs playing a game of cards. I wanted to show how one simple character can be changed so much over time but still be the same through it all. Nintendo's new game made me realize how many link designs there are but all of them do the same thing in their games.
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Process
Planning I took the basic outline of the originally paints but extend the table and removing most of the objects for references that have means for later. I wanted to replace the dogs with a different link. Older links being on the left and the newer and more advanced links being on the right. I wanted them to be diffrent but the most popular links being Ocarina of time Link and Breath of the Wild Link.
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Reflection
My art compared to "A friend in Need" seem very similar. We both add a group that the same but him choose species of dogs and me choosing versions of a character. With said group sitting around a table playing a game. His giving a non human a human characteristic qualities. I did not because them being based off of humans. If I had to do this again I would try to blend the background included the table better and give the characters more expressions so it isn't to bland.