Among The Leaves

Part of a big multipart commission I completed. The first time I had really done some art for a sizeable amount of money. This was created from an initial brief. Firstly I produced some sketches to make sure I was going in the right direction with comments and modifications along the way. I tweaked my style slightly generally to be more of an illustrative look and had to focus more on a playful theme rather than the dark edge I usually employ.

A dog is making his owner proud by dealing with the squirrels, however the animators wanted a squirrell looking on almost emergin from the shrubs, so I designed a squirrel with a more cartoony look. I based the design on the squirrel from the Sword in the Stone.