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I've drawn and redrawn this dog tons of times and I cant decide on a composition. I've finally decided just a head and shoulders portrait (its a commission) with mountains/ocean in the background (The Sea of Cortez).

*EDIT* Here's the refs I'm working from: [link]


Redlines and critique greatly encouraged! Thanks

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:iconshadowxtremrjh:
AWWW soo cute... I love the pose...=) He looks happy and knowledgable =)

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:icontsunami-ryuu:
Hmm. Unfortunately I don't have much experience with this breed (don't think I've ever drawn one before, nor do I see them often), but I can point out a few things I noticed.

This head strikes me as much more like a labrador head than a weimaraner head. Even without looking at photos, I remember weimaraners as having very narrow, well-defined cheeks and longer heads. I plopped "weimaraner" into Google images and pulled up some nice pictures:
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It looks like your fellow could also use bigger, floppier jowls and longer, more rounded ears.

Now, of course, all of the above is voided if the dog you're working with actually looks like the sketch. :D

Composition-wise, it might be visually exciting if you offset his head to the left and leave the right open to show the background.

Hope this helps!
:iconclipsy1959:
its cheecks need to be a little less...poofy. um it looks alot like a lab right now, its probably b/c the head is very solid. wiemeriners' ears are bigger and have thinner necks. hopefully that helps

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:iconarcenic:
jowles.. o.o.
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crappy greenline.
whenever you take a look at this or save it, gimme a holler so i can take it out of my scraps (;cause its your drawing ^^).

my aunt and uncle have a wimerpuppy.
:iconstripedtiger:
wow that is very nice, the anatomy is grand

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:iconthornwolf:
well i probably should have posted the reference pics. Here's what I'm working from:

[link]

thanks for the help!

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:iconarcenic:
^^ your welcome.

i did a google search for some reff pics (because i cant draw a breed specific dog from memory worth beans). she's actually a pretty jowel-less wimer.(i cant spell it either). judging from the pictures.

good luck with the commission though.

and if my lines dont look right, its probably because they arent. dang cartoons. o.o.
:iconsalty-dog:
I have a reline for you, how do you want me to get it to you? It may or may not help you, let me know. :D
:iconthornwolf:
sure! my e-mail is Nicolesd@aol.com

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