I was contacted by a potential customer asking if I could change the composition my sketch of my granddaughter and her very large doberman to include her 2 little nieces, ages 4 & 6. Her brother had just purchased a doberman puppy and she thought this would be a perfect gift. A few messages back and forth and I had several photos of the girls to use and a reference. We agreed upon a price and I went in a created a special variation button to included customization. To my joy she paid the price and placed the order right away. After a super busy weekend, I was able to start working on it Monday evening. Total drawing time was probably 3 hours I think. Using several references photos of my 4 year old granddaughter I was able to combine them into what I think is a solid composition. The challenge came in when I found out their doberman puppy doesn't have his tail docked or his ears cropped. Finding a photo of the backside of a doberman to see the detail of the tail wasn't easy. Actually, I never found a true backside view but I think I didn't do too bad of a job here.
The original drawing is much brighter and those pink sweaters just pop off the paper. I have to figure out how to get a better scan of my drawings so the colors look more true. Right now when I am working with a print of one of my drawings I usually grab the color pencils and my black pen and quickly go over some of the areas to brighten them. I like the idea they are hand embellished but I have so much still to learn when it comes to the technical side of producing reproductions.All that is left to do is to matte the drawing and get it packaged up for shipment. This actually represents a new first for me too. This package is being shipped international because the buyer lives in Douro Dummer, Ontario. I looked that up and that town is sitting right on the border of the US and Canada but it is still international shipping so my usual USPS Standard Rate Shipping boxes won't work. Yesterday just happened to be "trash" day and I was able to find several boxes that appear to be the right size that I can use to ship. As I get busier with my shipping, I will have to find a good source of small shipping boxes that fit the dimensions of my artwork.
This image will soon be available as cards and magnets on my Etsy Store. If you want to check out my artwork you can go to my website gallery at Julie Townsend Studio Gallery. Let me know what you think because I would love to hear from you.
You can also visit my Etsy Store if you are interested in this image in a small print, magnet or greeting card at: Julie Townsend Studio on Etsy
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