Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Continuing the sleeping dog theme

This is Cubit, or Cue for short. Cue was my replacement search dog for Keli. While Cue held great promise in temperment and drive, his legs failed him. They never quite grew to full length. The name "Cubit" comes from the ancient measurement, a cubit is about 18 inches which is how tall an adult male cattle dog should be. Ironic that Cubit never reached a cubit isn't it? Looking a Cue puts in mind a cross between a cattle dog and a pot belly pig. Nice dog, not search dog material however.

In this drawing I put the blackest black in the background and the lightest areas in the foreground. Reversed from the usual method of creating depth, but I think that the drawing still works correctly.

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