Tuesday, September 04, 2007

New avatar







I stuck with the pug merely to keep a tradition. It's not that I have an obsession with pugs---I don't plan to even own a dog, ever. But there is something about their goblin-ey faces that I really like to draw.




Here's the full version.


31 comments:

Leonel Castellani said...

Haha, looks terrific! Great avatar!

Ken said...

hahaha I laughed out loud when i saw this, its fantastic. I also really like the image below... wow your work is stunning

Bobby Pontillas said...
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Bobby Pontillas said...

this is so unbelievably awesome, and not just because I own a pug, its because my pug looks like this verbatim.

Kevin Keele said...

The pipe is the cherry on top of an already delicious looking image. Awesome.

Heather Dixon said...

Gaah!

I love it! I remember you doing the original in our character design class...good times. This one's definitely more stylized. The eyes are so...poppy! <3 it!

Nathan Lindsay said...

those EYES! awesome sam.

Richard Gaines said...

Beautiful illustrations!!! Oh, how smooth and precise!

Actually, it took a second look to recognize this character as a pug. Very surreal!

I want to add you as a link.

Josh Hoye said...

'ugh'-trying to pick my jaw off the floor...This is awesome, ok, im going to go stare at it some more...amazing work by the way!

benjatoon studio said...

hahah really cool this character sam! congratulations, benja :)

sylv1K said...

relly funny dog,i like it very much!!

Sorrentino said...

WOW! your work is tons of FUN!! the colors are awesome!!

Tim Bye said...

Haha great work Sam! - the expression really made me chuckle - fabulous!

Mike and Kari said...

I like it! But can you post the old one because it was pretty awesome too.

Mr le Chat Noir said...

HAha, your avatar is fantastic!!
I really enjoy it^^
Could I put your blog in my links?

(Sorry for my bad english)

S.T. Lewis said...

This is awesome... such a dignified pug. I never thought I'd use those words together. Looks great - fine choice for an avatar.

Joe said...

Yes!

Ben Balistreri said...

I love this and it works perfectly as your new avatar!

TURCIOS said...

JAJAJJAA FANTÁSTICO PERRO!!
SALUDOS

Rasha El Sawiy said...

amazing artwork!

MutantKitten said...

Awesomeness! :)

cortes said...

QUE BUEN PERRO...ESTAN GENIALES TUS ILUSTRACIONES,,,

CORTES

Andrew Glazebrook said...

Great pic and a super new Avatar !!

sarah said...

I love that his eyes are nearly falling out if his head, something that kind of concerns me when around pug dogs. Ha. Very nice.

Mattias said...

Love it! and the blog

marco piersma said...

Great blog!
Fantastic illustrations, I love it!
Marco

Nikki Lukas said...

haha nice! exaggerated pug faces are just great.

Evil Genius said...

This is super! I'll be trying to figure how you did the eyes here for the next week...

A. Riabovitchev said...

HaHa!Great avatar!:o)

Johann said...

Lovely! Pugs are the deep sea fishes of the dogs.

K said...

I had never seen this ever as a pug. I thought the white thing was a tongue. Bizarre change of perspective.