As soon as I saw Erica's image, I thought I would give this a go, to colour it, along the lines of Scruff. Well, you can easily think it, but doing it is another issue. I had originally printed the image on Copic paper and thought later, how am I going to be able to do that wiry coat with Copics. I tried and after a bit more advice from the Ericraft DT members and Erica came up with this. Erica suggested the addition of pencils, well I found they did not like the Copic paper and pens so instead I went with a lead pencil. Here is my attempt.
At the moment my project is the square, (the dots are just the back of my planner). If I am printing a digi on digital paper, which this is, I place the image on the paper where I want it. do another copy of the exact image so I get the size right and put it next to it. When I have coloured the image on its own, I then fussy cut and place the coloured image over the original one with foam on the digital paper to give it the raised look thus creating the shadow.
I intend to use this square on a tribute double page scrapbook spread of Scruffy, but first I have to find the right paper (I know I have heaps of dog papers, just have to find in my stash) and of course more photos. The one I showed you above I scrapped already quite a while ago.
One day hopefully in the near future, I will get myself organised enough to find these items, but as you all know cleaning and organising your craft area/room/rooms is a never-ending project lol. It is certainly the case with me anyhow.
If you like Erica's image, maybe Toby reminds you of a dog you know, it can be purchased here and it is still the special price she puts on new releases, but be quick, she has added a few more since Toby, so who knows how long it will stay at that. A bargain at AUD$1.65 at the moment!