'What happens when Puppies pray? The loti bugg chronicles'

The Latest Artwork and Treatment

I am so excited about this project. I have decided to go with another artist.He is an amazing talent from Orhid, Macedonia. He is not only building the illustrations, but will be creating the cartoon series as well. Damjan Gjorgievski is an award-winning artist for his video game animations, and I am proud  he will be bringing this story to life with me. He works in conjunction with his lovely girlfreind Simona Mrkoska, who does all of the vector illustrations. It will be because of their extreme talents that will not only bring this book to life, but also my pet son Loti Bugg. This project we will be creating a beautiful, children's, full illustrated book, a coloring book and a full series of animated cartoons. 

(The premise of this story can be found in the LIBRARY)

First sketches from the Loti Bugg Chronicles in pencil.

​Treatment

The story behind these illustrations is that Loti Bugg gets in a fight 'of sorts' with a punk Chihuahua who gives him and his grandmother a hard time one day when his grandma was taking him for a walk on the beach. Loti asks his 'faf' (his nickname for his father) if he can take karate lessons so that he could protect his grandma. These illustrations are the first construct in the project.  The finished products will be state-of-the-art color.   

The rending in pen and ink

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This pose slays me, 'cause Loti has this look on his face like he was really getting into this karate business. I guess he was super serious about defending his grandma on their walks.

The Japanese characters on Loti's headband are the symbols for "angels and Heaven".

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First clean rendering beyond sketch stage

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The latest version of my boy.  
We are still going to go lighter on his fur.

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 'Tortilla' 
The trouble-making Chihuahua 
This is Loti Buggs arch-nemesis.  
The exact reason he wants to take Karate lessons in the first place. 

This frog is one of Damjan's illustrations from another project he has done.  
​He works in very vibrant colors, and I can't wait to see what he does with my boy Loti Bugg Kia Ling de Contreras.