portrait Marathon: Morgan ... Done?

I'll sleep on it, but I think Morgan is pretty much done.  Mostly.  Thoughts?

Dinner time in Blackburnia!  :D

Portrait Marathon: Morgan Progress 2

Colorful, eh?

So, the background is filling in, and there's some color going in on Morgan herself.  I sort of forgot her ears in the darks-phase, duh, so that's going in here, too.  I'm surprised how hard it is to see here, but there's a lot of blue in her muzzle and around her eyes.  I guess that's good, that it already blends in the way it should.

{Interrupted here by a call from my sister, shopping in a Los Angeles Target.  While we were talking, a knock-down, drag-out fight between a man and woman erupted nearby!  How awful.  I could hear the yelling, and things slamming.  Security showed up in less than a minute, but ... *shudder*   We were both shook up.}

This is the original reference photo.  Nice, huh?  I will want to bump up the light and shadows, bring out the honey-gold tones that are lost in the cool shade we see here.

So, back to it!

Portrait Marathon update: Morgan progress

*Pant!  Pant!*  These marathons!  Obviously, I'm slowing down, eh?  :P

None the less, Morgan is up, and she's LOVELY.  Her owner says she's super alert, "always on patrol".  Lookit those ears!  I guess so, huh?

So, you can see I have a pretty active jaggy line in the background.  Hopefully, the background will accent her busy alertness.  Meanwhile, you can see I've got most of the darks pretty well defined. Morgan's muzzle is very deeply dark and velvety, and her eyes are also surrounded by expressively arranged blacks.  You can just imagine how she can twitch those dark eyebrows to mean any number of things!

Carrie has her own Very Popular blog.  While you're waiting for my next installment, you can see what Morgan's life and family are up to.