I promised to show you how I used the endpapers to finish off my story's narrative with a little visual joke.
In an original draft, I had the last spread taking place in the bathroom instead of the back garden, with Lucy enjoying the bubble bath that Sparky has narrowly avoided. I was going to draw Sparky sitting beside the bath reading Ballet for Dogs: a Ruff Guide (sorry). But they don't get near the bath any more: the action all stays downstairs.
So I thought I would end with Sparky, clearly delusional, thinking he was actually good at ballet, then show him and Lucy cavorting in their ballet gear on the endpapers. I originally envisaged him being dreadful, as he was in class, but then it occurred to me that it might be funnier if he did indeed manage to get good!
John sourced me lots of photos of ballet dancing couples, using Google Images, from which I did these very quick sketches, just to capture the basic poses:
Then I drew Lucy and Sparky in the same positions. It was a bit tricky here and there, since their body-shapes were very different from your average dancer, and a couple of them didn't work as well as the others, but it came together surprisingly quickly:
5 Comments on There's a Dog Dancing across the Endpapers!, last added: 6/17/2012
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I LOVE the duet!Really funny!
Awesome :)
Loooove the duets, too. Good luck - though I think you don't need it
spectacular, just really great!
ahhh those end papers are such a lovely touch! You're compositions are so inspiring!