Survivor and Dog

 

This piece I created because I got an idea for a gameplay mechanic involving a protagonist and his dog for a horror game. The idea popped in my head, I guess possibly because I was replaying Silent Hill 2 and I just had to jump on photoshop and do something about it. 

This was drawn straight on Photoshop, using my Wacom tablet and I used a few references to help with the pose and above all, the dog. The fun part about being an artist is that, there's more than one road to reach your goal. Sometimes you draw from imagination, sometimes from reference and sometimes a mix of both! 

As for the game idea... I think it would be amazing to have a dog as your companion at all times in the game while you explore a dangerous environment. I envisioned it for a survival-horror game scenario, as mentioned before and the player would be able to use the dog during gameplay to assist in the journey. I think it could really work, after all, who doesn't like dogs.