Drawing 08/05/2019 bva 215 week Eleven

Marley and Bear

Bear is a male white Maltese/Bichon Frise cross and Marley is a black Labrador/Collie cross. As Bear is a male dog, they are well known to pee or mark their territory at every opportunity. Marley is a strong mided dog and her and Bear a great friends. Myself and my friend always take our dogs for A walk at the beach or come for a visit and chase and bark at my hens.

My comic will have a mixture of photographs, mainly landscape scenery and then my characters rthe the comic will be drawn. I will take a lot of photos of the dogs doing different activites and study these and use these as case studies to get the proportions and balance of each character.

Story line

Page 1

Marley is in her kennel, sunning herself in the morning sun, who should pop around the corner is her best friend Bear.

Bear opens Marley’s kennel door and the two of them have a play around the yard chasing each other and barking at the hens. “Come on Bear lets go, I want to chase the seagulls at the beach” said Marley. Bear asks “Can we stop off at the Park on the way?”

Page 2

They arrive at the park and begin sniffing around, Marley starts running around the pond, looking for a great spot to go for a swim while Bear has to mark his territory by peeing on everything. Marley and Bear get chased out the park by some geese. “Phew” said Bear, “that was close!” “Na” said Marley, “I can out run them easily” “(yeah, but I have wee legs” said Bear).

Page 3

As Marley and Bear wonder through town, Bear said “let’s go to the Butchers they always give us a sausage or two”, “wow look at high those buildings are” said Marley as she turns around Bear is peeing on a fire hydrant, “hurry up! Do you have to do that cock your leg on everything?” “YES!” said Bear. They begin laughing and carry on down the road.

Page 4

Bear pops his head through the cat door at the butchers, the butcher yells out, “the mutts are here for their sausages.” As the butcher leans down to give the dogs their sausages, he pats each dog. He said “where are you off to today?” Marley looks at Bear “idiot thinks we can talk”. With that the two friends take off with the sausages trailing behind. “I think I should get more sausages than you, I’m twice your size Bear”. The pair finish their lunch and wonder down the road towards the beach.

Page 5

AS they cross the bridge Bear says to Marley, “I hate heights” Marley replies to Bear “lucky you a short then”. “Look Bear there is a post at the end of the bridge with your name on it”, as Marley turns to Bear, he had already passed her and was marking his territory. Marley thought to herself “works every time.”

Page 6

“Seagulls Seagulls Seagulls!!” Marley runs off to chase the seagulls along the water front. Bear yells out, “I’ll catch up”! He finds a fresh log to mark his sent on, “YES! First one here.”

Page 7

Marley and Bear spend the afternoon rolling on the sand “mmm dead fish, smells so good” and chasing the birds “(Bark Bark, bark bark)” As Marley on her third run along the beach, she hears Bear barking “(bark, bark)”at something close to the water. “What is it, said Bear?”

Page 8

“Shh Bear it’s a dead whale, must have got stranded when the tide went out”, “are you sure its dead” said Bear? “I can pee on it to make sure”, “NO! Let’s go, it getting late. WE have to beat everyone home! Or ill get a padlock on my kennel and you know what they do to male dogs who wonder??”

Page 9

AS Marley and Bear wonder down the railway tracks, reminiscing on their awesome day, they hear a loud rumble and look around to see a bright light. “It’s a train, hurry up bear or we won’t get across the bridge in time”. Marley grabs Bear by the collar and sprints across the bridge, just as they hear the horn and the train zips passed them. As they lay in the grass laughing about another close call.

Page 10

“So same time tomorrow?” “Yup sounds a date, I want to go to the Museum” said Marley, “I have a bone to pick, with a certain dinosaur”, They both start laughing Hi paw each other and head for home.

Page 11

“I’m home Bear”! Bear woke with a startle from a deep sleep. As he jumps into his mummy’s arms, with a lick and a bark. Telling her all about his adventure, but of course she only hears “BARK BARK”.

Page 12

When Marley’s family arrive home, she’s sound asleep on the front deck. “Hmm” said her mum, “I must fix that kennel lock?” “Opps!” Thought Marley. THE END

Where the dogs are talking or thinking “in italic”, will be in speech bubbles or thinking bubbles, see sample ideas.

My goals this year for drawing, is to get more perspective and balance.

My inspirational artists and authors are not comic books, but they have great story lines, that children love to read and the illustrations are fun and keep children amused. My audience is 3 to 8 years, but also the parents reading the stories will enjoy and can relate to the characters.

First Inspiration is Craig Smith, with Wonky Donkey book. I like Craig’s story lines, I’m not sure if I will use the style that Katz Cowley draws in.