The Kangaroo sleeps in the Red Desert

This postcard depicts the beginning of the story, when the Kangaroo is sleeping in the desert oblivious to the fact that he has lost one of his shoes.

This is the first attempt at sketching out the Kangaroo.

Feedback:

'Don't make him so human-like. Put him in more of a Kangaroo pose. He needs to have less chubbier cheeks and a narrower snout.'




Richard also wanted to have a shoe, preferably a brown boot, on one of the Kangaroo's feet.

I used the same technique that I will be continuously repeating throughout this project. As you can see from the images above, everything is drawn out individually with the brush pen, a separate image of watercolour is painted and then the two layers are merged together to create the design, using Photoshop. I also added in more details, like the grass and the snake trail, as you can see below.

Feedback:

'The Kangaroo sleeping image is ok, except he doesn't exactly resemble a Kangaroo. His snout and feet should be less chunky, Kangaroo's have thin, but long snouts and feet. In turn, the boot would become less bulky and then look more comfortable in the image.

Just make sure the Kangaroo looks a bit more like a Kangaroo.'

This was my next attempt at the making the Kangaroo look more like a Kangaroo.

Feedback:

'Ok, the Kangaroo is getting there. I would say his leg now looks freakishly long. His snout may still need thinning a tad too. But the main focus would be the extra long leg.'

This was my final attempt at drawing the sleeping Kangaroo.

Feedback:

'That's better. What's next?'