What the guardian hoped to preserve
The request was to keep the grin she shows first on walks, along with the bright impression of her red harness.
Dog · Walking buddy
The bright, playful walking buddy
A breezy friend whose signature is a sideways tongue and a bright red harness.
Afternoon sun, ears in the wind, mouth wide in a full grin toward the camera.
What Choco noticed first
- A mouth that stays half-open, tongue resting to one side
- The habit of only the left ear curling up mid-stride
- A red walking harness that reads almost like a signature
How Choco translated it into character work
We built the character around the grin, pulled the harness red in as an accent colour, kept the linework round and light, and held the expression on the edge of ‘okay, shall we run now?’.
What the finished result needed to hold
This case was shaped into a base character led by bright energy, plus extension expressions that keep the same grin-forward mood.
How the finished work was meant to live
- Profile image · front-facing grin
- Stickers · ‘yes!’, ‘let’s go!’, ‘running!’
A line the guardian shared back
“More than any photo I have, this one image explains her. Especially the tongue-out look — that’s her.”— Guardian of the walking buddy