Cats & Dogs (Dan & Dolly)

In week 2, we were given the task to create a cat and a dog from everyday, recyclable materials such as bottles, newspaper, plastic containers, wire, etc. I found this task very enjoyable and thought-provoking in the sense that I would never have thought you could get good ideas from just everyday recyclable items we throw away. Its very childlike in a sense, which added to the enjoyment for me personally.

I have created Dan the golden Labrador dog, and Dolly the black cat Sith. Dan was more of an exaggerated, almost caricature of what a dog looks like, as he resembles that of a cuboid, with dog-like features like a tail and ears made from newspaper, and half-cut toilet roll tubes for his stubby little legs. Smaller details like his eyes, were small little thumb pins that I pushed in, and painted over with the appropriate colours to look like brown eyes. I later decided to paint him a golden colour to resemble a golden Labrador, with a black line wrapping around him for his collar.


My other requested animal was a cat, and I decided to make my cat from a bottle, with similar assets to Dan; in the stubby legs from toilet roll tubes. Dolly however had a bubble wrap texture for her body, and other finer details like cardboard shapes I had cut out for her ears and eye shapes, pushed-in pin eyes, a pipe cleaner tail, and finally a fully black paint job with some accents of white and yellow to mimic a cat Sith's closely. 

I also took it upon myself to create an additional Bat and Raven, with a Tortoise also being planned, but unfortunately was scrapped due to myself having to focus on other aspects of the module. These two additional animals are able to be viewed in the Illustration Tools section of this same website.