Character Designing with ProCreate

I began the character design process by looking at my dog character, as I began with studies of homeless dogs. I began by testing out the app, then started out sketching ideas and then turned to ProCreate in order to bring these ideas to life

On the left is the first drawing of a dog character I did on Procreate. It is quite realistic and very similar to the dog it was based off of. On the right is the simplified version of this dog.

 I then began working with a white dog idea, based off of another one of the rescue dogs. I did several versions of this dog and none I was happy with.

I then decided to return to colour after sketching some more ideas in my sketchbook. Using the same original white dog design but with brown as the main colour.

I then turned back to my original black and white design after I grew fond of a sketchbook drawing, and this is the design I have chosen to go with.

I then began to focus on the character of the homeless man. As I am able to picture more in my head what I want this character to look like, I was able to come up with a design quicker.

I wanted this character to not look too rugged, and wear big oversized warm clothes. These two initial ideas utilised these design concepts.

I decided to test out this character by placing him next to the dog, and I am rather happy with how they look together. I can now move on the refining my character, as I still need to finalise the designs for his clothes and make a few adjustments to his facial features.