(#0099)

A Kangal is an extremely-large breed of dog from Turkey. They were originally exported out of the Anatolia region, so are sometimes called Anatolian Shepherd Dogs. The anatolians are generally smaller, though, possibly because of mixed breeding.

#99! After my next drawing, I'll have drawn 100 things. That's actually kind of sad, when you compare it to any real artist.

So, about the picture:
I didn't get the rump right, and I only used two or three colours for most of it because I was lazy. The neck became a problem, and I didn't bother fixing the height of his face. It looks like his mouth is half-open, because of that.

Overall, I'd say painting things in (rather than making outlined sketches) just looks a lot better. I'll be doing that from now on, for most of my work.

Actually, I was doodling something else, and decided to colour it, but when I was doing shading I realized that what looked fine with bare outlines suddenly didn't even physically work when I tried to add dimension. It seems that working from the basis of using shapes and planes exposes any error very quickly.
I've also got to constantly remind myself to keep looking at the entire picture so I don't end up getting bigger or smaller as I go (you'll notice his front legs are a bit thin, and his hindquarters are shrunken).