Character Design

Here are my character design concepts for both characters.

First, Mother Hubbard:

And her dog:

And together to scale:

Now an idea in color (though the characters aren't to scale):

The following two images are initial sketches of both characters, but I have outlined a number of dog poses that I like:

Also, here are some reference images for different aspects of the characters:

This is how the dog will lie all tired out:

Mother Hubbard's slippers will look like this:

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