Archive for April, 2011

Spring is Here: Time for a Masthead Update

As you know, we here at Pug Slope like to keep our masthead up-to-date as the seasons change in our neighborhood. At this point, we are definitely past the time when snow is in the forecast, so we thought it would be a good time to update the masthead which can only mean one thing: Pug Photo Shoot!

We took Sid into the park hoping to catch him doing something adorable in front of some daffodils, but he was a proving to be a little difficult to work with today – largely due to the eventual revelation that we didn’t really have any treats and were just pinching our fingers together and waving them around in an attempt to lure him into posing for the photos. (Don’t worry – he got plenty of real treats when we got back home!)

Here is a shot-by-shot transcription:

“Marvelous shot, Sid. You’re off to a great start. Can we just get a tad more of a head tilt? You know it’s one of the rules of cuteness.”

WHOAH…ok, that was way too much head tilt. Reel it in a bit…we want a head tilt without it looking like a head tilt, y’know?”

“No, Sid, that guy over there said he was going to meet someone…he didn’t say ‘treats‘…yes, yes, you’ll get your treats after the session per your contract.”

“Alright, Sid! I think we got a winner! Now, uh, about those treats we discussed…I’ve got a tiny bit of bad news…um…”

It’s All Downhill From Here

I don’t know what inspired this…The fact that Brian and I were both immediately on board for this experiment without any hesitation whatsoever makes me wonder if perhaps Sid is chanting suggestive mantras into our ears while we sleep:  “You will feed me straight from the peanut butter jar.  You will feed me straight from the peanut butter jar.  You will feed me straight…” and so on and so on.

In our defense, the peanut butter jar was basically empty.  We just needed some way to clean out those last morsels…you know, so we could toss it in the recycling.  I mean, why waste water when there’s a pug on hand who will be more than happy to lick that jar clean, right? Water is a precious and limited commodity, but a pug’s appetite for peanut butter is renewable and unrelenting. We did this for the planet, people.  We did it for YOU.  Okay? OKAY?  *hangs head in shame*

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

(Just in case you were wondering, those are apple slices on the counter…one of Sid’s favorite treats.)

Pugthetic

Nothin’ too exciting here.  Just a fresh new bag of Sid’s favorite food – Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Venison and Sweet Potato dry dog food.

But, wait – what’s that blurry, furry mound of impatience lying behind the doggy gate?

Oh, Sid.  Have some dignity, man.

Even More Sid Sketches

I’m in the process of taking a cartooning class and am putting together a “mini comic” which features Sid. I’m still roughing out the whole idea but here’s a few more sketches of him that I think are kind of nice.

The many faces of Sid

I also tried to do a very “cartoony” version of Sid. I started with the mini one up in the corner and then just did a big head (too close to the mini one of course!).

Cartoony version of Sid

More to come, soon, I hope. I need to have the whole thing done in less than a month!