Pup's Evolution

Early Pup Sketch

Pup didn't really change to much but the species of seal did. At first pup seemed more based on a Galapagos Fur Seal, characterized by his ears and much larger fins. I enjoyed this but I really wanted it to be set in a more English seaside and as the name suggests these types of seals were not commonly found in the English shores.

I researched what seals would be near the British seas and I discovered the most common were the aptly named Common (or Harbor) Seal. I enjoy the common seals small pudgy bodies and smaller fins as it creates an enjoyable waddle, or slide.

Pup with boots (scrapped concept)

More Harbor Seal looking pup

Final Character Sheet

Pup's design came together rather quickly although his snout was still to long and needed to be brought in a bit. Also his back fins could do with being simplified for not only animation purposes but also sometimes his fins seemed a bit to realistic compared the rest of his very simplified body.


Soon his design became even rounder and more solid. The ear hole though in the final design was scrapped as I found it wasn't entirely to appealing to the overall design and would just be another thing to animate that may have cause some issues. In the end I feel that Pup is an appealing character that will complement Jenny's design quite nicely.