A new lesson that I learned while painting Buck was that always paint in natural light. I made the mistake of painting in the evening when it was already dark outside. Naturally, I turned the lights on in my room and merrily finished painting the tan base color on my soon to be Buck figure. Or so I thought. Next morning when I was about to continue on with the black markings on the dog, with plenty of natural light coming in from the windows, I noticed something. The dog is too damn yellow! and so I had to paint it all over again. Never trust the light from a light bulb, it will mess with you.
What caused a little hesitation during the paint job was the lack of consistency with Buck's black markings, particularly around the ears and shoulder area. (In fact, the very first shot of Buck in the animation has his colors reversed.) I checked out different reference pictures and in the end I just had to choose which image of Buck to follow.
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Out if the customs I've done so far, I think Buck is my favorite.
