5000 Dogs in the Clone Lab

I chose to revisit the Animal as Object assignment for my final project in Animals, People and Those in Between. Instead of really focusing on Mira this time, however, I decided I wanted to convey how overwhelmed I was by the number of dogs supposedly used in the lab that cloned the first dog: 5000. I’m imagining this as a sketch for wallpaper, ideally flocked, although I also really like the pixelation of the dogs when I zoom in. Click on the image to see a small version of it, or open this link in a new tab for the full size.

During the crit, I got some really helpful suggestions– at this point it makes sense to let go of Mira as the dog in silhouette, and replace her with a dog that shares a silhouette with the beagles. Also, I’m going to try to either connect the beagles paw-to-paw or as a tesselation. I don’t like the black outline around the “empty” dog silhouette, but with the beagles as they are it needs to be there. I’m hoping that with tesselation or connected lines and a recognizable silhouette, I won’t need that outline anymore.