Gus arrived in our life just over a year and a half ago and he means the world to us. He's not an easy dog to deal with, taking a lot of effort to keep him in line, but he's ours and we love him to bits.
This project started as an illustration about a day-to-day life moment. Dogs get you out of the house even in the crappiest weather and one of those miserable wet walks was the starting point. So I did the illustration and then I couldn't resist animating it since at the time I was also trying to expand my knowledge of Duik (a complex toolset for After Effects character animations). It didn't take long to figure out I could do a series of super short animations based on our daily routine together.
It was quite late in the process that I got in touch with John Poon – a brilliant composer and sound designer – but he nailed it right from the start and I can't thank him enough for jumping on board and giving Gus a voice/bark.
Credits
Title Design Explorations
It took me a while to settle on the title and it's style
The Real Gus
I had to include a few images with the star of the show.
