Once again I had a character with very little description so I spent a long time looking at older illustrations and wolves to get a stronger idea. I took the BBW from Little Red Riding Hood rather than from some of the other stories as I thought it was the most familiar and easily recognisable. Which meant that I also spent a while looking at 17th and 18th century nightgowns for him to be dressed in. I chose to do a plainer one as opposed to some of the more beautiful patterned ones as I doubted that the grandmother in the woods would afford the fancier options. I also chose to omit the spectacles as all the reference to grandmothers clothes I could find in the story only mentioned the cap and gown. I started drawing his face and legs particularly drawn out as it gives a more villainous impression. especially in relation to the big rounded gown that is so clearly foreign to him.
I enjoyed adding the prop of a shredded red cloth and him licking his lips. It might not be immediately obvious but this just after he's eaten LRRH. I also chose to colour the bow in the same colour as I thought it makes them stand out without looking too separate from the rest of the image and that within the story it was most likely that her grandmother made the cloak so it would make sense for her to use the same red. I drew the bow to be ever so slightly tied wrong as I liked the idea of the wolf having trouble with it.
The eyes are what I had the most trouble with as I wanted them to seem wolf like but the angle is ever so slightly wrong and they don't quite match. I think I'd have to spend a long time working on them to get them right but I got to a point that I was happy enough to move on and I don't have time to make large amendments now.
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