DIY Dog Artwork

Has anyone else been spending too much time on Pinterest lately?  There are so many great ideas and creative inspirations there, but it is also a time sucking vortex of epic proportions.

Whilst browsing the other day, I spotted this great dog artwork...

From TradHome, July/August Issue

It inspired me to try something similar for Seth and Caleb's room with a picture of our dog Jake's profile.  Steve took this shot not too long ago...

I opened it in Photoshop, then used the Extract tool (located under the Filter tab) to get rid of everything in the picture but his profile which left me with this...

I tried using it as a silhouette like in the artwork above, but because he doesn't have ears that stick up I didn't think he was recognizable enough.

So I changed directions and colored in the background instead.

The boys have blue walls with orange accents in their room, so I thought this would look good in a simple white frame with a mat.  But then I wanted to see what it would look like with a patterned background....

Something about this one reminds me of political posters, like Jake is running for president or something.  But I think he stands out better against the blue, white and black than he does against the orange.  I am still on the fence.  I may try a few more solid background colors before I get anything printed.

Seth just came in from playing and saw these pictures of Jake I was working on. He asked if I could put all of our family (including Roscoe) into the picture with Jake.

Hmmmm......