Cassie and Licorice remembrance Portrait, October 2025

 I digitally painted this as a remembrance for two dogs our family grew to love and adore. The dog in the foreground, Licorice, has passed to the great beyond. The background dog, Cassie, is still kicking.

Compositing reference images

I used two separate photos of the dogs, both taken in a similar setting. I then used AI image generation (XeroGen Forge) to create the green blanket Licorice is lying on.

I then did an outline of all the major shapes of the dogs. 

After this, I painted the portrait using Krita and custom made RGBa brushes. Timelapse and screen grabs at 100% zoom can be seen below.