This is a piece inspired by reading the original Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne.I found the original characters had much more depth and quaint personality than the Disney makeover, I’ve tried to capture that in this artwork.
There’s much to be improved, but I’m satisfied enough to move on, perhaps I’ll continue and make a series of images with these characters.
Piglet and Pooh could use a more pronounced toon shading on them (they look a bit too diffuse so far to me), I get the impression that the shading is supposed to have a somewhat toony feel to it. The path could also perhaps use a little more variation in the texture.
The Disney version of this is one of the things I grew up on, watching both the original animation and a bit of their animated series that aired in the 1990’s. Much of the image looks pretty well done already.