Augustus McBarkbark III

Augustus McBarkbark III
"'Money can't buy happiness', you say? Oh Please! Have you ever driven a million dollar yacht and NOT be happy!?"

I was bored and decided to redesign the dog character from my Principles project. And thanks to an earlier comment I finally decided on a name (thank you, Amanda). The reason I wanted to name my character first is because the name can be really important when designing a character. I figured that the personality of the dog would reflect the name I chose. So when I heard "Augustus McBarkbark", I envisioned him being a total, spoiled douche. He'll probably be the pet of a millionaire living in Beverly hills. I wanted to keep the "science" aspect of my original cartoon, so the owner could be a famous scientist/inventor. Of course a pampered dog who loves to mooch off his owner wouldn't go and mess with scientific experiments. In order to spark conflict he would need a sidekick who got him into wacky situations. I thought the sidekick could be another pet, one who was more into his owner's line of work than his paychecks, making him another mad scientist. I can't think of a definite name, but since Augustus has "barkbark" as a last name I thought I would add "meowmeow" to the sidekick's. Another idea is to have another character, one who was experimented on by the owner/sidekick, like a chimp or mouse with some kind of science-related defect (mechanical arm, missing brain, radio transmitter connected to head). I'm looking forward to touching up the concept sketches and messing with the designs a little more. Suggestions for character ideas/names would be great. More concept art coming soon!

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"Mad Scientist is such a harsh term. I prefer to be called a 'Sanity-Impaired Engineer.'"