Minor Balto Characters
The last few designs for this tiny project: a handful of incredibly minor characters. Ya know, everyone’s favorites.
Left to right: Dixie, Doc, Togo
Dixie’s design didn’t warrant changing, I just redid her for funsies. I dig her original look in concept art tbh. According to Simon Wells, director of the first and only decent Balto movie, Dixie is a Pomeranian. Despite how Poms’ faces tend to get lighter, not darker, with age, I think something Pom-y is added to her design with the muzzle marking.
Doc is also supposed to be a breed he doesn’t much resemble: a St. Bernard. He’s the one who holds meetings with the other dogs, if you don’t recall. I believe the reason he’s given more importance then other dogs is because he originally was more involved in the story. He was the doctor’s dog (hence his name) and it was he who let Balto and Jenna into the boiler room, which makes a LOT more sense then Balto spontaneously knowing how to break into the underside of a hospital lol
The last guy isn’t in the film or original drafts so far as I know. He’s Togo, the once oft-overlooked and now weirdly overcredited dog who also participated in the serum run. He’s an incredibly minor character in the rewrite, appearing only once or twice. He’s meant to look like a generic background dog. He ended up looking too much like Kaltag for my tastes, but that’s what happens when your reference pool of canon body types is limited.
Left to right: Dixie, Doc, Togo
Dixie’s design didn’t warrant changing, I just redid her for funsies. I dig her original look in concept art tbh. According to Simon Wells, director of the first and only decent Balto movie, Dixie is a Pomeranian. Despite how Poms’ faces tend to get lighter, not darker, with age, I think something Pom-y is added to her design with the muzzle marking.
Doc is also supposed to be a breed he doesn’t much resemble: a St. Bernard. He’s the one who holds meetings with the other dogs, if you don’t recall. I believe the reason he’s given more importance then other dogs is because he originally was more involved in the story. He was the doctor’s dog (hence his name) and it was he who let Balto and Jenna into the boiler room, which makes a LOT more sense then Balto spontaneously knowing how to break into the underside of a hospital lol
The last guy isn’t in the film or original drafts so far as I know. He’s Togo, the once oft-overlooked and now weirdly overcredited dog who also participated in the serum run. He’s an incredibly minor character in the rewrite, appearing only once or twice. He’s meant to look like a generic background dog. He ended up looking too much like Kaltag for my tastes, but that’s what happens when your reference pool of canon body types is limited.
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