'D' is for Dog

This linocut was one of the first things I worked on in second year. I think I was sort of caught up in the idea that I had to squeeze as many symbols into a picture as I could. Hence the letter D, the paw print and the floating tennis balls.
But positives came out of this one. I'm still very pleased with how seamlessly I incorporated the pattern into the dog design. The whole patterning thing kinda shaped the rest of 2nd years work but I'm struggling a bit on how to incorporate it again into this years stuff without leaning towards stylization like I did in 2nd.