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An American Werewolf in London is 40 years old today! I can still never visit the London Underground without thinking of it, so as a tribute I thought I’d paint what my imagination always sees padding around each corner down there…

Although the film was famous for having the transformation sequence clear and brightly lit, the actual fully changed wolf is only glimpsed for a few seconds at a time (and even then, only its forequarters). So for reference I mostly ended up looking at a combination of behind the scenes footage showing the puppets they used, wolf and dog anatomy diagrams, and at one point even pictures of keeshonds, after I saw an interview where Rick Baker said that he’d partially based the design on his own pet one, “Bosco”.

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An American Werewolf in London is 40 years old today! I can still never visit the London Underground without thinking of it, so as a tribute I thought I’d paint what my imagination always sees padding around each corner down there…

Although the film was famous for having the transformation sequence clear and brightly lit, the actual fully changed wolf is only glimpsed for a few seconds at a time (and even then, only its forequarters). So for reference I mostly ended up looking at a combination of behind the scenes footage showing the puppets they used, wolf and dog anatomy diagrams, and at one point even pictures of keeshonds, after I saw an interview where Rick Baker said that he’d partially based the design on his own pet one, “Bosco”.