![Daisy wears a collar designed by Xan (and 2HoundsDesign.com) Modern Dog 2houndsdesign collar design](http://xans-art.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/MDFall13-BlackBeauty-Daisy.jpg)
Also in the fall of 2013, I didn’t tell you about this, either! (But, I’m telling you now, so we’re good, right?) Alisha of 2 Hounds Design commissioned a design from me for an exclusive fabric to be used in her uber-collectible collars and leashes. The collar became part of an article highlighting black dogs in Modern Dog Magazine.
![Modern Dog cover](http://xans-art.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/MDFall13_ASI_web.jpg)
I’m in it!
By the way, black dogs make the best collar models! Everything looks good on them!
This was a fun design, so cheerful and whimsical. Alisha and I have a lot of fun brain-storming ideas together. This one was all about “How to be a Dog”, which I imagined as a pictorial instruction for newbie dogs (??) on some of the classic dog behaviors. Someday I may expand on that idea. Seems like a full comic-strip or something.
![How to be a Dog fabric design](http://xans-art.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/how-to-be-a-dog1-300x69.jpg)
I enjoy working with Alisha. A few years ago, we also did this design, which was woven as a ribbon, for her collars and accessories. I drew heavily on my comic book experience for this one. 😉
![Bam Ribbon woven ribbon design](http://xans-art.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/BamRibbon3-6colors-large.jpg)
![Pow ribbon design](http://xans-art.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pow-collarleash-300x300.jpg)
Get these while you can!
![how to be a dog collar](http://xans-art.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/howtobeadog-collar-300x300.jpg)
2 Responses
I always love seeing those designs! It’s not a surprise to me at all that it made it to a magazine at all!
I thought it was a cool spread, too. Yeay, black dogs! 😀