Speed Paint: Freckly Man

Using techniques similar to the last freckle painting, I decided to be a bit more intentional. So here’s a freckly man! Done in about 30 minutes.

Character Design: Mr. Brian

Mr. Brian, another character design I found. He exists in the same world as Harriet & Hayward Fox and is based on my high school art teacher whom I miss immensely. I first created Harriet & Hayward in his class. I started college kickin’ butt and takin’ names which I owe almost completely to him. Wish I could share with him in person the artist he’s created in me. Anyway, as seen on the right, Mr. Brian loves clay, just like the real one. :0)

Character Designs: Lanthe & Drisdae

Found these two initial character designs. Lanthe is an aloof, proud, and cold sad-sack of human being. He’s the commander of a division of archers. Then there’s Drisdae who is a horribly deplorable woman. Mistress to a king, she thinks seduction can get her anything she wants. She’s wrong ‘cause everyone hates her. :T

Experimentation: Freckles

Got stuck on a project so I experimented for a while. Yay, freckles! :0)

Concept Sketches: Armor

A small selection of studies I promised once upon a couple months ago...

Practice: Timed figure drawing

Practice from a few weeks back.

Steven Universe: Chrysophrase

Fun with Chrysophrase! Drawing in SU style is a lot of fun. Definitely helps me loosen up. :0)

Character Design: Miguel

And the offspring: Miguel Dimas, Spanish heartthrob and lifeguard. He wears his lifeguard uniform (with or without shirt) almost exclusively since he thinks it helps him pick up girls. He’s not wrong. He dresses a bit nicer when he has to help out at La Hierba. Just a front view for now.

Character/Building Design: Mr. & Mrs. Dimas/La Hierba

Miguel Dimas, Sr. and Carlotta Dimas, owners of La Hierba, a boardwalk restaurant in Santa Cruz. This is where the boys spend a lot of their hangout time. I needed to get some sort of idea of what this place would look like, especially in three dimensions. So I did the only logical thing and made a floor plan/3D model... In other news, Sweet Home 3D is a very helpful program. :D

Character Design: Nezzar

And this is my favorite cool kid, Nezzar Stanton. Popping out character redesigns while I work on the boys’ ‘hang out’ environment.

Character Design: Bishop

This is my favorite moody hipster, Bishop “Cardinal” Binns. I designed him originally in 2009 before hipster was much of a thing so he needed a redesign pretty desperately. His tattoo might need a little help, still. Anyway, I’m working on improving my concepting skills so I’m fleshing out this old comic idea I had called “The Boys of Santa Cruz.” I only ever made a few strips and I likely won’t make more but I do want to develop the world and characters for practice. So expect to see something that looks essentially like grown-up Rocket Power. ;P