The assignment I'm currently working on for my art class is to show time passing. I'm doing a comic....the medium's just inherently suited to it.

But I'm low on time, so I decided that instead of using original characters, I would just let Simeon and Alyson (and one other person, who I haven't decided on yet....might end up being Will) "play the parts" as though they're acting in a play.

It worked for Osamu Tezuka

Following up on the Simeon design from earlier, here's Alyson.

Alyson's always been sort of a problem for me. While I've had Simeon's look down for quite a while (minus a few tweaks here and there), Alyson keeps changing. Mostly because I've never found a look that really captured her well.

This one actually feels a lot better to me. I think I've finally found Alyson's look.

I'm getting just about ready for my next big thing. I've got outlines ready and some notes on final character designs for the major characters. Here's the first of one of my attempts to get something final.

I'm planning on starting something up pretty soon. I won't give any details just now, but today's sketch is a big clue.

Today's drawing brings me back to trying to mimic Takehito Harada of Nippon Ichi fame. Disgaea 2 is warping me. Anyway, here are Maria and Alyson, who actually share the same body. It's slightly more complex than that, but suffice to say the reason they're mirrors of each other there is because they are physically identical.

I'm afraid the character designs might be a little unoriginal....not so much in that I copied another deisgn (not that I'm denying copying the style for this drawing), but because they ended up looking like other characters I've seen before. Maria, the one on the left, I can't place but I've definitely seen her before....and Alyson, the one on the right, looks like every other introverted pseudo goth ever. I like that she wears a suit and tie, though. That's neato.

Not certain about Maria's sundress thingy, though. I considered putting her in a bathing suit and sarong, since she's supposed to be tied to water....but I wanted something that would be a little more appropriate for when she's away from the beach.