Friday, 30 November 2007

What a Difference a Nose Makes!

When thinking about character design, the nose is one of, if not the most important elements. Think about The Flintstones (which loosely informs this picture). Fred's big honker as opposed to Barney's slender pointer. What personality traits show up in a nose? Think about celebrities who get nose jobs. It used to be very small, pointy styles. Then streamlined, upturned poo-sniffers. Now cute button noses are actually "in vogue."

Think about your favorite cartoon character... what does their nose look like? Is it miniscule like Garfield's? Baguette-like as per Wiley E. Coyote? Perhaps it's the only real feature, as in Peter Bagge's Buddy? Ren or Stimpy? Perhaps there is no nose... Marvin the Martian, or duck characters (to some extent! They have a bill...). Or maybe a weird bump like Casper? Villians love pointy noses or super-curly nostrils that they can wrinkly in disgust.

The nose is important because it's the feature that will remain constant with your character. The eyes scrunch, widen and close, the mouth contorts more than any other, the ears are usually visible one-at-a-time or covered by hair, but the nose is the center, visible in profile as much as symmetrical views. For a more realistic approach, look at Pedro Almodovar's women. They all have unique, interesting noses and their personalities are often reflected in different ways because of it. I can't make this stuff up, folks!

Anyways... here's a quick sketch simply based on size. I took away the "Homer" shadow just to make the second nose appear even smaller. Easily father and son (big nose=age?) as much as plastic surgery:

Thursday, 29 November 2007

FIRST FULL PAGE!!!!!!!



So as a thank you to everybody for supporting Toppled Idols... I'm putting up the first fully finished page from Invisible Empire!!!

November has been the most successful month... and the HALF YEAR ANNIVERSARY is coming up!!! Great things are in the works, so sit tight and be prepared for awesomeness to come!

And keep checking the skies!!! Or Toppled Idols, whichever's closer.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE! I couldn't do it without your support!

Wednesday, 28 November 2007

Tuesday, 27 November 2007

LIQUID SKY


One of my all-time favorite movies. If anybody knows the artist that did the original poster, please let me know.

Chip Kidd, Eat Your Heart Out


At first I was trying to do a Peter Lorre type guy, but ended up with this. Ron Serling, or Dragnet shyster... I dunno, I just post here!

Monday, 26 November 2007

Fake Punk Flyer

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This is a fake flyer for a fake band I did for a piece I'm writing. It might appear in the next BAClog; Bushwick Area Consortium publication. But it might not! In which case... I'll reprint it here! The band is called Latexx Venjenz.

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