JEDI MIND TRICKS - The art and illustrations of SKETCHFro!

In another Legend

2012-01-10T08:00:00.001-08:00

Overwhelming Power- By: Christopher Taylor

Overwhelming Power (SKETCH)- By: Christopher Taylor

Was ist passiert, wenn Ganon hat alle drei Stücke Das Triforce...?

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What would happen when Ganon had all Three Triforce pieces?

The Mystery of The Quickshot

2012-01-09T12:30:00.000-08:00

The Wildshot ( RH:Riven)- By: Christopher Taylor

The Wildshot SKETCH- By: Christopher Taylor

Starting off the new year with something I finished up in Dec of last year. The Blast from Riven's guns, that spark mystery across the land that know him. This is the Wildshot. It'll be featured in Chapter 3 of Relic Hunter Riven.... when I get to drawing it.

Finished one at least!

2011-12-22T00:58:00.000-08:00

Relic Hunter: Riven Ad-page- By: Christopher Taylor

Given inspiration from a cigarette ad. Thought I could use their layout in some way...but dunno if I did better Justice to that layout then they did. Graphic Design isn't my thing!

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-20T02:24:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Quick, Quicker, Quickies

2011-12-01T01:28:00.000-08:00

Raging Dinos Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor

Raging Dinos - By: Christopher Taylor

Ich habe nur zeit für kurz Skizze und kolorieren.

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I only have time for short sketches and colorings.

Jumping at you!!

2011-11-15T08:42:00.001-08:00

Rockin' out! SKETCH - By: Christopher Taylor
Rockin' out! By: Christopher Taylor

Didja miss Glenn...?

2011-11-10T11:48:00.000-08:00

Elf of the Wind/Earth Tribe- By: Christopher Taylor

Elf of the Wind/Earth Tribe SKETCH- By: Christopher Taylor

I sure did! Another Quickie!

Just a quickie!

2011-11-05T11:51:00.001-07:00

Rouge Sketch: By- Christopher Taylor

Rouge Class Female: By- Christopher Taylor

Uncrossable Terrain

2011-10-25T07:28:00.001-07:00

Lost Plains of Strom (RH:Riven)- By: Christopher Taylor
Lost Plains of Strom SKETCH- By: Christopher Taylor

Partners in Arms

2011-10-17T11:10:00.000-07:00

A Partnership Growing- By: Christopher Taylor

Just a quicky! Wanted to put up something!

When I'm not posting personal projects...

2011-10-17T06:30:00.000-07:00

I'm working on freelance like crazy!

Here's an example of one of my smaller projects gone live!

http://saguenay.co/ SAGUENAY

The Character you see plaster through the website, is made by yours truely! A SKETCHFro! Original! (Well, the client guided me so not really original but, you get my point!)

New stuff WILL come soon, I just need some time for it!

Doing Sketches!

2011-09-03T08:35:00.000-07:00

Dinosaur (Task from the GF) - By: Christopher Taylor

Woes of Self-Publishing

2011-08-26T11:17:00.000-07:00

I totally forgot about the old NEO|ARK books, and that they have been online for quite a while now. Actually, my account just got upgraded and I'm being spotlighted.

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SKETCHFro

Take a look at the previous NEO|ARK version, because soon, I'll be upgrading it! Maybe other comics might appear here too.

Sketches Sketches

2011-08-15T05:15:00.001-07:00

ONI DUKE - Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor

Just a sketch of something upcoming for "Where the Wind Takes Us..." Chapter 3.

Sketches made Perfect

2011-08-07T05:10:00.000-07:00

Close Range Sketch- By: Christopher Taylor
Close Range Cover mockup- By: Christopher Taylor
Close Range Cover textless version- By: Christopher Taylor

If I could create a Manga...

2011-08-07T00:02:00.001-07:00

Magical Manga Pool Aces! - By: Christopher Taylor

Mein Kollege und ich spielen Pool ganz viel, und er hat diese Spezieller Schuss das ich habe ein Namen gegeben. Baby's Hand. Letzest mal wir haben gespielt, ich dachte, wie das ist als wir Manga Charakter sind? Und hab ich das gemacht!

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My Colleague and I play Pool alot, and he has this special shot that I gave a name to. Baby's Hand. Last time we played, I thought, how would it be if we were Manga Characters? And, I made this!

Hope ya' like it!

What you do when you cannot sleep...

2011-08-01T18:59:00.001-07:00

COLOR STUDY- You've been had! ( RH: Riven) Sketch-By: Christopher Taylor
COLOR STUDY- You've been had! ( RH: Riven)-By: Christopher Taylor

Legend of Experimental Styles!

2011-07-24T02:19:00.000-07:00

Legend of Zelda- Ocarina of Time Fanart - By: Christopher Taylor

LoZ-OoT Progress work and Sketch- By: Christopher Taylor

Experimental style done for a Fanart for Legend of Zelda. I've been playing the new 3DS version for a while now. I love Zelda!

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Experimentelle stil erfolgt für ein Legend of Zelda Fanart. Ich spiele jetzt die neue 3DS version und habe ich viele spass da mit! Ich liebe Zelda!

Been a while...in a fantasy land called the WORLD!

2011-07-20T04:06:00.000-07:00

Fantasialand Fariy (Fee)- By: Christopher TaylorSKETCH Fantasialand Fariy - By: Christopher Taylor

Reference Photo! - Taken by: Christopher Taylor

Symphonic Odysseys

2011-07-09T02:30:00.000-07:00

Symphonic Odyssey- Sketch- By: Christopher Taylor

Symphonic Odyssey!

Opening Fanfare for Concert!

Point!

2011-05-24T06:02:00.000-07:00

Nyomi Pointed! - By: Christopher Taylor
Study Image- Mari Illustrious

Bit of Reference work/practice. Really liked this desktop photo, so I wanted to do something similar. So I used Nyomi to do a study. Hope you like it!

Many Many Happy Birthdays!

2011-05-12T06:41:00.000-07:00

Just a collection of the Birthday Photographs I've done since late last year. Though it would be nice to have it up for them, except one person hasn't received theirs yet, so they get a "?".

I'm still alive...

2011-05-01T08:14:00.001-07:00

SPEEDRUN-Riven - By: Christopher Taylor

Check SKETCHFro! EATS LIVESTREAM later for the video.

Anguish - Process Piece for Frame

2011-03-28T07:18:00.000-07:00

Anguish - By: Christopher Taylor

Anguish ( Double Photos) By: Christopher Taylor

Found this awesomely cheep frame at IKEA and decided to make a piece for it. Sketched on the bus this morning and finished about 10-15 minutes ago. I hope you guys like it! Now to try to get some work done.

View the Process Video here: LIVESTREAM EATS SKETCHFRO!- ANGUISH

Just excuse the absence for a bit...

2011-03-24T11:58:00.001-07:00

HEADBUTT!! (RH:R) - By: Christopher Taylor

~ With the rage building up inside him, he grabbed the arms dealer, and thrusted his head into his. Nothing says hatred like a headbutt, Riven thought to himself. The blood scar that will definitely be left behind will teach him not to screw over a Relic Hunter...and his will tell them he's not anyone to be messed with. ~

Sorry everyone, lots of things happening so hopefully I'll be able to concentrate on everything better. For now, a sketch of something I've wanted to do something like this.

Everyone needs a friend

2011-03-06T07:17:00.001-08:00

Catching a Drink (RH:Riven) SKETCH- By: Christopher Taylor
Catching a Drink (RH:R)- By: Christopher Taylor

In the eastern sands of the Scrosi Desert, there lies one of many old and destroyed buildings, hanging onto life in the world. One in particular is an old tavern that tries to maintain the customs of the world before it. Many of the diggers and hunters of the area gather here at night to let go of some steam from the hot desert days. Among them, two old acquaintances meet for a drink to discuss the way of the world in Guardia, and maybe cooperate for a job or two...

RELIC HUNTER: RIVEN

Deutsche (Tut mir leid ;______;)----------------------------------------------------

In den Ostsanden der Scrosi Wüste, liegt eins vieler alten und zerstörten Gebäude und hängt auf das Leben der Welt. Eins ist insbesondere eine alte Taverne, die versucht, die Gewohnheiten der Welt vor ihm beizubehalten. Viele der Gräber und der Jäger des Bereiches treten hier nachts zusammen, um etwas Dampf von den heißen. Unter ihnen treffen sich zwei alte Bekannte für ein Getränk, um die Methode der Welt in Guardia zu behandeln und arbeiten möglicherweise für einen Job oder zwei....

We all need a break right?

2011-03-06T02:18:00.000-08:00

Smoke Break SKETCH-By: Christopher Taylor

Smoke Break (RH:R)-By: Christopher Taylor

Just a little something...

2011-02-28T16:54:00.000-08:00

Traumatized ( Based off a Dream )- By: Christopher Taylor

Just a random page from one of my favorite parts of a really scary dream. I love the protagonist's thought of "...no one ever takes me seriously." It just happens so often.

Let me strike a note to your heart!

2011-02-14T04:19:00.000-08:00

Gutair Solo Girl 3 Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor

Gutair Solo Girl 3- By: Christopher Taylor

I really am growing fond of this character. Happy V-Day Everyone!!

Lean back, and take a dive. Just go where the wind takes you.

2011-02-02T11:20:00.001-08:00

Above the Clouds - By: Christopher Taylor

An Ode to my Mom

2011-01-28T10:58:00.000-08:00

Spending time at the Airport before coming back to Germany. Miss you much, Mom!

Reminiscing Part Two

2011-01-22T13:09:00.000-08:00

Page from NEO|ARK Series 2 (Original) and revamped - By: Christopher Taylor
Original panels from NEO|ARK Series 2 -By: Christopher Taylor
Revamped panel of NEO|ARK - By: Christopher Taylor
Ark Fallen Glenn - Then and now ( 2006 and 2011 )- By: Christopher Taylor
Bianca - Then and now ( 2006 and 2011 ) - By: Christopher Taylor

So all this time I've been checking out old artwork and just redrawing it. Its been fun looking at older work and seeing things that I like and things I wanted to just re-draw again. Like the example photo above. The panel from the original comic pages when I was younger. I loved how the movement of the panels were in that shot. So I just wanted to recreate it again. Sometimes you have the right moves, but need some touch ups. I'll keep up some updates soon, I just hope the photos are ok.

Yearly Traditions

2011-01-21T05:58:00.000-08:00

He's Still Got it (2010 Version) - By: Christopher Taylor

He's Still got it ( Digital sketch) - By: Christopher Taylor

The Previous 3 year entries: 2009 - 2008/7 - 2006

Reminiscing Part One

2011-01-10T05:47:00.000-08:00

So, now that I'm back home, I have the ability to look at some of my old artwork and see what made me tick, especially that which established my whole focus on comics: Glenn's World. (AKA - NEO|ARK) Glenn's World for those of you who haven't known me before College, was NEO|ARK before I started learning some of the mechanics of story and comics. The story was heavily focused on the main character Glenn Sueznin, and therefore lots of details here not handled to the best of their ability. I made 8 Volumes of over 100-200 pages each since I was a kid. Today I started looking back at one of those volumes and picking something random to redo. I started with Glenn's World Volume 6.

Original page from "GLENN'S WORLD VOL. 6" - By: Christopher TaylorREDRAWN part from GW VOL.6 - By: Christopher Taylor

Comparison page- By: Christopher Taylor

This is Shadow Matrix, a futuristic city metropolis build upon a gigantic battleship. At first this object is confused to be the legendary NEO|ARK as searched for by many throughout the story, but is later revealed to be non other then a hoax. I tried redrawing this city as well as some of the surrounding panels. More of this to come!

Ring in the New Year

2010-12-29T04:30:00.001-08:00

Wave - Terror of the Sea SKETCH- By: Christopher Taylor

Wave - Terror of the Sea - By: Christopher Taylor

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2010-12-22T13:00:00.000-08:00

Don't Drop the Gifts! (NEO|ARK)- By: Christopher Taylor

Watched a lot of EYESHIELD 21 lately, and was inspired by one of their illustrations to do this! Merry Christmas everyone!

Some things you just never do...

2010-12-10T08:54:00.001-08:00

Toilet Humor (Short Comic)- By: Christopher Taylor

Dreams are sometimes cool.

2010-12-08T05:15:00.000-08:00

Mystery of the Nebeliges - By: Christopher Taylor

~On the fastest train in the world, three girls control all the lies within. What you see, think, feel and even smell. It's another world on rails, and one man wants to get to the bottom of it all. Kei-on rides the rails of the Nebeliges to discover the secret world hidden within.

Really...this dream rocked.

ANTIPODE!!!

2010-12-06T02:36:00.000-08:00

I'll Teach You Magic! ( Chrono Trigger Fanart)- By: Christopher Taylor

Results of Livestream, even though the capture didn't get everything. (Sorry about that...)

WARM GLOVES GET!!

2010-12-02T04:58:00.000-08:00

WARM GLOVES GET! (Megaman Parody) - By: Christopher Taylor

I GOT NEW GLOVES!

From the girls

2010-12-01T08:46:00.001-08:00

Experienced Novice (Relic Hunter: Riven)- By: Christopher Taylor
Experienced Novice SKETCH- By: Christopher Taylor

Working hard

2010-11-24T06:24:00.000-08:00

I've been busy doing some projects and getting some projects, as well as the day job.

How hard you say? Take a look...

The longer is a freshly bought Blue Colored Pencil....

The next is after a week...

The shortest is after two weeks...

So far this month...I've owned 3 Blue Pencils.

SKETCHFro! T-SHIRT CONTEST!!!

2010-11-09T09:56:00.000-08:00

Remember this: SKETCHFro! The T-SHIRT?!

Well, since 5 people posted, I though it might be fun to go ahead and show you all this....

That's right, I made it into a shirt. But oh, what's that behind me?

A Second Shirt is up for grabs in the SKETCHFro! T-SHIRT CONTEST!!

Those who want to enter, must draw a Fan-art consisting of one or more characters from one of my series. The Artwork will be collected and voted on by yours truly. The winner will receive the T-Shirt signed by me as well! (...what an honor). It will be mailed to the winner, so go ahead and get those pencils moving!

For More info on my characters or series, just check out this Bloggasaurous or my Deviantart.

Und für mein Deutsche Freunds, können Sie auch auf ANIMEXX SKETCHFro! Gucken.

ENTRIES CAN BE MAILED TO GLENNSWORLDCOMICZ@GMAIL.COM, with the subject: SKETCHFro! T-SHIRT CONTEST ENTRY!

More Revamps

2010-10-30T07:19:00.000-07:00

Guitar Solo Girl (Version 2)- By: Christopher Taylor

Guitar Solo Girl (Version 2 Sketch) - By: Christopher Taylor

You can see the first version here: Guitar Solo Girl Version 1

Winter is the Theme Part 1

2010-10-25T03:32:00.000-07:00

The Dig on Mt. Tidia (Relic Hunter: Riven) -By:Christopher Taylor

The Dig on Mt. Tidia (Relic Hunter: Riven) SKETCH -By:Christopher Taylor

Thinking of my characters in winter themes. Started with Riven because the world is a wasteland, so there's only one place in the world that can manifest snow, and that's up-top the snowy mountain of Tidia. Enjoy!

More to Come

2010-10-24T10:45:00.000-07:00

Desktop Screenshot!

Some New Relic Hunter: Riven comin' to you soon!

Another Remake!

2010-10-15T02:29:00.000-07:00

Glenn and Luna (Version 2 -2006) By: Christopher Taylor

Glenn and Luna REDUX - By: Christopher Taylor

SKETCHFro! The T-SHIRT?

2010-10-08T09:56:00.000-07:00

SKETCHFro!! Self portrait- By: Christopher Taylor

So, it's come to my attention that some people really like my self portrait. Some have even stated, they would totally wear this image as a shirt.

SO, here's the deal! At least 10 people must post here and demand this image as a T-SHIRT!

Then I'll make it happen!

RIFTS!

2010-10-06T06:30:00.000-07:00

(Hopefully) working on a project with the Leader of BSP ( Broken Souls Press) for a short comic that takes place in the world of RIFTS. If you don't know what RIFTS is, check out this link:

What the #@&%! RIFTS! - An Explaination of the World of RIFTS the Tabletop RPG

But I was given permission to show off one of the pages, so I am! Hope you all like!

RIFTS Short Story (Writer : Curtis Lawson) Drawn by: Christopher Taylor

When your sick and down you have to draw them all on paper...

2010-09-22T09:17:00.000-07:00

Magick vs. The Brute (NEO|ARK) - By: Christopher Taylor
Magick vs. The Brute SKETCH (NEO|ARK) - By: Christopher Taylor

This is what I do when I'm sick...

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Das ist was ich tun wenn ich bin Krank...

Ode to the Past

2010-09-12T03:58:00.001-07:00

A Man and His gun -2010 Version- (Relic Hunter:RIVEN)- By:Christopher Taylor
Original Award Winning Digital Illustration from Phoenix Anime Convention: A Man and His Gun (Relic Hunter: RIVEN)-By: Christopher Taylor

I wanna play Bass

2010-09-02T15:50:00.001-07:00

Bass-ed on Awesomeness -By: Christopher Taylor

Collection of Sketches from my time away

2010-08-18T09:24:00.000-07:00

Sonic the Hedgehog running (Marker Comp)- By: Christopher Taylor

Plant Observation #2 - By: Christopher TaylorPlant Observation #1 - By: Christopher Taylor
A Jedi (Marker Test)- By: Christopher Taylor
Capitan Wave and her Crew - By: Christopher Taylor
SKETCHFro! Sketchbook Collection #2 - By: Christopher Taylor
SKETCHFro! Sketchbook Collection #2 - By: Christopher Taylor

So, after a nice time in Bavaria, I did a lot of sketching and drawing and coloring with markers. Man, do I love those markers. You get to see SOME of the Marker works I did, but not all of them! Check out some of the craziness that went through my head and onto the pages of my sketchbook. Next post, more marker work and some other images!

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So, mein zeit im Bayern ist fertig! Ich habe viel Skizzen gemacht, und habe viel gemacht mit Markers auch! Mann, liebe ich diese markers! Du kannst ein bisschen Bildern sehen jetzt, aber nicht alles! Glucken aus was liegt im mein Kopf und zu mein Blätter im mein Skizzenbuch! Als Nächstes mal, mehr marker Arbeit und andere Bilder!

Vacation!?

2010-07-24T19:29:00.000-07:00

I'm going on a bit of a vacation. Lot's of Lots of Sketching and Marker renditions will occur while I'm out. This time, when I get back I'll probably just shoot to upload the hold bunch of sketchbook pages. Look out for me in two weeks! SKETCHFro! out!

More from the Wasteland! Part 2

2010-07-20T11:29:00.000-07:00

Relic Tower of the Goddess (RELIC HUNTER: Riven)- By: Christopher Taylor
Relic Tower of the Goddess SKETCH (RELIC HUNTER: Riven)- By: Christopher Taylor

Refining the RELIC HUNTER: Riven pitch, answering question about the story and characters, defining the world, animals, and terrain...I think I'm about ready to send this thing off.

If any of my NEO|ARK fans are checking this out, and have paid attention to the story and BG, you'll know where Riven is right now.

Sloooow day

2010-07-19T09:27:00.001-07:00

Light Wolf - 2010(NEO|ARK) - By: Christopher Taylor

Slow and hot outside. Got a bit of a drawing done and now back to some house work. Been refining RELIC HUNTER: Riven before it gets sent out. So look out for some news soon.

More from the Wasteland!

2010-07-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

Something lost, Something Found (Relic Hunter: Riven) - By: Christopher Taylor

Something lost, Something Found SKETCH (Relic Hunter: Riven) - By: Christopher Taylor

So, after a nice weekend alone, I had a lot of time to do some drawing and work on Relic Hunter: Riven. Just some spit shine to something that is hopefully a good story. Did this piece in the process. Yuna, a prospective Princess in the eyes of the followers of the Aasi Empire.

Wanna know more? Keep up support for RELIC HUNTER: Riven!

Fariytale Illustration #2 Finished

2010-07-09T15:52:00.001-07:00

Little Red and the Big Wolf - By: Christopher Taylor
Little Red and the Big Wolf Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor

Finished illustration from yesterday's Livestream. Thanks to a lovely error I wasn't able to finish the image over Livestream, but enjoy the finished product!

LIVESTREAM Fariytale Illustration #2 - Part 1

2010-07-08T12:20:00.001-07:00

Litte Red and the Bad Old Wolf (W.I.P.) - By: Christopher Taylor

Part One of this illustration is finished. Hopefully this weekend after work I'll be able to crash down on the rest.

Be sure to check out S KETCHFro!! EATS LIVESTREAM! To see me working on this part!

Watch live streaming video from sketchfro at livestream.com

RELIC HUNTER: RIVEN

2010-07-07T11:14:00.001-07:00

Aimed at the Heart (RELIC HUNTER: Riven)- By: Christopher Taylor
Aimed at the Heart (RELIC HUNTER: Riven Sketch)- By: Christopher Taylor

The pitch is finished, the comic is finished. Time to celebrate the time of submission sending!

Relic Hunter: Riven is the story of a young man who is searching for his lost past, only for him to discover it might be a past worth leaving in the dust.

Marker Works!

2010-06-24T02:37:00.000-07:00

Preparing for the Dig (Relic Hunter:RIVEN)- By: Christopher Taylor
Hurt on the Job (Relic Hunter:RIVEN)- By: Christopher Taylor

Detusch!

Ja, ich habe für sechs Monats probieren diese ALPHA Design Markers, und Sie sind sehr gut! Ich hatte angst über "COPIC" und mochte nicht kaufen weil es ist so teuer! Nur für Eine auch! Aber diese product sind gut, wenig billiger als COPIC aber die Qualität sind perfekt! Hier sind zwei Bilder ich habe gemacht mit Färber Marker, und Bleistift!

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And English!

Yeah, so for six months I've tested these ALPHA Design Markers and they are actually very good! I was afraid to start using "COPIC" markers (cause they're the popular brand, and I'm the kinda guy to go against popular brand...so COOL! Not really but anyway...) and I didn't want to buy them because they're so expensive! Even for one! But this product line is actually really good, a bit less expensive as the COPIC brand but the quality is perfect! Here are two illustrations I made using the markers and pencil!

Whoo...mouthfull....Now to work!

Be sure to Check out DEVIANTART for my work, and the SKETCHFro's DA Portfolio!

Just some more Sketches!

2010-06-17T00:07:00.001-07:00

Juri Super Street Fighter IV Sketch- By: Christopher Taylor
TIN-TIN Art Jam -By: Christopher Taylor
TIN-TIN Art Jam Sketch- By: Christopher Taylor

Mucha Mucha!

2010-06-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

Goddess Moon and Star - Mucha Styled- By: Christopher Taylor

So, I've been in a MUCHA mood and I decided to reference one of Mucha's Illustrations for one of my own. I took the Goddess of the Moon and Guardia and put them in a Mucha style. I'll be referencing his photo a bit, but I think the color scheme will be different. ( Illumina loves Pink!)

Anyway, good news for those that follow in the comic side of SKETCHFro....The First Chapter of Relic Hunter: Riven is finished! It's time to pitch! The next comic to shoot to finish is Where the Wind Takes Us... and hopefully it will not take as much time as Riven has, but the story is a bit more simpler then Riven also.

For those of you who don't know anything about Riven, here is my current pitch line:

Relic Hunter: Riven is the story of a young man who is searching for his lost past, only for him to discover it might be a past worth leaving in the dust.

Ok, next time...more on Riven's future and Where the Wind Takes Us!

Background Practice #1

2010-06-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

Passerby SKETCH - By: Christopher Taylor

Passerby- BG Study - By: Christopher Taylor

It's been a while since I posted anything up here. I've been working on this piece for a few months and it's finally finished! Let me know what you think!

Mood Piece #6

2010-05-06T06:05:00.000-07:00

Blooming Delight (Yellow) Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor
Blooming Delight Monochromatic Study # 6 - By: Christopher Taylor

Park Sketching preface...

2010-05-01T00:02:00.000-07:00

Going to the park to be away from the world for a while...

I'm gonna try to bust out a fanart of Juri while I'm there. Super Street Fighter 4 is HARD! But I'll learn.

Also, gotta do some comic work later!

Happy Birthday Juicy- SoM!

2010-04-25T12:15:00.000-07:00

Battle with Geshtar - Drawn by: Christopher Taylor

Just a Birthday Fanart for my best friend, cause he loves this game.

LIVESTREAM Results

2010-04-22T08:07:00.000-07:00

GOLDILOCKS and the Three BEARS - Illustration by: Christopher Taylor

Well, took two days and some crashes but I got it done. It was fun. Make sure to check LIVESTREAM eats SKETCHFro! for the recap videos when they are made available!

Throwing the Pitch!

2010-04-13T00:22:00.001-07:00

Wave Re-design- By: Christopher Taylor

I'm currently hanging out in my kitchen now after one cool weekend. I was in Dussledorf and ate some awesome Okonomiaki with friends of mine. I will be doing some new artwork soon, just gotta get it prepped and ready for colors. Adjusting to MAC versions of everything have been a bit of a battle, but hopefully the fruits of my labor have been worth it. Perhaps it will continue to aid me well. We'll see. Look out for some new work soon, and if you have the time, make sure to stop by DRUNKDUCK and check out the web comic SCHOOL OF ART: TRILLIUM. I do the pencils for this comic ( Now I get to do color for the next chapters), and Chapter 2 is going to go live soon, where it gets to the nitty gritty of the story.

You can check it out here: TRILLIUM-School of the Art

Otherwise my plans for this year are as follows:

I've got three comics that haven't really seen light, and I plan on getting all of their first chapters finished in order to pitch, pitch, pitch! Pitching is HARD!! I think I'll throw up my process for writing those here also, because there are a lot of talks online about how to write the perfect pitch, or how to sell and format it...but really, my biggest problem....is the one liner.

I'm too much a talker, so having a page or three to talk about my story or ideas is wonderful. In person I think I could talk up a storm on given topics, but its very important to be able to catch your readers (and editors) attention immediately. There is the true glory of the one liner...you really need to know what your comic is about, and what it is trying to tell. The good thing is, I definitely know that. I came up with about 3-6 for each of the 3 comics I want to pitch. Which is what I was afraid I wouldn't know how/what to do.

The bad thing...it just made me realize how uncut for professional comics I was when I self-published NEO|ARK years ago.

One day...I will remake that correctly and honorably. It is my first story and I will release it. But for now, I will wait while I have three in my hand that could hopefully change my fate as a Indie Comic Artist.

Mood Piece #5

2010-03-26T12:36:00.001-07:00

Plug In - Plug Out Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor
Plug In- Plug Out Monochromatic Study #5 - By: Christopher Taylor

Getting the hang of it...

2010-03-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

Shaman Tree Girl -By: Christopher Taylor

Just more practice in order to get used to my new computer and coloring techniques. Will start up again soon with the next in the Monochromatic Series. Which color is yet to be known.

Posting up what needs to be posted! ART!

2010-03-22T02:39:00.000-07:00

Random Sketch page- By: Christopher Taylor
Gutair Girl Solo- By: Christopher Taylor

Ode to a Good Fantasy

2010-03-21T03:08:00.000-07:00

Well, I said if Final Fantasy XIII was better then XII, I would do a fanart. Ladies and Gents...I love FFXIII. It has a awesome story, I like a lot of the characters and the battle system did not turn me off, only grabbed my hand, took me in and told me to use horrific advanced techniques to plan out every fight in the game....and so I did. Here is my fanart for Final Fantasy: Lightning!

Lightning- Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor

Final Fantasy XIII - Lightning - By: Christopher Taylor

Started up again

2010-03-19T23:33:00.000-07:00

My Desktop and new art project-

Well after a few days of getting used to the new set-up, work, and putting my imagination to work again, I'm starting on a new piece of art. Depending on how this one comes out will kinda judge my next steps for Digital Work, however I'm not too afraid of that right now. Just look forward to something good soon.

THANKS MOM AND SIS!!

NEW COMPUTER!!!

2010-03-17T08:23:00.001-07:00

I'm back!! I have a computer again and I gotta get programs to get me running again! Only a matter of time now!

PC Funk

2010-02-22T05:04:00.000-08:00

So, my PC is on its final leg it seems...so I probably won't be posting up for a bit until I get a new one. But at least I've started doing marker comps. in my new sketchbook, so hopefully this break away will yield some cool stuff. Well...till' next month then!

Mood Piece #4

2010-02-09T09:19:00.000-08:00

Mystic Morning Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor
Mystic Morning Monochromatic Study # 4- By: Christopher Taylor

Mood Piece #3

2010-02-03T13:16:00.000-08:00

Aphrodite's Lost Gift Sketch- By: Christopher Taylor
Aphrodite's Lost Gift Monochromatic Study #3 - By: Christopher Taylor

Continuing the Short Story!

2010-02-02T11:36:00.000-08:00

Duke and Tamara's Short Story Page 12- By: Christopher Taylor

Yea, its still going on.

I wasn't happy with the original pg 12 and it did a lot to stop me from continuing with this story. As you can see from the sketch below...

Duke and Tamara's Short Story Oringinal Pg 12 sketch- By: Christopher Taylor

There are elements that inspired the new page...and other things that just did not work. This is why this year I told myself I will never accept the first go unless its really REALLY good. Lots of sketches and thought go into each page and illustration now, and they will be better then I though of! At least I'm shooting for it.

Also...I think a hosting site will be made for Duke and Tamara's Adventure...but what to call the story...

Mood Piece #2

2010-01-31T03:08:00.000-08:00

Poseidon's Garden Sketch - By: Christopher Taylor
Poseidon's Garden Monochromatic Study #2 - By: Christopher Taylor

Second in my Monochromatic study. Its all Blue, all the time!

Mood Pieces #1

2010-01-28T11:03:00.000-08:00

Death's Grip Sketch - By: Christopher TaylorDeath's Grip monochromatic study #1 - By: Christopher Taylor

Hey everyone!

I'm still alive and kickin', its been a while since I posted anything tho. I've been working hard on visualizing my comic into pages now. Currently the script for my comic dealing with Tornadoes is complete. I've finished 6 penciled pages of 27....and much more to go for that story I hope. Its looking good and I feel confident about my approach. Hopefully, I'll spark interest in the story, and you'll get to see some sample pages!

Be sure to check out my entry to the CG Hub Drawing Jam # 24!! There's lots of great stuff from artist there!

Bis Spater!

Some more for the Cold

2010-01-13T04:47:00.000-08:00

(First Attempt 2008)
Goddess of the Crescent Moon (2010)- By: Christopher Taylor
Wind from Behind ya! - By: Christopher Taylor

Just some more color work practice.

Upgrading for the New Year

2010-01-05T07:49:00.000-08:00

Winding up for the Kick- By: Christopher Taylor
Cute Wave- By: Christopher Taylor

Just some color practice for today. Bis spater!

Merry Belated Christmas to all, and Happy Silvester!

2009-12-29T02:35:00.000-08:00

Distant Love (Working Title) Comic Cover- By:Christopher Taylor
Pirate Girl- By: Christopher Taylor
Jingle Bells- By: Christopher Taylor

Been working hard and hardly working. Got three comics I'm currently drawing for now and trying to get them all into submission ready by the middle of January. Looking forward towards new opportunities for the new year. Till then, look out for more work soon!

Yearly traditions rock!

2009-11-29T10:10:00.001-08:00

He's still got it - 2009- By: Christopher Taylor
He's still got it -2007/8- By:Christopher Taylor
He's still got it -2006- By: Christopher Taylor

Just finished the yearly installment of the "He's still got it" series for Sonic the Hedgehog. Every year I've gone and done a new version of the same picture, and here goes to the 2009 year. I finished this one actually on LIVESTREAM today. You can see the process in the "On Demand" section.

Otherwise, I'll have some other updates soon!

Peash!

Results from this weekend's Art Show

2009-11-23T07:00:00.000-08:00

There were quite a few people there that went around looking at all the hanging art work, but I had a small area on a table in one of the back rooms. When I got my first customer, more kept coming, and I'm pretty thankful to her for getting the word out that I'm doing this Sketches. But take a look. I had fun doing them. Thanks to everyone that bought a sketch!

Ode to a Livestream

2009-11-21T10:35:00.001-08:00

Kicking off my new livestream account by coloring this piece now!

http://www.livestream.com/sketchfro

ART SHOW TOMORROW

2009-11-21T06:24:00.001-08:00

Well tomorrow at the Inlingua Center for Language there will be a art show and I'm gonna set up for "bust" illustrations there. 5Euro for a drawing. I know most my readers are non-euro however if you stop by this, hope to see you there!

Another Test Color Update

2009-11-08T07:41:00.000-08:00

Zurich and Goddess Candidate Annett- By: Christopher Taylor

Well, I've been working on some more coloring practice based on Zatransis from Deviantart. So I though I'd update and post it here. I'm totally in the ARK feeling again.

I'm still kickin'

2009-11-03T10:08:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!
Happy Belated Halloween!!

Happy Hal-Luigi!!! - By: Christopher Taylor

It's been a while since I posted anything here. Its been a rough couple of months. I've got myself a job that is helping with the bills and life. Now I need to get the motivation back to continue drawing and working hard on all those side projects that I've been wanting to hit. Until then I've been practicing with the coloring style of a fellow Deviantart artist by the name of Zatransis . He has a livestream and I've been checking out his coloring style for a while now. Finally got some illustrations "COLOR PRIMED" for some practice work. Quite a interesting work flow, and made my work come out quite interesting. Definitely will stick with it for a while, but will change and adjust some things as I see fit. I'll get back with some sketches after my looooooooong day tomorrow!
Goddess Candidate Bianca - By: Christopher Taylor
Goddess Candidate Bianca 2 - By: Christopher Taylor

Just a bit of Reflection

2009-09-27T09:46:00.000-07:00

Glenn and the Guardians- By: Christopher Taylor (How I drew back in Junior High)
Glenn - By: Christopher Taylor ( How Glenn was drawn for the Manga and a few years after in 2005 on)
Sample NEO|ARK Page 1 - By: Christopher Taylor (The Direction I'm taking Glenn now)

An Illustrative Itch

2009-08-31T06:57:00.000-07:00

Killed by Exhaustion- By: Christopher Taylor
Ostrich Knight - By: Christopher Taylor
Cyber Knights - By: Christopher Taylor
Murder wrapped in Mystery -By: Christopher Taylor
INK-Innocent Devil Theory- Obake Fanart - By: Christopher Taylor
Original Character and Story: Cailon Earl
Der Traumhund - By: Christopher Taylor
Girl with the 1000 Crow Sword and Frog- By: Christopher Taylor
1000 Crow Sword Vs. Snaern - By: Christopher Taylor
The Girl with the 1000 Crow Sword - By: Christopher Taylor
The Girl With the 1000 Crow Sword (Colored) - By: Christopher Taylor

GAMESCON 2009

2009-08-21T14:35:00.000-07:00

I'll be attending tomorrow! Latrz! I know not many of you are from Germany or in the area, but if anyones attending, hope to spot you!

GamesCon Online

Just a Quickie! With Pictures

2009-08-18T12:55:00.000-07:00

Goblin Merchant and Daughter -By: Christopher Taylor
Good and Evil Goddesses - By: Christopher Taylor
Goddess Candidate Bianca - By: Christopher Taylor
Zurich and Annet - By: Christohper Taylor

Wolverine and Random Persons - By: Christopher Taylor
The Hitchhiker - By: Christopher Taylor
Rindog - By: Christopher Taylor

Rindog Vs. Godzilla (Request from Friend) - By: Christopher TaylorWave - By: Christopher Taylor

Just throwing some of my recent work together again. Getting ready for GamersCon this weekend and preparing for reorganizing our apartment. I'm spent.

Busy like a second letter of the alphabet!

2009-08-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

Character Illustrations- By: Christopher Taylor
Train Sketches - By: Christopher Taylor
The Samurai- By: Christopher Taylor
WAVE ~Terror of the Sea- By: Christopher Taylor
Piano Key Girl- By: Christopher Taylor

Haven't been able to post in a while. I've been running around trying to hold onto jobs, get new ones and train for other ones. Lots of sketching has been done and this time I'm gonna try to post on DA as well as here. But for now I'll throw up some stuff that I've worked on and when I get some time later in the week...post up some more!

Testing the System

2009-07-27T04:39:00.000-07:00

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Quality! Quantity! And for Free please!

2009-07-18T03:23:00.000-07:00

I've been pretty held up this month, unfortunately its more because I've been losing jobs then finishing them. Freelance is hard and for this entry I'd like to share two of my freelance stories that took a wrong turn. Maybe someone will read it and learn from my experiences, or maybe it'll be a good laugh or two. Whatever the case, I hope those doing freelance can see this and take something away from it.

For the time being we shall refer to the person(s) dealt with each project as Client "X".

Project :Waterboy

This was one of the most difficult projects I've dealt with because of a few problems, Communication and not being able to properly identify what is wanted. I first dealt with Client "X" on a earlier project helping to identify the look for the characters for a project they were going to pitch to a company for Educational Products. My first rough drafts are as follows:

Client "X" originally was ok with these sketches and had asked me to create a final character sheet for each. (What was chosen on the bottom page was the boy to the top left and the water sprite to the bottom right). So I went ahead and designed and colored the character sheets for the three.

Client "X" was happy with the designs and was preparing to send payment. But when 3 weeks past and no payment was dropped into my inbox for Paypal, I started to get a bit worried. (That and there was a post about Client "X" on Deviantart about not paying previously hired artist..a long forum post...It was kinda scary to think it might happen to me. So through Paypal, becuase they let you do so, I sent Client "X" a bill for the work done. (There was also a illustration that I worked on too). Two days later I recieved a email from Client "X" and they were furious. When dealing with work I tend not to ever use "!" at all or even "GIANT TEXT" unless explaining a story, talking to a client that happens to be a friend and can understand humor withing exaggerated text. Otherwise its always seen as offensive to me. So I told him through email that there is no need to shout or be offensive. I'm willing to listen or hear out whatever your problems are. So he stated them...or it. "The waterboy (the small sprite made of water) doesn't look like water. He looks like fire! Make him look like water!" I sat for a few hours pondering this. My girlfriend later told me that I should round him out more. So I did. I edited the character sheet and the illustration to make him appear as this:

He was accepted and payment was sent. However this is not the end of this story. Months later I recieved a email from Client "X" again, stating that they got the project approved and are happy to offer me a chance to help out with the main artwork. I agreed because if the idea was aproved that ment that I didn't have to spend hours reworking things that I already did right? Wrong. After my approval email, Client "X" emailed me back and stated that the first thing needing to be done is Making the Waterboy "look more like water". I had to stop myself from throwing me out of my chair. It was back to the drawing boards for me and the little Waterboy. So, I ran water in my sink for a few minutes....while washing my face, (I'm no waster of water haha!) and dove back into the re-creation of this character. I came up with these:

Quite an improvement if you ask me...but thats just me. I sent these in to Client "X" and he picked out the one towards the bottom to finalize. So I brought it into Photoshop and added colors and a bit if edits and you have what you see here below:

I sent this in and crossed my fingers it would all be over. However...it wasn't. I got a email back from Client "X". "It doesn't look like water". There was a explaination on how there should be more water drop added and more flowing and less of a defined shape, so back to Photoshop, some more edits later and I had this:

The previous one behind it to show what changes had been made. I sent it in and again sweezed my thumbs and crossed my fingers and sure enough, there was a new email from Client "X". The line that I hated to hear was placed with care in the top of the email. "I still doesn't look like water." This project has just elevated to the level of frustrating. I was told that water should be more clear and less blue looking. I understood what he ment, but when I wrote him and asked should I just morph a actual photo of water for use, he said no and to just edit my character as it is. He also didn't like the faces and told me to change that as well.

These concepts were created. And I though it would be the end of it all. Its been 2 or 3 motths in time from the oringinal sketches and I prayed this would end it...It didn't. Besides the battle to protect work being stolen from me, Client "X" again felt that this "didn't look like water." (Normally with all clients I never realease work without a watermark unless it has been paid for. This client had threatened not to pay unless I take the watermarks off. Long story for another day). At this point I was very upset working with this client and sought a end to this. So I sent him a link to SKYPE and told him that after he downloads, installs and creates a account, to send me a IM/call and over webcam we will create this character right then and there, even if it takes the whole day. He accepted and the next day, I recieved a Skype call from Client "X". With my webcamera on, I awaited him with a sheet of paper in front of me and the camera pointed directly at it. We spent 2 hours discussing how the character needs to look, what he wants, what he likes, what he doesn't like.

After designing and adding color in Photoshop, this is what I came up with. Client "X" liked it, except that "it still doesn't look like water." He asked to have a BG with it so it'll look more like its from a water sorce. So, I adjusted colors....

The top one was accepted. And the project was finally finsihed...for me. After all that Client "X" decided to go with another artist. So...after all this work I recieved...nothing.

Project: Game Images

This project was a bit more current. BG images for a game. I always like to dip my hands into things I'm not totally experienced with. But I wanna be the best artist I can so I give it my best. Client "X" asked for some sample BG's created to see what I would created. Based from his rough ideas and from images online I created these sketches:

Client "X" liked the sketches and asked that I finish with them. So, I brought them into photoshop and re-inked, added color and presented him with these two images:

I recieved a email the next day from Client "X". He stated he was sorry because " he could not accept these BG because he needs quality images and nothing else." I was a bit taken back, because he looked at my gallery of work, and he knew what kind work I would produce for him. So I wrote him back asking to define what "quality" was to him. He did, and he told me to refer back to his rough ideas. The word "Quality" as defined in the dictionary is:

–noun

1.	an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.

2.	character or nature, as belonging to or distinguishing a thing: the quality of a sound.

3.	character with respect to fineness, or grade of excellence: food of poor quality; silks of fine quality.

4.	high grade; superiority; excellence: wood grain of quality.

5.	a personality or character trait: kindness is one of her many good qualities.

6.	native excellence or superiority.

7.	an accomplishment or attainment.

8.	good or high social position: a man of quality.

9.	the superiority or distinction associated with high social position.

10.	Acoustics. the texture of a tone, dependent on its overtone content, that distinguishes it from others of the same pitch and loudness.

11.	Phonetics. the tonal color, or timbre, that characterizes a particular vowel sound.

12.	Logic. the character of a proposition as affirmative or negative.

13.	Thermodynamics. the proportion or percentage of vapor in a mixture of liquid and vapor, as wet steam.

14.	social status or position.

15.	a person of high social position: He's quality, that one is.

–adjective

16.	of or having superior quality: quality paper.

17.	producing or providing products or services of high quality or merit: a quality publisher.

18.	of or occupying high social status: a quality family.

19.	marked by a concentrated expenditure of involvement, concern, or commitment: Counselors are urging that working parents try to spend more quality time with their children.

The word "Realistic" as defined in the dictionary is:

–adjective

1.	interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.

2.	pertaining to, characterized by, or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are: a realistic novel.

3.	resembling or simulating real life: a duck hunter skilled at making realistic decoys.

4.	Philosophy. of or pertaining to realists or realism.

(Both are taken from www.dictionary.com)

Client "X" stated QUALITY and wanted REALISM. Now, I'm not the best at realistic illustration, but because whenever there is a first disagreement between me and a client, I'll fix it without holding it against them. (I.E. extra payment for them forgetting to tell me something essental towards the creation of this project, also meaning something they just forgot which then makes more time for me to go back and fix it) So, I went into the 'shop, and spent a good day on remaking the BG. I came up with this.

Client "X" responded later the next day as not being too happy with it. Again telling me that it needs to be high quallity, and wanting some things changed because it doesn't look right. So I did.

Client "X" still wasn't happy. Certain things doesn't look right, and its just not high quality. So, at this point, I take the same approach with the previous client, and ask him to download Skype if he doesnt already have it and IM me when he is active online.

So I believe it was a few day after that email that I got a IM from him. I didn't have a microphone currently because someone was using it, and so everything was recorded via IM. As I stated before, I never use "!" or "BIG TEXT" because to me this shows shouting, and is very rude in dealing with clients. But the majority of this IM conversation, Client "X" in every line sent to me had "!" and use one or many "BIG TEXT". At one point, I had asked him not to use those because I find it offencive and is totally unnessesary for this converstation because I'm trying to hear him out. However it continued, all up untill the point where he told me that the work that I've sent him aren't quality enough for him. This offended me as a artist because I worked my butt off to draw everything sent to him, and I told him so. The "online yelling" (I guess thats the best way to sum it up) continued and after a while he told me that he had 5 other artist waiting to jump in on this project. I felt it was then necessary to end this project with him, because he obviously will never feel like anything I give him is quallity work, and with that, I ended the contract with Client "X" and asked him to please find a new artist because we would not see eye to eye, ever after talking about it online together. So, another project for nothing, yet I jump back onto the PC and look for more offers out in the world. Just my luck, another day in the world of Freelancing.

Don't sell yourself short. Someone out there can apprechiate your work for you.

Developing a New Story!! Part 3!! Working the Script!

2009-06-24T04:43:00.000-07:00

Animal Love (Chibi style Tomich the frog, Sallies the Cat) and The Light Wolf - By: Christopher Taylor
Some Random Sketching (and my hatred towards my not working xbox) - By: Christopher Taylor
In the heat of the first Battle ( Kyle and Persephone) - By: Christopher Taylor
Cute little Persphone - By: Christopher Taylor
Kyle- The Protagonist - By: Christopher Taylor

So, round 3 update!

The script for the first chapter is halfway finished, and now I've been playing with illustrating the characters in different poses. The relationship between Kyle and Persephone I haven't decided on yet, tho I'm sure that with time it will come to me. Anyways, enjoy some more work on the story and some random sketchings!

Keep you updated!

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So, die dritter Runde!

Die Document fur die ester kapital ist halb fertig, und jetzt mache ich Skizze mit die Charakteren im viel poses. Die Verwandtschaft zwischen Kyle und Persphone habe ich nicht ein Entscheidung gemacht, aber mit zeit, ich weiss das werde zu mir kommen. Naja, ich hoffe meine Skizze gefallst dir!

Bis Dann!

Developing a New Story Part 2!! More Designs

2009-06-12T13:40:00.001-07:00

So, more development in the story to come. Here are three of the characters from the face portraits together. They all will be shown in the beginning together. Some minor changes from the previous stages are shown here but now you can see how these three really stand next to each other. Also NAMES! From left to right we have, Gary, Clarie and Persephone and....For the girl you'll have to wait on some more development sketches!

Ahh, now we come to my weakness, landscape and BG development. I've gone and taken reference from various houses and landscapes hit by F4's and F3's. What does that mean? Its a vital part of this story to be. You'll also see here that some vehicals were concepted, and there's alot of important lingo for me here too.And here...this is the Main Character, Kyle with what is a F4 behind him...now do you get what I'm trying to do here?

This story is set to be a Manga-esk style Sci-fi Fantasy about this man's battle....againsts Mother Natures strongest force.

Look out everyone, because the script is IN DEVELOPMENT NOW!! Wish me luck on a interesting tale of Man vs. Nature!

Developing A new story! (One I've been waiting on)

2009-06-09T02:21:00.000-07:00

This is the initial concept page. After discussing it with one of my friends, a good German writer and story teller, I created concepts for a small pair that will initiate the story. You can see that I have idea of the body types for both characters thought out, and now I’m playing with the look of the two. During concept of the story, I had told my friend that if I create a realistic story feel, I wanted a male lead, and with the cartoonish I wanted a female lead. So he had suggested a Male backup for the female role. UPON FURTHER THINKING OF THE STORY AND CONCEPT, I decided that Cartoonish was not the right path for the story’s world, and changed to a more realistic feel for the characters and world. I mentioned earlier that depending on the style of the world, the Main character would be either male or female, and that stayed true. The Main Character is now a male and the female is a secondary MC in the story with ties to him. Here I began working on how the faces would look by borrowing feature from other characters that I could imagine playing the same roles in my story. What comes from this is seeing what I like and don’t like, so that I can move onto rough-ing out what will become the first draft of the first appearing characters in the story.This is the first body shot of the Main Character. This was created in order to confirm my drawings with my ideas. Being able to see the figure in your head running, moving, and whatever else you imagine helps out so much. You can see that he has some similar elements to the first conepted girl from above. You can also see that I shortened the girls pony tails. I didn’t like the long lenght and thought shorter would suit her character more.

The first Face portraits without reference. This takes all the elements I liked about the previous designs and really shows me what I can and cannot do with the character. From here these faces will be used to reference for the final designs. Also, the character can be given names now. I’ve developed them to a point where I can put them into a scene and can see them react to it without influence from my own personal life.

You’ll also see that two more characters have appeared. Maybe all will have strong roles in the story to come.

There is also a small Height Comparison. Just to give me a idea of how each person stands next to each other, and also shows me when beginning a character that starts next to another, where their heads will begin. You’ll see all four have circles drawn where their heads are.

Finalized Character Head Sketches! Get used to this because this is the appearance of the four character in the story, and how most other characters style will be. Now that the face are final, I can begin thinking about how other people will look, the world, and most importantly, what kind of clothes will these characters have! Exactly what is shown here. These three now have their body types and clothing drawn out for the first chapter of the story! Of course I will draw them again when props have been decided, but for now I can take these characters and fully diverse them into the world within my head without any roadblocks!

This is my design process that takes from a week to maybe months depending on the characters and style. Take a look and let me know what you think.