I have a new comic that I’ve been developing for the past couple months and although I have six months of scripts written and ready to go, there’s been one roadblock that has prevented me from putting a single pencil to panel, and that is Winston. Meet Winston everyone, or the several variations of him that I’ve drawn.
Why is he a roadblock? Well, he’s the main character, and in my head I have a particular look for him. That look is not translating once pencil hits paper. *bangs head against table* This character has a “voice of reason” type personality and is the sanity amongst the insane characters that will be around him. He is my grounding point in my comic, and therefore, it’s pretty important that I get the look right. He’s also the very first character you see in the comic, and for some reason I’m not nailing his look, and it’s irritating.
I have a handful of supporting characters that I banged out almost immediately. Concept sketch to final, boom, done. Winston has taken several iterations, and I’m only just starting to get a glimpse of what I’m seeing in my head. This is not an unusual thing to happen, every artist goes through this. You sometimes have to draw 100 versions to find the right one. Apparently Winston is getting back at me for the hell I’m about to unleash on him in the comic… it’s almost as if he knows it’s coming, so he’s stalling…or…something.
Of all the characters I’ve conceived in the past six years, Winston has been the most difficult to nail down. If this takes much longer, I may very well put a bag on his head in the first several episodes until I can find the look. So suck it up Winston, you are going to be in this comic whether you like it or not!
Thanks for reading!
Todd
Edit: ….just hours after posting this article, I -may- have found Winston’s look, or at least it’s much closer than what I’ve done previously. Not posting image yet till I decide for sure, lol.