Jan. 5th, 2025 08:29 pm
Last Century
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thepenmonsterAn old friend was cleaning up his basement and in a dusty corner he found a folder. Inside was an assortment of art from the 1990s.
This guy is the only half original one of the character designs I'm about to share. I did a romance comic and he was the supporting character/ enabler. He was the only person in the comic with a remotely stable adult relationship.
The rest of these were all drawn n a haze of geeky fandom. Derivative. I spent decades trying to put comfortable distance between myself and these retreads of other people's ideas.
So we were ripping off Dragonball Z back in the 1990s. It's part of the reason why I lack interest in just about every action anime & manga folks go nutty for these days. Been there, done that.
Or maybe I just grew out of it?
No memory of these. I assume they were TTRPG characters I drew for other people but they could be anything.
Ooo! A giant sword. How original! Even 30 years ago that was played out.
I still write comic scripts this way. It works for me but it means a lot of wasted paper when I decide it needs a rewrite... or binning.
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Looking at these I will say that I feel energised to finish up the ll digital comic I'm currently drawing an get back to ink on paper.
This guy is the only half original one of the character designs I'm about to share. I did a romance comic and he was the supporting character/ enabler. He was the only person in the comic with a remotely stable adult relationship.
The rest of these were all drawn n a haze of geeky fandom. Derivative. I spent decades trying to put comfortable distance between myself and these retreads of other people's ideas.
So we were ripping off Dragonball Z back in the 1990s. It's part of the reason why I lack interest in just about every action anime & manga folks go nutty for these days. Been there, done that.
Or maybe I just grew out of it?
No memory of these. I assume they were TTRPG characters I drew for other people but they could be anything.
Ooo! A giant sword. How original! Even 30 years ago that was played out.
I still write comic scripts this way. It works for me but it means a lot of wasted paper when I decide it needs a rewrite... or binning.
______
Looking at these I will say that I feel energised to finish up the ll digital comic I'm currently drawing an get back to ink on paper.
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