thepenmonster

An 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.