Initial Character Designs & A Trip To The Local...

These are the intial character designs for the key protagonist in my piece. At this early stage I am calling him Bootsy, purely for the reason I was listening to Bootsy Collins Rubber Band (some fine ass funk) whilst sketching. This name is subject to change. In aid of keeping these posts light I have only picked out the key stages in the design; those which help to highlight the progression of the character in the most clear and concise manner.



As you can see over these three sketches the character started off a fairly upright and thin character. After popping down my nearest sink hole; the Burton Arms, for a few jars and pondering the local mammals I realised this was far too refined a posture for a drunkard. Therefore his pose became slightly less self supported, in fact it evolved into something of a slouch. However, I still felt he was a touch too lithe for a bumbling old soak. Draft three therefore introduced a slightly more prominent rear and a rather sturdy pot-belly. I also felt the character was not quite anthropomorphised (also known as prosopopeia fact fans) enough at this stage, so I made the tasetful and erudite addition of some soiled human undies to really help Bootsy integrate himself into human society.