A quickly thrown together progression chart of Sharp's development. The earliest versions bear little resemblance to what I will eventually use but that's the way of things, right? The armor is really what carries through. All I can say is; never throw away those sketchbooks. You never know what will be useful down the road.

There are a couple of iterations missing but this is the current 'timeline' of development for my comic, "Delve Deep." Perhaps I've been pouring too much energy into this thing. On the other hand, I'm happiest with the current version of the character style and design. Considering the original drawing of Sharp came to me in one sketch, I've had a hell of a time beating this thin into something more solid. Now I have to hope that the work will be worth it.

This one's out of order. Should go before the last one.

One more...

One more for today. There would have been more but I went out to be social.

Another panel update or two.

Finished the panels, adding the Benny one. Huh. Ponder ponder.

So, yet another version of this image. A friend commented about the last one, suggesting a sparser style so the images would read better in smaller sizes. Herge's name was mentioned so I took the suggestion and did this. Can't leave well enough alone.

Sample panel of the comic in the new style and a morning warm up drawing of Crawford with another ensemble yanked from an old Our Gang photo. Great period costumes there.

Couple of quick and dirties. First is that same pose I had Sharp in when I was playing with styles a couple of days ago. I have to admit that I've drawn that same damned pose about four times between that version and this one. For some reason, the first image I did of the new Sharp worked well and every other one I did sucked. So I've been really trying to get my head wrapped around what I want to do. Benny, on the other hand, came together just fine which is what happened when I designed the character as a human a few years ago. Came out in one sketch, pretty much finished. The other one is just a warmup sketch of Crawford. I used some visual reference from some old Our Gang photos. There's some nifty costume stuff there.

And here's today's version. I think that the versions from yesterday just weren't me, easy and fun though they were to draw (I have six pages of sketches in that style). This one's a bit more hare-ish, which is something I like. Again, something I enjoyed drawing though I worry about it's appeal. It's a hard edge to balance; wanting to succeed and wanting to enjoy what I'm doing. EDIT: And here's Benny in the same style.

Morning warmup. I was looking through a nifty book I have on Tezuka and one thing led to another. I second guess myself a lot and now wonder if a change, a drastic change in style isn’t in order. Yes, this project is likely more commercially oriented than anything else I’ve done and why not? I hate retail and I’ve been here too long. So, yah. Pondering and sketching.