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Further Iteration

Posted on June 5, 2024 by flyingweaselman

Lots more to share about how Kyra was designed. She got a smooshed face!

I was set on the idea of a tiny character with the large fluffy tail that this design came about. My style was still developing and I wasn’t very happy with this one after I’d finished it. There was a lot of fundamentals that I still needed to learn. I didn’t know how to fix this design.

There are points in my drawing process that I will talk about later on, but the point I want to keep pushing is that you have to keep trying and trying before you get to your final designs; or even your final style for that matter! Even now I know that my style isn’t where I want it to be yet. So all I’ve gotta do is fail faster!

Keep drawing, never stop!

No New Episode Tomorrow

Posted on June 1, 2024 by flyingweaselman

I was being a major doof and procrastinated on doing the artwork.

I’ll only say that a big reason for that is some real world issues I’m currently fixing that are taking a lot of my energy. I’ll spare the details on that unless you ask me for it.

In the mean time, I’ll show you more on the creative process in creating “The Forester”

This was Kyra’s first design when I started sketching her out. As you can see, there’s a lot there that make it into the final design. Her hair shape and ears are starting to get more refined. Her coat takes shape and the belt she wears gets its first iteration. She has that fluffy tail that I really wanted to work. At this stage, I was just happy to get it down onto paper, but it was very, very far off from where my personal tastes lay.

Again, character design is iterative and the more and more you develop ideas and draw the character, you’ll get the result you want!

Designing Kyra

Posted on May 29, 2024 by flyingweaselman

So now we get into fine-tuning Kyra’s design. I found from the test silhouettes that I liked having her with a long coat and belt. She gets her distinctive ears and the cowlick in the middle, called an “ahoge.” The term is Japanese and it loosely translates into “idiot hair.” I prefer using the term the “fool’s cowlick” because it sounds a little less hurtful.

At this stage, she has a great, big, fluffy tail! I wanted her to have a chibi style appearance in this phase. There is an artist on Twitter I used to follow in a personal account I deleted a while back. I wish that I could remember so that I’d give you a link to check them out. Their art was very inpirational to this project.

Kyra is still very rough in her design and in future posts, I’ll show you how different her design was compared to the final design you see currently.

Social Media Hype and Next Design Step

Posted on May 24, 2024 by flyingweaselman

I don’t know why I’ve suddenly become so excited to post on social media. It might be because I’ve finally got my comic launched. A big part of my life is now tangible! I’m super excited to share it with everyone and especially to make new friends!

Here’s another part of the design process I took to draw Kyra. Once I figured out the type of silhouette I liked, it was time to narrow down some details. I remember how I used to be so in love with having a fluffy tail on her.

Some of My Process

Posted on May 21, 2024 by flyingweaselman

Designing a character is very much a “fuck around and find out” sort of a process. You have to iterate as much as possible. One of my college professors would always push the mantra “Fail faster!” to encourage us to draw as much as possible until we find the right one.

Well, Kyra started out way different than she did today. Here’s the first bit of exploratory drawing and silhouettes I went through to design her.

Ah, yes, “triangle with hat.” It’s gotta be one of my favorite genders. haha!

Finally Launching

Posted on May 17, 2024 by flyingweaselman

I can’t believe that I’ve finally made three episodes of The Forester! It’s been a wild journey learning about comic creation, discovering my own style, and learning how to improve my art skills.

I’m planning on making the episodes be shorter than the you’ve seen in the first three. This is so that I can deliver a regular weekly upload schedule instead of one episode taking me almost two months to create! I know how the internet is and if I don’t feed you readers regular stuff each week, I can kiss my dreams of making this a full-time gig goodbye.

Thank you for reading The Forester!