DESIGNS AHOY: 2009-ish exploratory sketches, pt.10! (THE END, BTW.) (Patreon)

Here are the last of the (many) exploratory design sketches I did back circa 2009 for an ultimately abortive project related to the SSX snowboarding videogame series. At this (very) early point in said project's development, I was just playing around with various potential approaches to the game's familiar cast; the project was cancelled long before I ever figured out a final take on any of the characters.

Still, I had a surprising amount of fun playing around with varied character design work for a few weeks, which is something I'd never done on a sustained basis before (or since, TBH).

Next up today are the final bunch of sketches for this sadly doomed project, featuring "alternative AF" character Zoe. This isn't the last you'll see of the SSX cast, though, as down the road, I'll likely do a series of Work Stages posts for the illustrations that Ryan Kinnaird and I did as bonus content for the SSX3 game.

NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: The somewhat randomized "M/W/F+" posting schedule rolls on, so who knows what the next post might be? (Alas, you won't get the full M/W/F schedule every week of the month unless you're at the $5+ tier or higher; those tiers see at least three additional Distressed Damsel posts per month.)

UPDATE: I was hoping to do a Work Stages post for Empowered vol. 12's truly WTF-riffic back-cover illo today, but haven't finished inking the piece yet. (Oh, well.)