Concept art dump: Development of Azazel/Ling (Patreon)

I've posted most of the these before quite a while ago, but I thought it would be fun to compile the concept art journey I go through for a lot of my characters. I've chosen Ling here because she's probably the character I drew the most before actually putting in the comic.

Part of that is about getting the design just right, but another element is that I find I don't really understand a character until I've drawn them quite a bit. Her story was mostly in my script, but her personality didn't really gel until after I drew her so much. It's a fun process, if time-consuming.

Above are most of the concept sketches that led to her introduction in Dark Science, with the images posted chronologically. I think you can see the broad strokes of Ling's character taking shape as I went on.