Old Character Sketches- Pt 3 (Patreon)

Been a bit slow on making new stuff lately, so here's some more old artwork.

I've taken a number of approaches to designing my characters over the years.

The first Murphy artwork was made as a test to see if I liked this design when it was fully lined and colored. I did not, so I scrapped that idea. He's also not wearing pants, which is very weird. I did eventually use that look for whenever his hood is up, though.

The second drawing was a real sketchy piece done on my phone. Nothing too big or special. I don't draw on my phone anymore though because it hurts and frankly sucks.

The third drawing was a color exercise mostly, I was trying to figure out Mitzi's color scheme back before her design was even finalized. I've always had trouble with color, but now have a much better grasp on what works. Either way, I did this by jumping straight to color without laying any lines down, so it's kinda blobby.

The last sketch is my first basic thumbnail of Zoe. These sketches are really unrefined and super ugly, but this helps me sort of figure out the characters quickly. This is usually how I start any character's design. At this point, Zoe also wore eyewear on her head like Murphy. I didn't know what I was going to make her character be besides "older sibling figure", but then I decided on her being a rollerblader.