Con Artist - Original Designs (Patreon)

My entire home is in boxes at the moment. I'm moving this upcoming weekend. So I'm revisiting some older sketches with more context now that the comic is 30+ pages in. 

These were some sample sketches I did as I tried to fill out the world around Ken/Gwen. 

Friend 1 was supposed to be antagonist or annoyance Print Wall Steve. As I was developing the story more and more, I ended up swapping some of his look with an early look for Ken. 

Part of the reason is that I was getting more of an idea of who Steve was and this friendly bald fella was more inline who with I had in mind for Ken, and Steve was getting more slimy and 'professional'. So it made sense to put Ken in a t-shirt and Steve in a dress shirt or a polo. 

Also as for Ken's transition, I could see Ken feeling self conscious on their lack of hair keeping them being taken seriously as a woman. Feeding their anxiety and wanting Kalya to cast her spell. 

Friend #3 was an early design for Kayla. I like a nice undercut. Feels so good.  But I think as it became soooooo common for any kinda edgy girl to have an undercut, I opted for the pompadour. A look that I'm also quite fond of, as I lean into my rockabetty preferences. 

Some of Friend #2 also went into Steve with the nose and chin shirt. Friend #4 really didn't go anywhere. 

At this point in development, Tiffany wasn't really a character .