Gibson Girl Roughs (1-16) (Patreon)

Most of you probably know the drill at this point but here they are. Sloppy as ever. I want to finalize some character designs before I fully jump in, but I'd like to flout some Gibson Girl convention and have one of them be a redhead (maybe even strawberry blondish?). 

Even though it's in black and white, drawing one with lighter colored hair will come through in the line quality and also will give me a way to keep them visually  separated from one another when they get tangled. To me a lot of the concerns of character designs orient around visual clarity. There's certainly storytelling in a design, but I feel like I'm at my best bringing that through in the way I animate or pose the characters on a page, rather than in their clothing. 

Besides, most people today--myself included, wouldn't be able to tell the difference between an Edwardian dandy and an Edwardian schlub, just by their outfit alone. We're just not costume literate in that way.

So far I got a lot of the things from my wish list of story beats in here. Sex on a chaise lounge, sex while holding an old fashioned telephone, etc. :) What's going to be fun is gradually unravelling their hair over the course of the comic.

♥ Thank you for your support in this comic! I hope to make the process as interesting as I can, so if you have any questions or curiosities along the way, let me know!But then came the Gibson Girls. Not that I'm sad about it, I know I'll return to the Libby x Holly project, but I really should start the year off with something simple, and black and white sounds about as simple as it gets, even if it's getting complicated with Edwardian fashion.

Winton