Sketchbook Peek: Thesis Edition

Sketchbook Peek (Part II)

Sketchbook Peek

Take a peek into my sketchbook. Some of these sketches have nothing to do with anything. Some of them are old. Most of them are new. Enjoy.

Thesis

I am in my final year at school, and because of that, I am working on a thesis. (Thesis: it's a big deal.) I'm not ready to share the specifics of it yet, but the short of it is, my thesis is about the celebration of nature. Nature has always been a common subject in my work, and now I am exploring the theme behind it. I decided to stick with a single specific subject for the thesis, the sky

I have taken many photographs of the sky in the last couple years. Here are a few I've taken specifically for use in my thesis.

 

Experiment: Grammar Gestapo (Part II)

Last week, I showed you the Grammar Gestapo herself, the protagonist of my comic of the same name. (I mentioned she was more of an antihero, although after reading this page, I am less convinced that "antihero" is the proper description of her. Since the whole comic is about language and grammar, I will need to look into this further.) Today I'll discuss her sidekick, the Comma Chameleon. Yes, that is the reference. He is a boy of 6-10, who has aspirations to be a novelist when he grows up. I'm not settled on his identity yet, but he is either the Grammar Gestapo's nephew or the younger brother of one of her students. Regardless, the Grammar Gestapo (out of costume) tutors him after school, and he became the Comma Chameleon on his own, possibly despite GG's protests.

I don't know what weapon he'll use yet, either. I want something to represent the chameleon tongue, but yoyos seem overdone. The other thought I had was one of those long sticky-hand toys, but I'm not sure how effect as a weapon it would be. Does it need to be? I suppose it could be a mere annoyance. More research is necessary.

He also represents the beginning of my attempts to incorporate more Western-style comic... um, style, into my work, rather than stay so slavishly devoted to the Eastern-style anime... style. I find him quite cute.

Experiment: Grammar Gestapo

Here's some sketches I've been working on for a future comic. It's called Grammar Gestapo, name for the main character. She is an English teacher who gets sick of all the poor use of the English language going on in the world and adopts a superhero identity to try and solve it. She ends up more of an antihero, though. She wields a tall red correction pen as her weapon. She uses it as a staff to fight with and, once she defeats her opponent, draws corrections on their faces.

And here she is out of costume.

She likes to wear eccentric hats, apparently. It may or may not have been an excuse to draw stupid hats.