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I just finished watching AVENGERS 2: Age of Ultron with friends and what a treat it was from Marvel Studios once again.

I also just finished this! It's fanart of Tracy J. Butler's wonderful web-comic series - Lackadaisy.

You can learn so much from her blogs and all of her illustrations are simply gorgeous.

Check out her stuff via DA account via and support her web-comic and make it continue to go full-time via patreon via Lackadaisy - PatreonI've recently left my job in the game industry so that I could focus more of my time and attention on Lackadaisy. Patreon is my weapon of choice in trying to see this to fruition.
If more Lackadaisy comic updates, illustrations, tutorials, mini-comics, books and other things interests you, please do check it out!

Notes on Character Design
I received the question pictured below at my tumblr blog. In case it's useful to anyone here, I decided to go ahead and use this otherwise dormant journal to share the article I put together in response.
Character design and drawing are tome-sized topics and even if I had all the answers (I don't - I have a lot to learn), I'm not sure I could communicate them effectively. Here are some thoughts an ideas that might help, though.
First, some general things...
- Relax.
Let some of that anxiety go. This isn't a hard science. There's no wrong way,

For some behind the scenes on this fun exercise check out my recent DA journal post via Vodka and Cute Cats Vodka and Cute Cats
I'm almost there...!

Hmm.. But something's missing...
..........
*scribble-scribble*
Oh that's much better!

Drawing cats is a lot of fun!
I've been taking a short break from commissions these past few days whilst workin' on my six shifts in a row at the casino this week. So what better way to use my time in between jobs by improving on my pencil strokes and building confidence on constructing full bodied characters. The theme? Cats!
But it's not just any ordinary bunch of cats. Take a look below to see what I'm up to this week by analysing some quick layouts of certain characters in their poses.

Can you guess who those are? For those who have been watching me, and know my affair with awesome comics of the anthro-cartoon kind, study the expressions and posture, you should

Description
I just finished watching AVENGERS 2: Age of Ultron with friends and what a treat it was from Marvel Studios once again.

I also just finished this! It's fanart of Tracy J. Butler's wonderful web-comic series - Lackadaisy.

You can learn so much from her blogs and all of her illustrations are simply gorgeous.

Check out her stuff via DA account via and support her web-comic and make it continue to go full-time via patreon via Lackadaisy - PatreonI've recently left my job in the game industry so that I could focus more of my time and attention on Lackadaisy. Patreon is my weapon of choice in trying to see this to fruition.
If more Lackadaisy comic updates, illustrations, tutorials, mini-comics, books and other things interests you, please do check it out!

Notes on Character Design
I received the question pictured below at my tumblr blog. In case it's useful to anyone here, I decided to go ahead and use this otherwise dormant journal to share the article I put together in response.
Character design and drawing are tome-sized topics and even if I had all the answers (I don't - I have a lot to learn), I'm not sure I could communicate them effectively. Here are some thoughts an ideas that might help, though.
First, some general things...
- Relax.
Let some of that anxiety go. This isn't a hard science. There's no wrong way,

For some behind the scenes on this fun exercise check out my recent DA journal post via Vodka and Cute Cats Vodka and Cute Cats
I'm almost there...!

Hmm.. But something's missing...
..........
*scribble-scribble*
Oh that's much better!

Drawing cats is a lot of fun!
I've been taking a short break from commissions these past few days whilst workin' on my six shifts in a row at the casino this week. So what better way to use my time in between jobs by improving on my pencil strokes and building confidence on constructing full bodied characters. The theme? Cats!
But it's not just any ordinary bunch of cats. Take a look below to see what I'm up to this week by analysing some quick layouts of certain characters in their poses.

Can you guess who those are? For those who have been watching me, and know my affair with awesome comics of the anthro-cartoon kind, study the expressions and posture, you should