I’m
pretty much investing all of my drawing time, thinking time, agonising-over-details
time in the Sharp Edges project now. I haven’t had much time to spend on it of
late which is frustrating but by way of an update, here are a few head shot sketches of 3 of the main
characters:
The old
hand, expert’s expert and purveyor of wisdom, Lucas:
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The ideas
man, analyst, methodical gambler, Rubiks:
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The young
gun, the natural, sometimes guilty of too much gamble, JB:
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These are
preliminary sketches, the looks may be tweaked here and there as I work on
further character sketches but this is the foundation on which they will be
based. They are all based on real people in different ways – for example, Lucas
is firmly based on 2 specific people. JB is based on an amalgamation of several
people in terms of his personality, however, his appearance is based on one of
those people in particular. Similarly, Rubiks is based on a few different
people in terms of personality traits but quite specifically on one person in
terms of appearance - This “grounded in reality” approach is the basis on which
I am designing all the prominent characters and perpetuates the theme of
authenticity I’m trying to incorporate in every aspect of this project.
I feel I
should mention that I’ve been granted permission by all the “models” (I use
that term in a very broad sense here) to borrow from their likenesses for the
project. They will also be getting original artwork of the character based on their likeness as a small token of my appreciation.
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