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Tue Oct 2, 2007, 8:37 AM
So! It's still not named, but I have written SO MUCH! 10 pages on the world, culture, history, and characters. As well as about three months of two-three page weekly updates. Though I need to do detailed scripting, I've written out the general plot bits, now comes down to the hardcore script hammering. All the characters are set in freakin' stone, hammered out very nicely! Things are tidying up nicely. Still need to put the race's in stone, as well as a general kind of genealogy. Other than that, world specifics are DONE. Next I'm gonna map out the town, draw the more important sites, map out a few places where a few major scenes take place, draw them so I can get better ideas of locations, and how characters would move through teh locations. LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION, fun word. About to start laying out the character designs, and really making them tick. Going to do a six panel character rotation, or a view of my characters from six sides. Fun. Oh baby. Currently there are five characters to do this for. I won't go so detailed for the side characters, two views should suffice. But the most fun thing is......I have trouble with expression. Drawing characters showing expression not only with their face but with their WHOLE BODY.

So here's my leetle project. God knows it will take me forever, but it will be invaluable once I start putting the comic into production. I'm making a facial expression reference sheet for every main character. That's five, happy people. And I'm doing fifty expressions. Why fifty?

I found the coolest thing ever. Seriously. If you draw at all, or are interested in psychology. Look at this. This person is my hero this week. [link] My god.......it's awesome.

So I wrote down many of the expressions thereeeee, as well as some one's that either were amusing to me, or I wanted to try, and voila. My fifty expressions I'm going to do with my character. It's going to be a fantastic exercise for me artistically.

Here they are:
Human Expressions!
1. Neutral
2. Side view
3. Back view
4. Sleeping
5. Eating
6. Happy
7. Smiling
8. Fake smile
9. Blush
10. Embarrassed bad
11. Guilty
12. Tired & Annoyed
13. Drinking
14. Drunk
15. Stoned
16. Sleepy
17. Excited
18. Lustful
19. Hopeful
20. Remembering
21. Gazing at the stars
22. Deep thought
23. Pervish thought
24. Anger
25. Deep rage
26. Shout
27. Sing
28. Spit take
29. Devilish
30. Afraid
31. Worried
32. Caught by surprise
33. Tired but happy
34. Disgusted
35. Beat up
36. Thinkin’, plannin’, plottin’.
37. Crying
38. Bored
39. loving
40. Better than youuuuuuuuu.
41. Pout
42. Depression
43. Laughing REALLY hard
44. Sneer
45. Innocent
46. Frown
47. Skeptical
48. In pain
49. Peaceful
50. Pleasured (gah-rao!)

If you can think of any others, or see any repeats, let me know. I challenge you guys to try it too! :) I intend to do it for five individuals. Four definately, five if I'm crazy ambitious. DO IT! YOU WILL GROW! AS WILL I. LET US GROW TOGETHER.

So. A lot of concept art (far better than the crap I put up last week) will be popping up. Granted I'll only put up stuff that I don't think will spoil plot. I've already got a few fun sketches just detailing the fashion of the world that I think you guys will find interesting.

Holy shit, I am proud of myself. I've blustered for years about makin' comics, but I really never got past half assed character ideas. Not even concepts, and maybe one picture to show for it. I've written so much, planned so much, and with everything I type or draw it goads me further to keep on. This is gonna happen. It may be slow, but I have time over the week days to work on this, and it may REALLY launch after I graduate, but the idea is, within a month or couple of months, I intend to have a functioning sexy webcomic. With maybe a print edition. :3 I am so PROUDZ.

  • Mood: Zeal
  • Listening to: Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Reading: Evolution theories
  • Watching: Heroes
  • Playing: Soul Caliber: 3
  • Eating: Nothin'
  • Drinking: Hot Chocolate

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:iconchoark:
Cool stuff, I'm glad its all coming together. Those emotion things sound fun!

Remember, its not just the face that conveys emotion but hands and body language too! I mean, some people play with there hair when shy, others hide there face, some turn away, some tend to look angry because they're trying to hide it.

Emotion, its what makes us human!
Looking forward to seeing stuff and things on it all. If ever ya need a hand on anything be sure to buzz me!

Keep on trucking ya crazy Texan Lexy!
:iconjesterlex:
I know, that's part of what I'm working on. Most of the time I can kinda get the face to show the right emotion, but the body is robot rigid. I'm mostly going to focus on drawing the upper body showing emotion. It's tough stuff. An hour just to draw my nuetral face so far! ARG! But I'm also in the first few roughing out exactly how I want them to look too, so it's rough.

I'm going to! This will rock!

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The Incredible Lex

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