Hello Steemit, I wanted to show you some of the beginning drawings of a recurring character I've drawn. I'm not one for many characters, nor do I tend to create stories to go along with them, but I do love to draw skulls.
This was watercolor on glass. I made it for a print in high school, but ended up liking it on glass better than the actual print. I liked the study on the skull, with the toothy smile. I went further onto my tablet and made a creepy skull-character.
I didn't consider it a character at the time, just a fun thing to draw, but it times of stress I found myself going back to it.
I liked to play with the features, giving it a 3rd eye, extra heads, different fur patterns.
I didn't create it for a story, rather I think I created it to use as an outlet for my emotions. The toothy smile worked like a mask to me, where I could incorporate other things like body language or putting emotion into the rest of the composition. I have many more pictures of this guy to show you, but I think I'll save them for more posts. My favorite deserves it's own post I think.
Thanks for taking a look! Let me know if you've had similar or different experiences as an artist, or if this has spoken to you as a viewer!