A followup to the earlier Illustration Friday topic of "magnify". I've turned it into a bit of a story, scroll down to see the stunning conclusion to The Case of the Very Chewed Shoes (dundundun!)

I like this kid, he's turning into a cross between Indiana Jones and Sam Spade. I haven't named him yet - any suggestions?

Magnify

Here's my submission for Illustration Friday's topic of "magnify". I did it as a promotional piece, and ended up creating a story around it as you can gleam from the concept sketches I've included.

The sketches are done with Col-Erase pencils. I got this from my animation friends who seem to always use the blue ones (I think if they use anything else they get kicked out of the club). I like them because I can start the sketch with a lighter colour and refine it with subsequently darker colours. This is good for me because my first attempts almost always suck so I save both paper, and the time it would take to start from zero. Hooray!