#140characters140days - Half Way!

140 Days!?!?!

I'm so foolish. My goal of drawing 140 different characters in 140 days is a way bigger task than I planned, and I'm constantly falling behind. But will I give up? NO!

...well... probably not.

#140characters140days Weeks 1 & 2

Weeks 1 and 2 of my mission to create 140 character designs in 140 days has gone okay, though I'm already falling behind due to a big deadline coming up.

I want to blog more about my discoveries during this process but that will have to wait until next month when I have more time. In the meantime here's what I've done so far,

My First Picture Book Dummy Part 4 - Character Design

Part 1 - Concept And Inspiration
Part 2 - Writing
Part 3 - Thumbnails
Part 4 - Character Design 
Part 5 - Roughs 
Part 6 - Finals

In preparation for this post I came to the realization that I did a terrible job at designing the characters for my picture book dummy, in the sense that I didn't.
I went back into my folders looking for my rough designs that I assumed that I had done while writing and thumbnailing and came up empty except for this:

My only character design sketches

That's it.

One pass of just the main character.

Impressive isn't it?

The #140characters140days Initiative

My character design is weak. There, I've admitted it. Now... how's yours? Not bad? Could be better? Well let's do something about it.

Starting October 1, 2013 I'll be creating one character design per day for 140 days and tweeting them each day using the hashtag #140characters140days. I'll also post a weekly roundup of my designs right here on my blog.

I'll also be scouring the intertubes for great character design resources and tweeting/posting those as well so we can all grow in our craft.

Please feel free to join in any time and make sure to use the hastag #140characters140days.