My design for the environment came from a photo of a junkyard that I found. I put the work bench and the robot in there as his pal and workspace respectively. I decided on a junkyard shot because I figured that he would have this secret work station that no one knew about in the back of where he lived. A place his parents or others never went to.

As far as the design of the boy, I went with the manga eyes and hair because he like robots and I thought that they sort of went together. I put an old pot on his head as a hat because that is something that I could see a young boy who lived in the junkyard wearing. Not only for style but protection as well. He is holding a wrench because he likes to tinker and wearing overalls because that is also something that I would picture a boy who lived on a junkyard wearing.

Here are some faces with different expressions for the Brent Villian. I wanted him to have that suave old time English look, but be evil and dastardly at the same time.

Here are a few quick drawings of basic shapes. We were getting used to wacom's in class.

Here is my original sketch scan and my .jpg exported from Flash. I present to you the Baker Bandits!

Here are three ideas for the Dillon Character from my book.

These are some different mouth sketches that I have done.

These are some different sketches of eyes that I have done.

These are my sketches from an assignment from one of my textbooks. They are rough sketches for characters that are to star in a western animation.

These are some very rough preliminary sketches of some character ideas that I have been messing around with.

Character 1
Name: Florence or Flo for short
Back story: Flo is an average girl with average skills. She lives a typical boring average life.  One day she is tragically killed, only to be reincarnated as a cute iconic character. She comes to find out that she has not just been reincarnated as an animal or anything; she is a reaper that has to collect the souls of those about to die. She travels around with her reaper boss Frankie who is a tiger to collect the souls of unfortunate people. She lives her life every day while getting assignments from fFrankie on where to be to reap her souls.
Hierarchy: She is a lead character in the beginning and then is reborn as an iconic character

Strengths:
• Average smarts
• Is already dead so she cannot die
• Heals instantly
• Never grows any older
• Can reap your soul
Weaknesses:
• Misses her old life
• Loneliness
• Does not like what she has been chosen to do
• Hates death
Comparisons:
• At first she is sort of an anime girl look to her and after her transformation she is almost like a Happy Tree Friend, very cute and simple.

Character 2
Name: Frankie
Back-story:  Not much is known about Frankie. He was once a man but was reincarnated as a tiger to reap souls like Flo. He is now a boss over his group of reapers, which includes Flo. He has been a reaper for some time and has grown very wise over the many years that he has walked the Earth.
Hierarchy:  Frankie would fall into the simple character category.
Strengths:
• Extremely smart and wise about life and death
• Cannot Die
• Heals extremely fast
• Is a tiger
Weaknesses:
• Ready to move on
• Very sympathetic
• After all the time that has passed, he still misses his family
Comparisons:
• Frankie will be a simple character that gets his point across.

One of my favorite characters is Batman.I still read graphic novels with Batman. It brings me back to my childhood. I also find it very interesting how the many artists who have tackled Batman over the years all have their own looks and takes on the Dark Knight.