I’m worried I’m getting a little boring lately with the sketches. So here is the mother of the sketch- the thumbnail! I’m currently building a catalog of character art of the Galaxy Girls. My goal is to have 5 poses of each girl– that’s 55 poses in all! So not only do I have to try to keep from being repetetive (how many poses of a girl skating with one leg up can you tolerate??) but I also want to evoke the personality of each girl. The other obstacle I’ve given myself is to make sure each girl has at least 2 poses in motion– which is harder than you think. How do you evoke the attitude of, say, a smarty pants (Uranus) in a skating action pose? How about a self-absorbed singer? A kooky artist?

So anyway, here’s where my thought process begins. I just sit my tush down and start drawing really, really fast. Usually I get 2-3 good poses out of every 20 I draw. Some are rougher, some are cleaner. Some are bigger, some are smaller. It really just depends on my mood.

Click on the image for a larger view. Please. They really do look better big…

Over and out,
Mother Earth