One of the difficulties that I often find myself running into with Catbeard is a certain “sameness” in the kind of clothing that pirates wore. While you can adjust this for a character’s own personal flair (and I try to), I usually find the best bet I have for making a pirate memorable is his or her face. Here’s a few doodles I did in my Catbeard sketchbook of pirate faces (and one full-body shot that I rather liked), who may or may not show up in the comic.
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THis is awesome. I love seeing this kind of stuff from artists. Thanks for sharing a page from your sketchbook and a bit of what challenges you face when making Catbeard.
Me too. I really should post more progress work.
Yes you should!