Recently, I've been into drawing gargoyles. Not really sure why; I have story ideas for them in my head, but I'm not sure I'll ever actually carry them out. But one day last week I ended up drawing this big guy—a little too tall and furry to be a gargoyle, I think—not the right body shape and not a weird enough face.
He intrigued me, so I tried a completely different expression in the next picture:
Why does he look so uncomfortable? I decided this is why:
A friend of mine was looking over my shoulder and asked what the monster's name is. I didn't know, so I said Scott. That's going to change, but for now, it's a placeholder name. Scott.
Scott started showing up in my other notes:
I still have a lot of questions about Scott. What kind of world does he live in? Is he the only monster in a world of humans, or is the girl the only human in a world of monsters? Or does their world have both humans and monsters? I am beginning to like that last idea best.
There's a dog now. The monster can talk to both humans and dogs.
Was he ever human? If so, is his predicament normal? Did he get stuck? Had he transformed before? What happened to make him get stuck? Can the girl change shape too? What size is Scott's head?! (This is probably my biggest proportion issue; I know I have many other proportion issues too.)
I've decided the girl is going to get a HUGE makeover, as soon as Scott's look is more well-defined. She looks a little too familiar for comfort. Also, she has a brother. But I don't know what pseudo-culture they live in. If it's vaguely European, her brother might be a butcher (and Scott might go hunting for him). But I'm kindof thinking this might actually be better set in a pseudo-ancient American situation—oooh, or the Old West!? I haven't done anything with the Old West in forEVER. Or there's always space, but for some reason I just don't see Scott in a spacesuit. I have to play around with his setting so I can get him some more friends.
Anyway, this is probably not the last you'll see of Scott. He's getting pretty persistent, so I'm going to be spending some more time with him and fleshing out his world. And the size of his head relative to his body. And other such important things.
Lol, Scott is a cool dude. But why do you have so much time to draw in your notes?! :-p
ReplyDeleteMy grad school notes are drawing-free, probably because I am a very slow artist, but also because I am always in an intense focus to keep up with the material of my classes!
I agree that I do not see Scott in a spacesuit. But I think he has already been named - how could you change his name now?