After this is all over, I’m totally going to be drawing comics!
This morning, I renewed my love and passion for silly, off-the-wall humor in the form of those ever-wonderful meme posts on Deviant Art. The imagination, spontaneity, and expressiveness never fail to hit the right spot!
I’m planning a short (12-strip?) 4-panel comic series. Here’s a brief rundown of the concept:
This is the everyday life of three Bostonians: Elysia, Lamia, and a yet-unnamed barista.
Elysia – 22 years old, conservatory student at NEC doing a masters in cello. Likes: classical music, cooking, crafts, shopping, coffee, and tennis. Ht: 5′ 5″. Personality: bright and cheerful, but likes deviancy. Physical: long bown-blonde hair, usually in a messy bun, two piercings per ear. Has a tattoo but if you’re a decent person you haven’t seen it yet. Likes to wear loose-fitting tunics and tank-tops, tights or skirts, sandals or sneakers. Named after: the Champs-Elyse’es, of course.
Lamia – 23 years old, medical student at HMS. Likes: disgusting surgeries, fucking with people’s minds, video games, eating, beautiful women, tea, piano, running. Ht: 5′ 7″. Personality: intellectual, tactless, witty, and just plain weird. Physical: short brown-black hair, no piercings but has a headband with anthers (?) on it. Likes to wear dressier t-shirts, jeans, and heels. Named after: the Greek flautist/courtesan.
No name yet dude – 24 years old, works at the coffee shop (I’ll pick one eventually). Trying to get his rock band off the ground. Likes: indie music, horror movies, poetry, baking, reading, and backyard/garage science (like Mythbusters crap). Ht: 5′ 10″. Personality: You know that kind of guy … friendly, excitable, juvenile at heart, somewhat of a chance he’s gay but he isn’t (he loves Lamia, who incidentally is gay). Physical: short brown hair, a little bit of stubble but no nose-hair thank God. Likes to wear dress shirts over band t-shirts and straight-legged jeans.
Character Design Sheet
There’s a love triangle, of course! Elysia loves the coffee shop dude, the coffee shop dude loves Lamia, and Lamia loves Elysia! But don’t expect deep, meaningful relationships. It’s a gag comic!
Study plan for the next two days:
Today – go through as many practice questions as possible
Tomorrow – very few practice questions, focusing on going through the entire book and making sure that I remember things.
Elysia says:
Hey, my name is Elysia! This looks like it would have been cute, but it appears you’ve abandoned it. That’s a shame. :(
September 14, 2012, 3:20 pm