Okay guys, I’m serious about this. I am going to teach myself cartooning. So if you like these, share them — the more eyes I have on this stuff, the more I’ll be driven to improve.

I love moving backwards through the archives of comics I respect and watching the skill and style devolve — it really shows how far the artist has come. I hope to look back at these comics the same way, marveling at how bad I used to be. But for now this is what you get.

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A few of these doodles really capture the essence of this character. Others aren’t really on point at all. But that’s the point of sketching! It doesn’t have to be perfect — in fact, it shouldn’t be, because then it allows you room to develop and grow.

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Next week: comics!