Cowardly Lion
Shaenon here. Thought we’d share some random sketches and stuff on Sundays. This was one of the earliest sketches I sent Jeffrey when we started tossing around ideas for Skin Horse. Sweetheart was much more long-muzzled and aquiline in these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I’m still not drawing Sweetheart well here, but I like the way Tip turned out. This was another early sketch I sent to Jeffrey. Because I do most of my sketching in ordinary lined notebooks with ballpoint pen, you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I have no interest in clothes and generally dress my characters in the same T-shirt-and-jeans combos I wear, so I’m not sure why, for Skin Horse, I was suddenly seized with the desire to draw a fashion-conscious cross-dresser. If[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: I wore a men’s trench coat constantly in college, but a stylish women’s cut is better for Tip. And a little hat. If I colored this black, it could be his idea of intimidating Top Secret Government Men in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shaenon: Early on, Jeffrey commented that “Pretty in Pink” by the Psychedelic Furs was a good theme song for Tip, so I doodled this sketch of Tip in an outfit inspired by Molly Ringwald’s clothing in the movie. I draw[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…