My Cartoon with essay

Better late than never as my ol' grampy used to say. Depending on my time management skills I might re-post these looking a bit nicer.


Creating an original character, with its own personality, who is distinguishable, is the first major obstacle in cartoon drawing. There are many worm characters, so to fix this I used an 'unusual' pattern on his chest to show he was not generic, but rather an individual. As far as personality goes, I feel he reflects his creator more than being his own entity. From 'Jahova' as a curse word, to drinking black coffee and reading on a summer morning. Not to mention my fear of the Witnesses.

From panel to panel there is a certain passage of time. The first panel being picturesque, comforting and nice. Between these is an assumed accident. Chaos begins to ensue. Rage turns to fear by the third panel, where an unexpected surprise shows up. The overall feeling is changed as each box rolls by. Where happy but relatively boring turns to misfortune and cursing, the interest level rises. The climax is hit, the plot thickens. The surprise ending then hits *kapow*
The creepy, overly friendly men of the cloth interject. The mood swings and a more lighthearted tone is met. The mess becomes more or less irrelevant. Although many of actions take place in between, you freeze those that move the story along. Your imagination fills in the gaps that appear blank before panels. The invisible space is not so invisible, as it is colored with your mind.

The constancy of character varies, as i have only drawn him a few times. Lines were sloppy, as it was all done in a single draft. I used only a dark graphite where marker would appear better. Perspective and third dimensions lack any logical physical boundaries, and those damned curtains move in the invisible breeze as the window breathes in and out. It's consistent enough, but sloppy. Even if I were to rescan the photo's the drawings would not improve.