So, working up the placeholder characters in my storyboard had proved successful with the other characters, each leading me to something different or modified from what I initially imagined, and I certainly went along this route for the Waxworks Worker. I imagined this kind of greasy teen, not particularly odious looking; instead being this "living in his Mum's basement, going out partying on the weekend, heavy metal listening" kind of guy.
So I went down that route, yet as I was drawing him I quickly grew dissatisfied with his design. And into my head popped a scruffy looking round fellow. Cheerful and unassuming. Someone content in minding his own business, kind of just waddling along as he worked. It almost felt as though I was drawing something half remembered, and as he appeared I saw fit to give him a name, which initially he would not have had.
So, here's Steve, the Waxwork guy.
Did you ever encounter Steve O'Shaugnessy?
ReplyDeleteHe was basically a combination of these two characters.
I did not, but I've heard descriptions of him.
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