Ok so yesterday I noticed that in some of the scenes I’ve drawn the main character (me, lol) looks inconsistent appearance wise. I let it go for the younger version because that version would only be needed for a short time in the story. But the teen version looks crazy and like a different person in almost every scene and at different angles. I said to myself “What was I thinking?! I need to dedicate a few sketch book pages to figuring out how this character is gonna look!” So that’s what I’m working on now. I guess my excitement made me rush into things too fast, but ended up making things take longer because I had to take a step back and fix things. I’m looking at pictures of my face and really trying to figure out those key features that make my face my face, lol. I don’t want to have to draw some realism type self portrait every time I have a scene with my character in it, so I’m trying to find the few main key features and simplify them. So yea, fun stuff.

Here is one attempt that came out of a ton of sketches I did last night. I really like this one and asked my sister and mom if this looks like me. They said yes but my birthmark is just on the wrong side, so I’ll have to fix that. I like this because when I drew it I wasn’t really trying to be truthful, my other sketches were too skinny so it seemed like I was just creating a version of myself that I wish I could be. 

Anyways, I’m in the process of getting comfortable drawing this version in different angles and perspectives. Once I’ve got that down pact it’s back to drawing up the stories. And for now on I’ll prepare ahead of time for any important characters, and hopefully save myself from wasting time.