Whose That Boy?

Okay, I think you have seen this kid several time now and you still don't know who he is. Well, I'm still not telling, because there has to be some secrete (Right, Mark D. Aster?). The thing I will say about him is that I just don't think I got him right. I mean he is kind of cute and all, but still not the cuteness that I require. A cuteness that will draw the viewer in and make them say, "Yeah, I want to buy this book. This kid is just cute enough to appeal to both me and my kid."

(I'm gonna scan a copy of a more recent picture that I completed over two weeks ago, featuring both the kid and Our Hero.)

Okay, a little bit about the picture. This is yet another page from my book that I've decided to discard. It just wasn't working for me. Now, I think I would have come across a heck of a lot better if I had went ahead and added the background to it. Without a background it is just two figures, standing in negative space, and you don't know what the heck is going on.

Let me just say that the first couple of pages for this book was very hard for me to put on paper. The concept for the opening pages has went through many changes; some which made it to paper and some that never did. I finally finished the opening pages and I am afraid to look at them because I know the one that mirrors the image you see above is still not as good as I would like. And to be honest with you I am sick of drawing the damn thing. I need to just add in the background before I judge the unfinished product. I just know that a background will totally bring the pages to life. (I totally just used totally in a sentence.)

E.W. Forge