Princess Gigglinoggin and Misschiff
Princess Gigglinoggin was supposed to just be a quickly sketched throwaway character because I was amused by the name (originally it was going to be two words, "Giggly Noggin"). I was surprised to find out that I actually learned a lot about her as she really came to life when I began sketching her. While I imagine she's a teenager or a young adult, she's got the naive mentality of a young child. A very petulant, spoiled young child. She's painfully silly whenever things are going her way, and just a pain when things aren't. There's more to her, I feel, but who knows if I'll pursue her any further or not. I hope you enjoy her!
-Andrew
I actually went so far as to have a poll so people could pick what manifestation a "Giggly Noggin" would take. Obviously the "crazy princess" option won out (handily). But there was one write-in vote for "pixie", which I hadn't thought of. I liked the idea so much I ended up drawing pixies too. And came up with this character. She came to life more than I expected as well. I dunno about her name, it's just the best I could come up with for now.
Hey, I like these characters a lot! And they seem like they'd go well together (or go well pitted against one another), and like you could set up a pretty fun and creative universe around them.
ReplyDeleteRe: the princess, I prefer the bigger irises, jutting jaw, and rounded cheeks and chin in the main drawing to the sometimes smaller irises, regular-style jaw, and squared cheeks and chin in the surrounding sketches.
Re: Misschiff, I think she's great, but yeah, the name is just okay. I would say how about Trixie Pixie, but I'm guessing that if you google that, probably a bunch of other people are using it already for different things. How about some kind of magicky pun, like Abraca-Dabney? That's pretty bad, but you see what I mean.
Check out these rough comic layouts, if you like, and leave me some comments! I might take them down in a couple weeks:
Woo Sketches
Thank you for the comments, Chris. I'm glad you find the characters appealing. I like them better than I expected to myself!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, "Misschiff" is not a name I'm crazy about either. I just wanted to give her a name before I posted it and that's what I came up with. I'm open to changing it and maybe something better will come along. Your assumption about googling "Trixie Pixie" is probably right...plus, I already have an old character named Trixie, and you never know when she may come up again.
Abraca-Dabney is almost so bad it's good. I kind of like it!
It's late right now, but I went over and bookmarked Woo sketches. Gonna give those a closer look tomorrow and leave some comments!
Maybe Suzy Presto or something like that.
ReplyDeleteWhat if she has a funny last name/magic word? i.e., her name is Nancy Sheboygan, and every time she flicks her wand, she says, "Sheboygan!"
ReplyDeleteI really love Gigglinoggin's scheming expression from the pencil sketches behind the main drawing.
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