I have been having so much fun creating these characters- designing them and developing background stories and characteristics. I keep having ideas for more and more characters, and thus, Wesley came to be:


Wesley is a super computer-geek. He's a computer genius. However, Wesley lacks confidence and he is introverted, choosing to shy away from conflict rather than confront it. He's incredibly awkward as he hasn't grown into his height yet.

For Wesley's design, I really focused on posture and pose. Wesley's design features very few circles, as he is a very slim boy; triangles and thin rectangles are featured more heavily in his design. His eyes and head are tilted downward and I think this conveys his low confidence and shyness. I gave Wesley a polo rather than a t-shirt and dress shoes rather than sneakers, as I think Wesley would try to 'dress up' a little more than his peers. Buck teeth, glasses and a classic haircut complete the design.

The image below demonstrates my process with Welsey. First I started with basics shapes and then 'bent' them to follow the posture line (yellow) that I drew in. I worked with some differnet facial features and I have a shown a few below.


I think it's important to make sure you do not become 'married' to work; that is, you have to be willing to make changes. I felt some of Aaron's features weren't working, namely his face and shoes. I made a few changes to Aaron's design:




I expect a few more characters will come to mind. In the meantime I hope you enjoy these three.




Thanks for reading!