#Development Art

[maxwellatoms]

It's malaria season.

[sinstring-manor]

12-22-23

crow color sketch. his hair is really fun to draw. i want to give it more of a wool-like flair, like a lalaloopsy doll, and make his eyes more similar to buttons - maybe put 'X's inside his pupils?

[ryanmaniulit]

Wouldn't be an adventure without a proper party! Character designs/exploration for '𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚'

[ursidanger]

Id like to also know how you came up with the trio too!! I like your bears a lot

Thank you! Sometimes it is as simple as combining things you are already interested in. Like, with Salmon Road, I wanted to combine lesbians, bears, towns where weird things happen and unconventional relationships.

If you go back into this blog’s archive, you can find the oldest version of Whitney, Clementine & Joan. I drew them with a mouse on a school computer in 2018

I was an extremely dedicated We Bare Bears fanartist from 2015-2019 so I was already very interested in drawing bear characters at the time

In 2019, I repurposed the bear girls into my first anthro ocs + changed the entire premise of their story to include elements of supernatural investigation

(My original anthro concepts shown below; I was 18 yrs old when I drew these)

Over the years, I gradually added to their stories and personalities and refined what they looked like alongside developing my technical drawing skills

Here is a timeline of Joan Designs:

Keep in mind many, many drawings happened in-between these designs, even if I’ve never posted them!

This is one sketchbook spread of Whitney & Joan expressions from 2020:

In general, the main trio of Salmon Road are very special to me. I am proud of their characters and the direction they are heading in

And I really appreciate that there are people out there who show such an interest in them! I hope seeing some of my older concept art was enjoyable for you. It's wild to look back and notice what has changed about my art (and what has stayed exactly the same)

[skullislandproductions]

This early development drawing for “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes,” has both characters sporting the classic Sherlock Holmes costume, of the deerstalker hat and Inverness cape, investigating a yet unwritten mystery. Although an early thought, this image would have staying power, and show up later in post production.

[acmeoop]

The “New” Flintstones Show 1970’s Concept Art

After the “Pebbles & Bamm Bamm Show”, H-B considered bringing the Stone Age characters into the modern era, but that idea got scrapped…

[signsofthreecomic]

So working on Book 5, I had to go ahead and give the old professor a proper refresh.

It's been ages since I drew him and by then he's picked up a lot of personality traits on the sidelines with friends!

I really love him and his new look- even if they're simple updates.

[roykiller07]

crappy art dump bc i feel the need 2 establish me and my friendy's ocs on this platform bc im probs gonna end up posting about them a lot and i love them and i will make everybody on earth love them also

open for sillies :3

darleneee!!!!!!! my silly this drawing does not do her justice but she is a 13 yr old lesbian (she/her) and 🔥suthern. she is thr coolest oc i have ever had any part in creating and her lore consumes my mind daily and i am gnawing at the bars of my enclosure containing myself from infodumping abt her and the rest of them all the time until the comic my bestie and me r making w them starts coming out but im posting this oc stuff here on purpose to motivate myself to actually draw it by summer so u guys will not be safe for long. shes a virgo 💖

starria delaunchey my sweetie pie her design has actually developed a lot since this piece she has completely different hair now and all sorts of stuff i mean i dont think she even plays hockey anymore but the essence remains the same 💗she is ALSO a 13 yr old lesbian (she/they) and she and darlene r in a long term loving relationship so get ur starlene fanart started asap pwease and thank yew. if im gonna list the zodiac signs for all of them then starria is an aquarius.....

fun fact she is the oldest oc of all 4 she was the very first to ever be created !!

matty! matisse! mat! he is stars half brother and they are bffs and he is the most peculiar fella on the planet and is lowkey my fav tied w syd but i practically never draw him bc i am like. intimidated and so bad at replicating what we actually want him to look like😞 i have no clue bleh but hes the one with the full torso and hes a sagittarius like meeee!!!!!! hes 13 too and a transmasc aroace with he him pronounce

this is syd my stupid idiot i love her w all my heart.same thing as matty i have barely ever drawn her ever bc im like scared to but shes basically leonardo ninja turtle 2018 if he was mikey batman vs the tmnt edition and also donatello 2023 all at the same time (very normal points of reference yes). his only flaw is hes a libra

he is a 13 year old bigender bisexual (she/he) and also btw every single one of them is autistic because we can

WE ALSO HAVE MIN!!!!!!! shes the best character but i have literally almost never drawn her ever let alone RECENTLY with a REMOTELY up to date design so the only information yall get about her is shes a cancer

the comic is called honeysuckle and/or cheriton creek bc we changed it recently but we still tend to refer to the overall project as honeysuckle so oh well deal w it

BE A FAN NOW (pointing gun)

[diabloindigo]

Development art from The Lion King 2.

[zponds]

My Sketch of Grozni (the OG main antagonist of Disney’s Dinosaur)

Here is my full-body sketch of the original main antagonist from the original 1986 concept of Disney’s Dinosaur; Grozni the Tyrannosaurus Rex. He was going to constantly chase Woot the Styracosaurus and eventually have a climactic fight against Woot, with Woot winning. But it mattered not as the asteroid came and made the dinosaurs extinct. Basically, the original version of Disney’s Dinosaur by Phil Tippet and Paul Verhoeven was going to have a dark tone and have a sad ending, like The Plague Dogs (1982).

Grozni is different from other Tyrannosaurs as he has spikes running down his back, has spikes on his head and the back of has arms. He’s also bigger than other Tyrannosaurs, reaching a length of 50 to 51 feet in length and 22 to 23 feet in height.

[riddlebanshee]

Ok so I know it's a preschool show but I just remembered it exists and.............Maryoku Yummy has some AMAZINGLY whimsical concept art

(James Groman)

(Jeff Harter)

(David Fedan)

[sinstring-manor]

12-21-23

first color sketch of minette. i might change her shirt color to white to contrast against the dark manor, but i'm not sure. i also want to give her a headpiece, but again, not sure on that. i feel like she needs a little "something" to let her stand out, because she looks a little boring right now...

[ryanmaniulit]

Here's an early exploration of Drizzt and Brie that was used to announce the Dungeons & Dragons Webtoon project way back when~

[dah-fanblog]

[skullislandproductions]

Early development for the “Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes” movie. Before any writing began, we did some visual exploration for combining the Tom and Jerry characters, as well as the other MGM, Tex Avery characters, with the world of Sherlock Holmes, in Victorian England.

[acmeoop]

Early Tiny Toons Designs