Saul Finnegan

Hey, it's another vector drawing!

I'm starting to become more comfortable working with vector. I didn't much like it the first time I dabbled in it, mostly because it took so incredibly long to draw anything. But the more I use it, the faster I get. I did this one in about 5 or 6 hours. A far cry from the days it took to do this one in 2009.

I've been drawing my vector characters in InDesign, then importing them into Photoshop where I add painterly backgrounds (because smeary paint is something you just can't do very well in vector). This one is 100% vector though, character, background and bubbles.

Originally I drew Finnegan with big clomping cartoon feet. About halfway through the drawing, I thought, "Why aren't his feet webbed like his hands?" So I scrapped his feet and redrew them to better suit his aquatic environment. I thought I'd throw in the original version for comparison.

Bubbalien

In space, no one can hear you pop.

Drawn in Photoshop on the graphic tablet.
Here's the original sketch. Note that here he has spines on his back, not bubble-blowing tubes. I was trying to think of something more for him to do than just stand there, and for some reason bubbles coming out of his back popped into my head.