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Russell, then and now
by top_dog
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15 years ago
So as a lot of you know, 2 days ago 
TopDogz_Comic turned years old, and it made me look back...aaalll the way back when I first started and realised how much my characters, my art, my technique and humour have changed over the years (humour not so much haha).
I think out of all my characters, Russell has been the most modified.
He's one of my earliest surviving characters that I've had and since I started Top Dogz he's gone from short and chubby, to tall and skinny, and back, his nose has gotten long and pointier, and his ears have been all over the place xD But now after 3 years, I think I've finally found a decent body shape and size for him that I like and think suits him.
I'm sure he'll change as the comic goes on, as will the other characters, but this is how he'll stay (maybe now I can finally get a model sheet for him done!).
TopDogz_Comic turned years old, and it made me look back...aaalll the way back when I first started and realised how much my characters, my art, my technique and humour have changed over the years (humour not so much haha).I think out of all my characters, Russell has been the most modified.
He's one of my earliest surviving characters that I've had and since I started Top Dogz he's gone from short and chubby, to tall and skinny, and back, his nose has gotten long and pointier, and his ears have been all over the place xD But now after 3 years, I think I've finally found a decent body shape and size for him that I like and think suits him.
I'm sure he'll change as the comic goes on, as will the other characters, but this is how he'll stay (maybe now I can finally get a model sheet for him done!).
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Thanks! I really hope I will be able to continue doing this, but I need my fix of love from my watchers and fans ¦3~
The angles thing is the main reason I wanted to change Russell in the first place, I never used to use construction lines for Russell, I hated them xD But it sucked because it would make it so much harder to put him different angles. When I started using construction lines, I found it difficult to make it work with the old style, hence why it all suddenly changed. :P
Haha yes his new nose is much easier to stick in the air when he doesn't like something :)
Any studio you go to you'll find there are life drawing studios and classes that you MUST ATTEND before you're even allowed near the animating desks, otherwise your cartoons and animations will look rubbish. I picked Disney and Looney Tunes styles because they're the best in the field...