Character Concept - Toro
reconjsh on March 22, 2007
This is a concept sketch of “TORO”, 4th of 4 protagonists for our up coming title.
Sorry getting this out was 2 hours late. I took a couple of your suggestions and applied a lot less ink to this rendering. And I must admit, I like the product. Please, tell me what you think.
Comments are very much appreciated. These “SNEAK PEEKS” update every Friday.
Pencils: Adam Davis
Inks: Jerome Hill (me)
F_Allen at 5:11AM, March 28, 2007
nice
reconjsh at 9:14PM, March 27, 2007
Kristen Gudsnuk and dgriff13 - thanks you guys. Apparently we made a good decision by using this hammer, eh? ;) I'm tickled everyone likes it so much. You get to see it do some wicked damage within the first few pages of the comic!
Kristen Gudsnuk at 8:53PM, March 27, 2007
wow! cool!! I love how the hammer has, like, a dragon-claw on it! I see why you called him Toro too, he looks big and gruff, like a bull!
dgriff13 at 8:01PM, March 27, 2007
you know what they say about big hammers... Nice work. Diggin' the style.
reconjsh at 7:07PM, March 27, 2007
CeeZee - "Best unstarted comic ever". I love that. I'm confident this won't disappoint. It would be funny if I released page 1 as a bunch of stick figures making fart jokes though, right?
CeeZee at 7:03PM, March 27, 2007
I'm already positive I'll be a big fan of this one. That is a friggin sweet hammer with a very large spike. It looks like it would hurt. And of course, you can't forget president dragon. Best unstarted comic ever!
reconjsh at 4:15PM, March 27, 2007
shhh, don't let Thor hear you say that. ;) thanks.
legendkiller13 at 5:12PM, March 26, 2007
puts thor to shame
reconjsh at 11:24AM, March 26, 2007
Dockworker - Coincidently enough, on page 1 (which you get to see a week from this Friday) Toro is doing just that. Poncho - Um, woof? ;)
poncho at 9:49AM, March 26, 2007
QUACK!!!!
Dockworker at 7:10AM, March 25, 2007
I would not mess with that mofo! he looks like he should be throwing people out of places... and into other places!
reconjsh at 7:47PM, March 24, 2007
Thanks! In about 12 days page 1 will be posted. Followed then by the rest of Issue #1.
Antionestrife at 6:27PM, March 24, 2007
Now thats a BIG hammer! Good character designs. I hope you star putting a story up though!
reconjsh at 2:49PM, March 24, 2007
Well, when you live in a world where the dead reanimate and bullets don't seem to help, perhaps a big-ass hammer is a good idea to keep near. Of course, he could just be a really commited steel worker... lol. :) Thanks for all the comments everyone.
zaneeba at 2:17PM, March 24, 2007
big hammer good? WAHHHHHH!?!?!?!
Phantom Penguin at 1:29PM, March 24, 2007
i want that hammer
reconjsh at 11:10PM, March 23, 2007
Wow! Thanks for the great words everyone. mcman - Yeah, we really wanted him to have long hair. We created all these characters in writing first and then drew the art after. Each character has a lot of personality and depth, and no matter what we drew for "Toro", we just didn't feel that he looked like he was supposed to in the head/face. So, we just drew a whole page of widely varying heads, and when I photoshopped my favorite bald head on the body... we both said "Now THAT'S Toro!". And so the long hair went out the window. So it goes, right?
magicalmisfits at 10:23PM, March 23, 2007
Your Line work knocks me out! very crisp very clean. I wish I knew how you do that!
Brogan at 7:24PM, March 23, 2007
Once again your line work is awesome! I really dig it...
mcman at 7:05PM, March 23, 2007
I think I liked him better with the long main of hair, but of course, I don't know the character yet. I'm sure I'll change my mind. *Reads 1st comment* *JUMP WITH GLEEE!!!!* ... *And falls on the floor* Ow...
Peipei at 1:16PM, March 23, 2007
That picture is so neatly drawn and inked :3 Something I struggle with xD Its very nice :) keep up the good work ^^
reconjsh at 11:23AM, March 23, 2007
There's a good chance he'll be doing both, lol! There's a fun crescent shaped blade on the back of it too. Is it just me, or are all these characters looking pretty weathered? ;)
ladybloodskull at 11:16AM, March 23, 2007
HHHMMM, he looks like he has a gaint ball peen hammer, so maybe he's going to do some really big metal work. Or maybe he's going to use it to chisel out some evil doers. LOL ;)
reconjsh at 9:20AM, March 23, 2007
Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the compliments. I like the simplier inks too. This might be my favorite character inking to date. All the character's weapons seem big & awkward to carry around... I wonder what they're going to do? *wink*
aquacow at 8:54AM, March 23, 2007
Nice and clean