Capstone process blog #6 Character Design "Love Interested"

Georgia's planning was less involved than Davis' or the Princes' designs.  I had a clear idea of what Davis' design should entail (puffy hair and oval eyes) and the Prince actually had some failed sketches.  Georgia's design was made up on the fly.  Sort of.

Georgia's appearance is an inside joke that only me and my sister would get.  For a world history class my younger sister had to make a story or comic using ancient gods or heroes in a modern setting.  She wanted to do a high school drama with greek gods and she wanted me to draw it.  She had a story about Aphrodite, a fashionable pretty girl, trying to earn the affections of her crush.  I drew the story with chibi anime style characters, short bodies and big heads.  The crush was a scene kid named Adonis, and Aphrodite's nerdy friend was Athena.  

Anyway, Georgia was an exact foil of Aphrodite.  She had the same hair and expressions, but was drawn as an adult figure rather than the cute small version.  She had a small costume change towards the end (she was in a dancer costume in ghost form) but the aspect that changed the most often was her expression.  I'm not sure if it was because of her past as a chibi character but she had the most interesting changes with her eyes and hands.  The one part of the comic that made everyone who read it snicker was after Georgia had finished telling the Carnaval's story and waved her hands in front of Davis' face to add dramatic effect.

Georgia is a funny and energetic counterpart to Davis' plain and dry protagonist.  They complement each other well, and it's not hard to see Davis being dragged along with Georgia's ideas.  There is an unspoken application of the "opposites attract" fable that makes their relationship believable.  Both of their names are uncommon as well so that the Prince of Carnaval's power over names can take a hold of them.

Another fun Georgia fact is when I was drawing the last page I forgot to draw Georgia before Davis, so in their big embrace Georgia overlaps Davis.  I would've had to erase the lines on the computer, but instead I had an idea to give Georgia a ghost tail instead of legs, showing she was still in transition and making my mistake look more natural.  Also the ghost tail and bubbles covered up some dead space pretty well.