Some Doodles: Lexa and Natasha

So I didn't have nearly as much creation time over the past, oh, several months, as partially evidenced by my lack of said work appearing here on the internet. But as one of those "must create at least every once in a while or I will eventually explode" types, I resorted to the old classic of doodling, something I've done pretty much all through school. It's not uncommon for me to keep a chunk of my notes at the end of the school year, not for reference material, but because of margin doodles I particularly liked.
These last couple quarters, my doodles were more scarce, but I noticed a definite theme popping up--two certain characters of mine, both belonging to the same comics plotline (working title "Silicon Heart"). One makes sense, as she's the main character, the other was a bit of a surprise to find I was sketching her so frequently, as she's a very minor character (though perhaps it's the thrill of newness--she was thought up just this year).
So, anyway. Doodle showcase.

Lexa Li, our heroine. One of a few little pen sketches of her. What can I say? She's fun to draw and fun to develop. For those not in the know, Lexa's heavily into conspiracy theories, amateur espionage, and internet vigilantism--think of her a slightly older, snarkier, sci-fi Harriet The Spy. Still not quite sure how she gets her bangs to do that. My guess is gel.
Oldish, unfinished sketch that I'm pretty sure was intended to be Lexa, if the star tanktop is anything to go by. Maybe I'll finish it someday, the pose looks surprisingly naturalistic compared to some of my usual stuff.Name pixeled out to protect the pseudonym. Yes, I sometimes doodle my characters backsassing me about how I don't draw or write them anymore. Yes, I'm a bit daft, thank you for asking. So Lexa's forehead is HUGE in this one and her eyes are spaced a little far, but I think I just like how the pigtails came out. They have a touch of curl to them.Now for some Natasha. Once again, real name fuzzed out for the sake of maintaining pseudonym. Natasha Bullets (yes, that is her name) is such an out-there bizarre character that I can't help but love her. Fun to draw, fun to write for. She's a ridiculous cultural melting pot--Sudanese-Egyptian genetic background, Russian first name, assumedly French surname (despite the spelling, it's technically prounounced "Boul-yey," but she certainly doesn't stop people using the "wrong" pronunciation), raised in London, England before immigrating with her father to the US. She's very opinionated and loud, speaks with a Cockney, shaves her head and eyebrows (and everything else, really) because of a curious manifestation of mild OCD, and jams her ears full of sterilized safety pins. The shoulders here are a bit wonky and I think I tried to much of a curve on the breast-line, but I still like it alright.
I kind of like her top here. It's ridiculous, the way all those straps go, but Natasha's already been established as kind of an outrageous character, so it works. The cancellation she's looking up and referring to was a note that one of the finals in one of my classes had been cancelled.
My, but she does like to use "cor" a lot.
The first ever (ever!) doodle of Natasha. Oddly stylized, what with the huge eyes and sort of backswept head and exaggerated eyelids, but I sort of like that. You can see what's changed in some of the design--her head's gotten rounder, she apparently used to have a safety pin in her eyebrow area too (which I swapped out for a labret early on down the line), and she seems here to be also devoid of her heavy eyeliner.And finally, though the anatomy on this one's just totally borked up a wall, I really like it, pretty much just because the facial expressions and positions are so telling. No, the two other girls in the picture aren't particularly tall--Natasha's fairly short. I also wanted an excuse to slip her into something different from her usual jean jacket. That big anarchy buckle is totally making a comeback sometime. The girl to the left is Didi Studebaker, Natasha's best and nearly only friend, a be-dreadlocked sort of neo-hippie who's so delightfully weird she makes 'tasha seem almost normal. More on her sometime, as she's also mondo fun to draw and write. (The two of them, in fact, despite being very minor players in the story they were originally intended for, have recently been becoming more developed by me for the purpose of a webcomic centered around them called, appropriately, "Tasha and Deeds." Look for it approximately Way Too Late From Now.) The girl to the right is Tabitha Hyre, another very minor character that's rather uncomplicated--just your standard snobby, pink-clad high school alpha-girl.


So, in conclusion...yeah.


Holden Out.