So I've been doing a lot of thinking in my little brain. Thinking about my noir/zombie/scifi story, that is. My problem is this: I'm bored with my main character. I simply don't find him compelling.
So here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to make Hal Dunlin female. I don't know what the "Hal" is short for; frankly, I don't care that much. I just want a character that's interesting to me, and fun to draw.
I'm going to make Hal short, and kind of punky - think "Hopey" from the Hernandez Bros. Love and Rockets. For some reason I see her wearing a pinstripe suit. It just seemed cool and kind of badass. This, for me, sucks out some of the depressing grimness of the story, and makes it stylish, almost in a Sin City kind of way.
I'm going to change the original female character, too; I feel like a louche millenial wouldn't play off the new Hal too well. Instead I imagined her polar opposite: big and athletic, kind of a lummox. Not a forceful personality. Where Hal is sharp like a diamond drillbit, this woman is vague and fearful. I think she's still the Governor's daughter, but part of me is doubtful. Stories are like that: change one element, and a bunch of different elements start to ring false notes - you have to get all the bells tuned correctly.
And who knows where this story might go? That's the fun of it.
Rick Out.
So here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to make Hal Dunlin female. I don't know what the "Hal" is short for; frankly, I don't care that much. I just want a character that's interesting to me, and fun to draw.
I'm going to make Hal short, and kind of punky - think "Hopey" from the Hernandez Bros. Love and Rockets. For some reason I see her wearing a pinstripe suit. It just seemed cool and kind of badass. This, for me, sucks out some of the depressing grimness of the story, and makes it stylish, almost in a Sin City kind of way.
I'm going to change the original female character, too; I feel like a louche millenial wouldn't play off the new Hal too well. Instead I imagined her polar opposite: big and athletic, kind of a lummox. Not a forceful personality. Where Hal is sharp like a diamond drillbit, this woman is vague and fearful. I think she's still the Governor's daughter, but part of me is doubtful. Stories are like that: change one element, and a bunch of different elements start to ring false notes - you have to get all the bells tuned correctly.
And who knows where this story might go? That's the fun of it.
Rick Out.
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