Then And Now

I had to start somewhere with these drawings. And that 'somewhere'  happens to be way back in the middle 1980's when I first started to draw my own cartoon characters, rather than someone else's. Over the years, I seem to have gotten better at it, something that you can see for yourself in the links below.
On the 'Way Back When' side are the oldest drawings I know to exist of my primary character group. Since they were created over a period going as far back as 14 years ago, expect the quality to start at abysmal, and go up from there. On the 'The Way It Is Now' side, are pix that I drew specifically for this page. Bear with me on these, since they represent my first solid foray into the technique of inking penciled drawings using a brush. To make the comparison easier, I've drawn the present-day characters dressed similar to their early incarnations.  The modern versions were done in brush-ink with  a combination of Prismacolor/ Eberhard Faber/ Tria markers.

Way Back When	Description and Medium	The Way It Is Now
Tanya	Just posing there (pen/ink) Striking a pose (Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Tanya
Tina	Just posing there (pen/ink) "Ooh, Should we be lettin' them see us like that?"(Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Tina
Cynthia	Posing with her radio (pen/ink) "Can I trade this P.O.S. for a Discman?" (Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Cynthia
Roland	Standing there with his skateboard (pen/ink) Ready to throw down his board and 'jet' (Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Roland
Sherryl	Just posing (pen/ink) "We apologize for the lack of backdrops here" (Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Sherryl
Tatiana	Posing with a hurdle (pen/ink) "Don't try to run, I'm faster than you" (Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Tatiana
Todd	Winding up for a pitch (photocopied pencil) "Naw, don't worry about that one" (Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Todd
Rathsi	First sketch (pencil) "What am I perched on?" (Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Rathsi
Bastien	Cooling off with an electric fan. First appearance,7/98 (pencil)  "I didn't EXIST in the eighties, Dumbf#@k!" (Brush ink & Prismacolor)	Bastien

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