Making The Visit - Character Design

First up tonight is the most recent pencil sketch I did of the stepmother character. This was completed about two hours ago. It's full of erasures and mistakes but it is finally getting at the core of the character as I see her.

Here is what she looks like when I go into Flash and draw her directly with the pen tablet and then color her.


And here is the little family posing for us out in the cold.


So, now I think I feel pretty happy with the way my characters look. I'll continue tomorrow with the storyboard and as I draw the scenes there I'll get better and better at visualizing my characters from different angles.