Saturday, March 6, 2010

Loose ends....



I was doing some stray scanning this morning of drawings done earlier. So thought I would post a couple of Jacqueline "Jack" O'Brien from the Captain Spectre strip. I have had trouble getting the right feel for this character. Probably because I don't draw very pretty women. ha. I always wanted Jack to have kind of a exotic quality without having her be totally helpless. After all she is a damn good pilot, an adventuress, with sort of a shady past. Anyway I think I was getting a bit closer with these drawings. Actually the 'dressed up' version was a warm up drawing I did that just developed into Jack. I know lately the strip hasn't had too many appearances of the other characters, and I kind of miss them. As always I just wish I could do nothing but Captain Spectre strips so I could use all the ideas I have for the characters. Anyway in the place of an update this week, which I will explain in another post this weekend, enjoy Miss O'Brien.

4 comments:

  1. Beautiful. I must respectfully disagree with you, pal. I've always thought that you drew extraordinarily gorgeous women. "Jack" is proof of this, and she has always been one of my favorites.

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  2. The middle dressed-up look is nice, as are the other drawings. I'll need to reread the strips you've made as when you do these updates and such, I want to see how they fit in the stories.

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  3. Tom, you have captured both sides of Jack,exotic and adventurous. I know you draw very pretty women, my heart skipped a beat seeing Jack in her gown!

    I hope you can get back to including the other characters like Jack in your strip, someday.

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