Afro Dynamics

I started fleshing out this fun scene in SPKO3 last week featuring "The Afro Thunder" , Sensational Sike. I watched a bunch of old 60s/70s videos for the outfit inspiration. I don’t want to spoil the lyrics, location, or fellow singers just yet so let that last panel let your mind wander…

 

Which makes me wonder, what’s up with the lack of dancing overall in comics? Especially when most of the artist/writers I know are music heads ???

Sike's afro has presented a number of technical concerns on some of my recent pages. Outside of giving him the convertible, I started thinking of how would he actually walk through door ways with his hair.

I had a conversation with a friend of mine recently about how difficult it can be finding a cool character design and then showing that "cool character" from different vantage points. Crown's nose and Sike's afro have created all sorts of non-fun problems in some scenes. I've pretty much decided to never show Crown Jr. looking straight on at the viewer because of his penguin nose. It's a little weird that I'm stuck on the logistics of such a cartoony comic though. If an elephant can walk down a ramp to the ring, I think the afro's not really an issue. But again, stare at something for hours and you tend to dwell on it. 

Here’s the final inks on that flyer I showed a screenshot of last week… 

I think this might be cool for the inside cover of SPKO 3. Then again, I might lean on something else. After awhile, your mind starts going all over the place, especially when the hours get longer. I’m pretty loopy as I type this.

Work time,

J

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