found in my sketchbook, forgot i had done this... i said i would be less inhibited re: rambling about OCs, including fan characters, so. here is a doodle of Clive with a bit of UPA sensibility. i had this idea that he can hang onto stuff with the hook of his cane & use the air resistance of his clothing to float down from things in that fantasy sort of way ala Mary Poppins (there is always lots of Falling from High Places in little adventures...) so i was working with a shape like a cloche or one of those clinky long-stemmed crystal bells. i hadn't plotted out all the squiggles precisely but i think the cowlick near his part is particularly pleasing.
since they (my OCs & by extension Their version of The Neighbors) are supposed to have been an in-universe analogue for Rankin/Bass Animagic puppets, i had thought of building some of those eventually (if i wanted to go ham about something... the design for Wally that i envision is very funny...) & adapting them as their 2D counterparts is a step toward that - a little tweaking is in order to make them look a bit more like, say, the 2D Frosty cartoon (if you haven't seen the Rankin/Bass Frosty you are missing out...)
my big joke with myself about this is that the below may as well be GlassApple/DarlingReflection. i am a simple creature
