Breakerboy sketches
These are some character studies of one of the characters in my story for Out of Picture 2. He’s based on the breakerboys that worked in coal mines back in the late 1800′s – early 1900′s before there were child labor laws in the U.S. This was an idea I started developing back in 1994 while still in school at Ringling, but never completely fleshed out the story.
I still haven’t, really. The story I’m telling in OOP 2 is just a small standalone episode that introduces some of the ideas of the larger narrative.
I like the look of this character, the upper right sketch especially. The shading is great and I really like the hat, and is that a hedgehog?
Comment by eli — March 3, 2008 @ 8:06 pm
Mike! you inspired me man… Now that I found you..i’m adding you to my list..
Comment by Jeep — March 26, 2008 @ 2:28 am
eli – Thank you! It is indeed a hedgehog. He didn’t make it into my OOP 2 story, but I’m hoping to work him into a future Breakerboy tale.
Jeep! Great to hear from you, man!
Comment by mike — April 25, 2008 @ 7:17 am