The Anniversary - The Old Woman - final art.

The Old Woman

Once the face design for the Old Woman was approved, I set about designing her costume. I definitely found her harder to design for as women's clothing often seems to offer infinitely more variety than men's. I tried all sorts of accessories as well -- fancy vs simple, formal vs informal, big vs small -- trying to find just that right look for an old woman who was dressing up to visit her husband's grave, but was no longer in morning and lived very economically.

The Anniversary - the Old Woman.

The Old Woman needed to embody empathy and often when I create characters who save others that are overwhelmed with some internal struggle, I find they can't just look kind and giving, they need to have a little hint of wisdom and experience. The wisdom and experience is what makes it seem like they can help solve "the problem, " and that is always in the eyes. There's got to be that inner strength.

My cartoony faces.

The photo liquify technique.