Draw Every Day #191 7/9/12: "Girl #56" from #Numerica

This *isn't* the sister of Boy #64 (yesterday's DED drawing). She has had her DNA manipulated in a similar way, but in Numerica no one is "born" of anything resembling a "mother." The idea is to see if they treat each other like family since they look physically alike. Perhaps that urge has been bred out of them?

Draw Every Day #190 7/8/12: "Boy #64" from #Numerica

Yep, looks like my imagination isn't done with coming up with characters for my Numerica project. This guy, believe it or not, was inspired by the shape I saw in a bathroom tile. I'll have to post the photo I worked from. My brain works in some weird ways, sometimes. I should also post the preliminary sketch of Boy #64 since I was happier with it. But I still really like the above drawing. I wouldn't be surprised if I draw him again soon...

Draw Every Day #188 7/6/12: "Maestro" from #Numerica

Yep, you guessed it, another character from my Numerica project. I'll be taking a break from drawing them soon. In fact, I thought that's what I was doing today, but then I realized he's creepy enough for Numerica. :)

Draw Every Day #187 7/5/12: "Mysterious 1" from #Numerica

Here's yet another character from #Numerica. He is a mysterious character who appears to students in Numerica at night or in dark places. Some say he doesn't really exist at all....

Draw Every Day #176 June 24, 2012: Girl #37q from #Numerica

Girl 37q is a very sad girl. She was born with a mouth full of fangs so sharp she can't close her mouth without drawing her own blood. She also hates the sight of anyone suffering and hates that she has genes that force her to crave meat. Life as a Numerical is particularly cruel for her.

As a side note, I based her condition very loosely on myself. I have four "fangs" that I often bite the inside of my mouth with. In fact, I bit myself today while eating a pretzel and drawing Girl #37q.

Draw Every Day #186 7/4/12: "Girl #35" from #Numerica

Another from my Numerica project. When you're messing with genetics, in theory, pretty much the sky is the limit--especially in science fiction :) So, I'll leave it up to your imagination (for now) as to what ability Girl #35 has developed.

Draw Every Day #175 June 23, 2012: Boy vX4 from #Numerica

Here's Boy vX4. He's an early example of the original genes used to create the Numericals being manipulated with a direct intent in mind. In this case, the hope was to create DNA that would lead to a boy with four of everything that humans usually only have two of. It only partially worked and there are other, more dangerous, side effects.

Draw Every Day #185 7/3/12: "Boy Zed #7" from #Numerica

This is the most feared boy inside Numerica. He is a zed series and is largely allowed by the Guardians and the Instructors to go and do where and what ever he wants. He's only "normal" looking on the outside. Inside, he's very not.

Draw Every Day #174 June 22, 2012: Girl #56m from #Numerica

This is Girl #56m from my Numerica project. She is the fifty-sixth child to come from her particular genetic birth channel (signified by the "m"). I think I'll have to rename Creature #16b from yesterday, since I think it works better if it's only gender that differentiates each person with the numbers and channel letters doing all the heavy lifting ethnicity-wise.

Draw Every Day #184 7/2/12: "Guardian" from #Numerica

So, here's another character from my #Numerica project. This guy is a guardian. He makes sure the Numerals get from their rooms to their classes. With the help of, you know, generally looking creepy and who knows what other mind-scarring behavior.

Draw Every Day #173 June 21, 2012: Creature #16b from #Numerica

The latest character from my "Numerica" project. The idea now, is that Numerica is a place where life forms given not names, but numbers, instead, are engineered for various challenges and survive as long as they can using whatever "natural" abilities they have, until they are killed or die. They are then replaced with the next number in their sequence. This is Creature #16b, the sixteenth child to come from his genetic birth channel.

Draw Every Day #183! Half way done! 7/1/12: "Instructor" from #Numerica

First off, YAY!! I've been doing "Draw Every Day" drawings since January 1, 2012. Thanks to the leap year, this means drawing #183 is precisely the final drawing of the first half of the Draw Every Day 2012 project. To be clear (and honest) I have not drawn every day. I wish it was so, but life is just too hectic and unpredictable. HOWEVER, I have one drawing for every day this year. I still think that's quite a huge accomplishment.

Not only do I have 183 drawings, but quite a few of them represent some cool ideas for characters and/or stories. This has been an incredibly useful exercise every day. I can't wait to see what my strange little brain can come up with for the rest of the year.

OH and this character is called "Instructor". He ("It" really) is from the #Numerica project that I developed last month while working hard to catch up on my Drawing Every Day drawings--as such, you'll see the characters and explanations of them and their world popping up over the last and the next few days on my blog. This robot teaches the children in Numerica. It teaches them things no teacher should teach--how to die.

See all of the Numerica drawings.

Draw Every Day #172 6/20/12: Girl #2 from #Numerica

So, in typical god-like fashion, first I created a boy in this new story-universe and next I've created a girl. This is Girl #2. She inhabits the same world as Boy #3--a world of invisible and ambiguous threats where things don't always make sense and she could die at any moment. She seems like such a nice girl, too. :(

Draw Every Day #171 6/19/12: Boy #3 from #Numerica

After drawing this character yesterday (in the "Fantasy Escape" DED drawing), I thought I should draw him in a less frightened state. I'm slowly creating a world around this kid and some other characters. I have watched one episode of "Kaiba" (which inspired "Fantasy Escape") and am happy that my ideas are going in a different direction from the ideas on that show. But I've been inspired nonetheless... great another good story idea... I really need to stop having these.

Draw Every Day #181 6/29/12: Boy #16g from #Numerica

This is a character from my #Numerica project. I started drawing characters from this back on 6/18 but they're only getting around to posting because I fell waaay behind. Anyway, stay tuned for more characters from (and an explanation of) this project posted in the mornings over the next several days.

Draw Every Day #170 6/18/12: Fantasy Escape (from #Numerica)

After catching just a glimpse of the somewhat bizarre 2008 anime series "Kaiba" I was instantly inspired to go off in a weird direction. I'm not even sure what "Kaiba" is about, but the imagery of cute, child-like anime characters in twisted, life-threatening situations, resonated with me, so I drew "Fantasy Escape." I'm not sure who this kid is or what he is escaping from but I do know he's pretty damn scared of it. The main take away is the word "fantasy" in the title. Is the fantasy that he's a fictional character? Or that he'll escape?