Now applying some of what I learned here to Lyster (LIE-stir), the erstwile hero of my main comic. Upstate has undergone scores of changes since a lot of people last saw it, especially with some of the character designs. Lyse's hair, for example, acts a lot more like real hair, and his jawline has slowly gotten squarer.
At heart, of course, he's the same. In fact, he's getting closer and closer to the bipolar kung-fu hippie I picture in my mind everyday. I'm trying for a good balance of 'goofy' and 'serious' Lyster - boils down to 'ridiculous' and 'not-so-ridiculous' looking, really. It's not perfect, but like his hair, Lyster has more realistic cheekbones than before. It's significant, to me at least, that I'm learning how cheekbones actually work to shape a face, as opposed to imitating them.
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