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I needed to add this in here as this made me laugh my ass off

I found myself being very impressed by the character designs and how the elements from the logo is mixed with the stereotype of cars and the car owners of said brand. This is what I tried to do with my character; have elements from the logo, stereotype of penguins and qualities from Edward Young, the first original designer of the logo.

Ryan Woodward

He gives amazing animation advices and I love his work. I first saw his work on Youtube of the that animation of the two dancers (but with a different song and other animation works in it) and then I found him on instagram, giving animation tips, I followed him and I actually realised that I’ve already seen a lot of his work (comic, character designs, illustrations).

Amazing fun comic

Character Profile- Kingsley Drake

Kingsley P. Drake is a 47-year-old who enjoys reading, tap-dancing, seafood and helping others. He comes off as a parental figure sometimes or just an over-caring man and is giving, but can also be very violent and a bit secretive.

He is addicted to shiny things, something which his friend Edward Young pointed out when he discovered one of his “small” stash of random objets. The problem intensified as he would even collect bottle caps and coloured bottles.

He is British who defines himself as bisexual, however he does’t actively parade it as it is (for unknown reasons) men who are homosexuals is a crime but it’s legal for women. He sees it as something that a person just have and is just is. He was educated at Highgate School in London. At 18 he left school and joined publishers, remaining with the firm until 1935 when he moved to join Penguin Books as production manager. Kingsley left Penguin due with the outbreak of the war but came back to it after it.

Physically, Kingsley is in pretty good shape. He is tall (5′9 ft) with pale skin, jet black hair and unusual dark amber eyes. He has Due to the genetics and some unfortunate experimenting, Kingsley looks younger than his actual age. A very notable scar replace his right eye and he wears an eyepatch to hide the most damaged part as you can see the broken skin mark go down across from just above the eyebrow to the top of his cheekbone..

He grew up in an upper class neighbourhood. Parents divorced when he was young leaving him with his mother, but would visit his father who had other children with other women (some of it is by accident as he’s blind and had mistaken other women as his wife when drunk).

He is currently single. His love interests are the deputy chief constable, Diana Graves, who are good friends and she watch over Edward Young when he’s on the job and Tony Seals who works in the same building as him and has more of attraction for Kingsley then Kingsley does for him.

Kingsley's best friend is a zoik called Nora Tombs. They have a very firey friendship and he comes to her for her calculating advice as she knows of both side of his life. He also hangs around with Mary young. They enjoy photography together. Edward Young is seen as a younger brother, nephew or son that he tends to parent over nearly all the time with Edward’s job being dangerous as a detective sergeant.

Basic Information

Name: Kingsley P. Drake Nickname: King, Penguin Reason for nickname: Job with the penguin company, shorter version of name and he likes fish... Date of birth: 17 Nov (Age 47) 1913 Star sign: Scorpio Nationality: Britain Ethnicity: white British Social class: Upper class Religion: Aetheist Sexuality: Bisexual Education: Masters / doctorate Political views: Left (makes the penguin books affordable for many kinds of people), believe that the world is better if they all watch out for each other of all kinds and races. Tend to be frowned upon by the fat cats Relationship status: Single

Physical characteristics

Height: 5′9ft

Shape: average

Build: well-built

Hair colour: naturally black

Eyes: dark amber

Face shape: dimond/rectangular

Accessory: eye patch

Distinguishing marks: Due to the war, Kingsley has a blind right eye and a scar from the a storm and escaping the submarine.

Other words: full-length, grandiloquent, leggy, muscular, none-haired, stately, statuesque, tall, well-built

Personality

Positive characteristics: Grandfatherly, giving

Negative characteristics: violent, secretive

Words often used: Grandfatherly, giving, secretive, violent, cold

Other words that might be used: Bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, broad, broad-minded, convulsive, crimson, educated, enlightened, ferocious, fierce, free, furious, generous, giving, hot, inexact, informed, instructed, intense, knowing, knowledgeable, lashing, learned, left, lettered, liberal, liberalistic, literate, lurid, neoliberal, numerate, openhanded, progressive, raging, rampageous, red, reformist, savage, schooled, secretive, self-educated, semiliterate, socialized, taught, tearing, tolerant, tough, tutored, vehement, violent, welfarist, well-educated, well-read, wild... lonely

Moral: Not much but still has some

Stable: sometimes (mentally.. No. Financially, Yes)

Loyal: sometimes

Generous: very

Extrovert: not at all

Compassionate: very

IQ: 105

Hobbies: Fishing, reading, smuggling, collecting, photography, travelling, tap-dancing, swimming, meditation

Bad habits: smuggling stolen goods, refugees, smoking (trying to quit), killing others

Favourite foods: seafood, ice lollies, ice cream

Employment

In 1935 he joined the then new publishing firm of Penguin Books and was responsible for designing the cover scheme used by Penguin for many years as well as drawing the original penguin logo. Currently working as the face of the Penguin industry (keep in mind that this is just fictional and that I have no idea what it’s like to work with a publishing company, I’m doing research but I have no more than that to work off).

Secret life

Has a secret underground smuggling empire in London. A cold, stoic, vigilante, almost an anti-hero of sorts. His craving for shiny-things is deeper than it seems, as he smuggles Nazi gold and other fine items which is what he really makes his profit of. He smuggles refugees into the country or other countries he has in his territory. He smuggles those in need of saving from the harsh environment they are stuck in and takes them to places where take can have a second chance of living peacefully as it’s from the guilt inside him from destroying innocent people who had no choice for the war they were in. He is also a secret informative to the police in London that he snitch on the other criminals in London that he believe should also be behind bars. He is the deceptive’s, Edward Young, favourite informative which he has to wear a mask to hide his identity from Kingsley’s closest friend. Protecting him from both side of his life.

Summary

Summary 1

“The pistol never wavered, as if the gloved hand that gripped it was made of hard stone. Ellsworth was starting to regret picking today of all days to question his word…”

Philanthropist head of a publishing company, eccentric but feared head of a smuggling empire. Former Navy commander Kingsley Drake lives a double life, one of both good deeds and bad. But just as deep-rooted guilt begins to knock Drake off his game, tensions further when both the police move to destroy his business and his estranged, murderous brother seeks to add Drake’s empire to his own, by any means necessary. When the dust settles, there will be only one Emperor of London.

Considered a must-read novel, Pamment’s fresh look on crime in 1960’s London and an unnerving look into the life and times of a bad man with a good heart established her as a figurehead of late 20th century crime fiction.

Emperor of London

Summary 2

“This world is never as it seems... this country you serve runs on secrets and lies. It may seem more stable and boring than most but it’s just as dark and broken as every human-looking demon that live and thrives off it! So do yourself a favour, leave this hellhole, back to your little life in the light, solving crime and continuing tome new friends. Live as if you never heard of Me-Ah!..”

The challenges of living a double life begins to escalate as mounting pressure from both the authorities and his murderous estranged brother begin to affect Kingsley Drake and the those closet to him. The former Navy commander turned head of England’s largest smuggling racket has to contend with both outside forces working against him and his own inner demons, culminating in a climactic showdown that will shake 1960′s London to its very core. Does he still have the strength to fight for his home and will he be able to save whats left of his shattered family?

Epic Crime fiction with a surprisingly hint of family humour and moral messages for everyday life troubles

Classmate (Vaughan Brinkmen) and I planned out a rough story plan for my Character & Book cover. It started out with trying to figure out what the tilte was going to be as it would help create the book cover, so far, everyone liked;

“Blood on the Beak”

“Emperor of London”

Then everyone helped with coming up for a name for the character. At first, “Vector” came to me but we begin to experiment more and ended up with “Kingsley Drake” (might change it) as well as coming up names for other new characters.

Before this rough planning, I had already had an idea for what kind of character ‘Kingsley’ would be; What if the company were people? What traits would they have? What would they do or can do?

A man who is a representative of The Penguin’s book company that has been there since the start of it, 1935 to this very day as he’s not entirely human but is seen as such. Personifying the Penguin into characters. It was going to take a comedic and light approach to politics, historical & social events while educating the audience with the use of books.

How I learned to create hair

Step 1:

Make a simple basic Outline of the hair to what I want.

The airbrush tool for sketching:

Sept 2: fill in the outline with the Base Colour of your choice. I want it to be black, but because I need to add shadow (a darker colour), I went for a light shade of black (Dark shade of grey).

Sept 3: Add a slightly darker colour using an airbrush for the shadow.

Step 4: Add details with an even darker shade of the colour.

Step 5: Make a new layer and set it to “Luminosity” and use a lighter shade for the shining effect.

Clean it up.

Use the dodge tool.

And go right through the middle of the highlight so it’s beaming.

Use Blur tool.

And go over it.

Step 6: Use the Eraser and cut through the highlight from the top & bottom of it into curves.

And blur lightly over the edges of the highlight.

Step 7: Add a few hair strands in a light colour.

Then Blur them.

Ta da! That’s it.

Character Bio

It’s to get clear on the physical descriptors of your character. Like who they are and what their purpose is in your story. Know your character's main goal, purpose, motivation, and flaw.

What I want to be involved with the character:

-Edward ‘Teddy’ Young (Not as him but has many of his experiences), In 1935 he joined the then new publishing firm of Penguin Books and was responsible for designing the cover scheme used by Penguin for many years as well as drawing the original penguin logo.

-British graphic designer

-Submariner

-Publisher

-During World War II he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and became the first British RNVR officer to command a submarine.

-Scorpio

-Resourceful

-Eyepatch on right eye! Because on the logo, you would only see the penguin’s left side, so when he turns his head you get an eyepatch! The bad eye was the result of Edward’s submarine sinking and his escape.

-Male

-Love stories

-Has a lot of knowledge, educated.

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