#b. jacks

[merriway]

I never show how much I sketch B Jacks because 90% of the time I fel like Im drawing him wrong but this sketch actually felt like good proportions for him for once. Im cautiously hopeful that maybe I’ve got it and can make something finished and colored?

I’ve been enjoying drawing him a lot lately but man if his proportions haven’t always thrown me for a dang loop

[merriway]

Blue Jackal is probably one of the most difficult characters to design for me. I’ve never finished a design for them that I liked. They’ve stayed the same over the years in terms of personality but I just never could find a design that captured the things I wanted to emphasize.

One, if not the biggest, element thats been a source of grief for me is B. Jacks head. B. Jacks was always meant to have a cartoonishly creepy large head. On top of that it was supposed to be able to stretch and squash to extreme measures. However his abnormally large head basically throws me for a loop with the rest of his perspective. A lot of times making his head large makes him look like a cute chibi character when hes meant to be large and slightly intimidating however shrinking his head makes him more of a generic anthropomorphic character.  When I think of what I want it supposed to be a mash of Ripperoo from Crash Bandicoot, Papa Doll from Catnapped, combined with various characters from Ghibli films like Moro, No Face, and the Nightwalker.

Also fun fact, B. Jacks has a younger sibling known only as Lil Blu. Lil Blu and B.Jacks were one and the same in the past being different forms of one another but they’ve grown apart over time. Lil Blu much admires their big brother and hopes to be as destructive as he is. Right now theyre more of a rascal than anything. While their big brother sports a big head Lil Blu is known for their oversized paws and ears. No ones sure if Lil Blu will grow into them or grow with them but it makes them a bit of a silly sight, nonetheless B. Jacks couldn’t be more proud and supportive of his lil sib.