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Do you like Larry's new design? 😍

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LARRY, MY SWEET!!!

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Just for fun I decided to temporarily forget what Jacky looks like and try to design him blindly as I would in the current day and age. Jacky is one of my oldest characters so he looks PLENTY different but I think that the nastyness is as present as ever.

I kind of love it... But I will NOT be keeping it! At least, not in-whole. I still think that the old design is way more developed obviously and I think that combining the elements I like from both is the best way to go!

Here is my most recent, ongoing drawing of him:

He's already so perfect that the changes are minimal, but they're there!

Also the shorter hairstyle isn't necessarily a permanent design feature. I think I might keep it for when he becomes rich, but have him have the long hair before that. The possibilities are endless!

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Name Change! (Kind of...)

As you may or may not notice, the project originally-known as "Solmniax Town" has gotten itself a longer (and more whimsical imo) name of "Our Place In The Sun Over SOLMNIAX TOWN" (ideally the title card would be presented with the capitalized text on the bottom and the pretext on top like in the sketch below)

I changed the name for multiple reasons.

1: "Solmniax Town" just doesn't roll off the tongue too well and it has always been hard for me to remember titles that had goofy ahh made up words that didn't resemble any existing words, so why would I do that to my audience? Still, the town of Solmniax is way too important to the story to cut out of the title completely, and I refuse to change the name because it's iconic. I believe that adding the "Our Place In The Sun" makes it easier to remember.

2: I have grown fond of longer, more descriptive titles. It started when I learned that in Japan, the title of the movie "Up" translates to "Grandpa Carl's Flying House" which is just WAAAY better! I wanted a piece of that whimsy.

3: Not only do those titles sound better, they also tell you more about the story. I often have a hard time choosing new movies to watch or books to read because the title tells me nothing! I decided to not put my audience through that by adding the "Our Place In the Sun" part because it immediately tells you what the story is about at its core -- it's about people fighting for (figuratively and literally) their place in the sun.

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He is everywhere on my walls.