SHADOW KHAN PROJECT: Playing With Character Concepts!

When not writing... well sometimes.

I tend to play around when not busy. It's almost always involving something with one of my projects. This past weekend was - as expected - Shadow Genesis. Below are three mock-character promo designs I created just to keep me going in my projects. It is good to have fun with your works, anything from free-writing to various note taking out of the head, sketches, the works, even listen your favorite tunes while doing so. To me that is best thing anyone can do for it takes away the pressure, stress, worries... all of the negatives that can lead to several creative pit-falls... writer's block included.

So here we are below - Click the images for full view via DeviantArt!

Went on created six of the main characters (five protagonists and one antagonist) that are featured in the original SHADOW GENESIS VOLUME ONE: PRELUDES OF WAR. They will also be featured in SHADOW GENESIS: INCEPTION with other characters as well. All in a bigger and 'improved' story.


Did these over the weekend. Just really added the last two up. Done in IMVU (like several others I shown in previous blog posts) an online chat/game client - sort of but not EXACTLY like Second Life - then photoshopped to completion, therefore these are 'Unofficial' character concepts until I finally get them officially created. I do have a representation of Malice done here with a baby Shadow Khan present, and that's just about it. I do these from time to time to not only show everyone how my characters look (as close as possible until the 'time' comes) but also for my own help with visual cues and reference stuff. I stick these in Scrivener and MS OneNote as a support method when describing characters through narrative. It is always a good idea to draw (as best as you can) your characters, and if you can't do them yourself, can always get a friend on board willing to help, or do like I use to do before trying this out... write their descriptions as detailed as possible so the mind itself can register a proper visual. There are several more characters (as shown in first novel here) but working on them all will be a bit challenging given as to how they are pretty unique in looks, and I rather wait to get them all done officially. No use in speaking on them entirely, therefore focusing on these six at most for now, but they all will be done and accounted for in due time!