[[A few years back, I learned that ask blogs existed. It looked like fun, and there was decent character development on side characters from TV shows, original characters, and even main characters had unique spins. I thought, maybe I could do that too…
After a while of admiring and anonymously asking several ask blogs (many of which, sadly, are closed today), I tried to think of a character.
At the time, I was loath to do fan art/fics/etc., so I tried to think of a completely original character. I was really into Toons at the time (still am), and I really liked many Toon blogs (still do), so I thought I would make the Fourth Wall Repairman (it seemed funnier at the time).
Shout-out to @askshinko, @askoctavia (now gone, sadly), @askvaudeville, and many other Tumblr blogs for inspiring me to do this.
Fun Fact: The Fourth Wall Repairman was originally going to be a Toon monkey named Manky (I wasn’t thinking about Pokemon at the time), who happened to have the career. For several reasons, he became the inkblot we know today.]]
((I would be interested to see what the concept art would’ve been for the monkey version of him. XD ))
[[Sorry for the delay!]]
[[I imagine he would look something like this, if I went ahead with the idea. I never fully fleshed out his look before. However, given the hypothetical asks I imagined, he would have been a bit more of a jerk.
I mentioned that I changed from “inkblot cartoon” to “inkblot” for a few reasons. Here are the reasons I remember:
– I was newer to computer art, and even on paper I was less than comfortable drawing a form like Manky’s over and over. The Repairman was far simpler.
-As I said, I never fully fleshed out Manky’s form.
-Why would an artist that’s making a Toon for work and not show spend a lot of time designing its form? I doubt the Repairman even has a proper reference sheet!
I considered having the Repairman eventually go through a “Redesign” or “Body Shop,” but at this point, I’m too attached to the way he looks now.]]
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