character creation

i've been thinking over ways i could create multiple versions of the same character in a collage format, as opposed to drawing - i'd like to be able to collage them, as i think it would fit the aesthetic of a collaged background, plus it's my favorite way to work. one thing i've used in the past is workout books - usually they have one person in endless poses and wearing the same outfit for entire chapters. if i could find a similar sort of repeat motif in other kinds of books (costume books or some such thing), i don't want the characters all in leotards and legwarmers with one leg behind their head. so i'll be researching on that.

also, it's inevitable that i will have to go digital for a few reasons; if we are going to have repeating background settings (meaning i can't work directly on it), and odds are also that i can't create an entire graphic novel by hand (that's a lot of panels!). so, repeating character faces won't be so hard, especially if a character has an elephant's trunk or cat's face, etc., to distinguish them.

a lot of this is much more complicated in my mind but difficult to explain - i will try to put together some sort of guide to my work methods so you have a better idea of what my abilities/limitations are.