TOO MUCH JEKYLL AND HYDE

Guess what weeee got to design for character design class! (and then, since it's film season, no one showed up)

It's sort of cheating to use designs I was already pretty solid on, so I used this opportunity to think up a bunch of graphic looks . . . . AND ways to present it to a fairly conservative teacher who was looking for contrast in appearance over anything else.

Hence I may have to warn Jekyll and Hyde fans that this is a rather exaggerated version of Hyde. 8| Since the usual image of Hyde is really hulking and huge and powerful, I was working to "sell" Hyde as a small, skinny character that somehow has just as much impact. The contrast is not line-shaped-figure (Jekyll) to circle-shaped figure (Hyde)--it's smooth curves to scruffy scribbles and jagged lines.

I keep rethinking what kind of addiction Hyde's formula is akin to. I really don't like "updating" the story by having Jekyll inject himself with the formula. The charming inaccuracy of drinking it sells it as a cultural icon, a good ol' scientific romance, and also suggests alcohol as its closest relation. Hence: Hyde is not some supernatural evil brought about with Evil Technology but a result of everyday vice that anyone can relate to.