LO4 - Final Comic

Lo3 - Develop an original character

After i did my research i decided that i wanted to make a character based comic strip rather than a graphic novel. This is mainly because my artistic skill isn't great so a more simple approach would work better in the creation of the character. I started by mindmapping ideas:

From these ideas i liked the idea of an inept adult that would appeal to a younger target audience. I started by thinking about developing 'General Chaos' but found this was too close to an existing Beano character. I then thought about what other type of person would be good for younger children and decided on a pirate. This would allow each comic strip to be a short story that told a joke or set the charatcer up to fail. I looked at existing pirate comics, and found good examples from Pirate Mike:

 

https://www.gocomics.com/comics/lists/1722463/
I wanted my character to be fun like this one and have short adventures that would hold a younger person's attention. I also looked at corporal clott in the Beano as this was similar to my original idea:

https://twitter.com/BeanoOfficial/status/1108673605402005507

I decided to use 'Pirate Pete' as my title and developed the idea of a really rubbish pirate. He would go on great adventures but never really get anywhere.  I decided that the character would feature:

A simple art style
Stand alone stories
Cartoonish drawings
Non offensive humour

In terms of appeareance I decided teh character would need:
Eye Patch
Pirate Hat
Sword
Long coat
Beard

I decided to avoid hook hands and peg legs as this would limit some of the story for younger audiences. Also it would be easier to draw.