KND ROUGH CONCEPT DRAWINGS

When

Codename: Kids Next Door

first started

things were 

different.

It was the first season so

everyone was looking to me to

tell them what the show 

was about

and what it should look like.

And I had to act like I knew

100%

EXACTLY

what it was about

and what it should look like!

(even though I didn't)

Here's one of the earliest drawings

I did of the KND:

Yuck, right?

But things evolve.

And they get better.

(hopefully)

I've always said you have to draw a character 

2000 times 

before it starts to looks right.

Then draw it another 3000 times to make it good.

So I drew the KND another 5000 times until I got them

to be the kids you know and love.

I'm exaggerating.

But when the show got green-lit

 I had to give the designers

some kind of window into my style

(so they could make it better)

How?

By whipping out quick doodles

to get them started.

Early on the sketches were filled with

philosophical ramblings:

But most often it was just

a rough idea,

like for the

MOSQUITTOH:

Or an ice cream monster:

For the first episode or two 

I did some sooper triple rough storyboards:

And then whenever a new character got introduced

I'd throw up a sketch for the designers to elaborate on:

And then...

one day... 

you get to a point where

your designers start 

drawing your style better than you do.

(which wasn't hard in my case)

Big ups to

character designers

Tom Evans

and

Todd Myers

and

Kevin Kobasic

and 

everyone else who helped

transform my

scribbles into

sheer

awesomeness!