THE PEPPER ANN FINALE CHARACTER DESIGNS

I recently did a lovely interview 

with someone planning a 

an article

celebrating next year's

anniversary of

Walt Disney's

sooper fun hit show

Pepper Ann.

We talked about early design

development and what it was like

 being the lead character designer for the series.

And one of the questions that came up was:

What was one of your favorite 

episodes to design?

THE FINALE

came right to mind,

of course.

Because after drawing the characters as tweens for many years,

I got to figure out what they looked liked

when they were older.

Here was the design list I was given:

This is just some of the designs I did from the episode

I'm not sure why I don't have a design for Milo.

 remember

Pepper Ann (27 years old)

Nicky (27 years old)

Milo (27 years old)

Mom (50 years old)

Moose (22 years old)

Aunt Janie (older)

Alec Kane (older)

 Baron von Gus (older)

Ms. Stark (older)

Ms. Bladdar (older)

Coach Doogan (older)

Mr. Finky (older)

Cissy (27 years old)

Dieter (27 years old)

Craig (28 years old)

Mr. Carter (older)

Gina (30 years old)

Gwen Mezzrow (27 years old)

Mark Hamill (older)

This background character named Natasha

was based on head writer

Nahnatchka Kahn

and designed by Sue Rose.

Pink Eye Pete (27 years old)

Principal Hickey (older)

Stuart (27 years old)

And I was really happy with this 

background character of 

Sue Rose I did:

Tessa (27 years old)

Vanessa (27 years old)

Trinket (27 years old)

What a fun show to work on.

Not every show gets to do a real finale

so it was an honor to get to finish 

Pepper Ann with such a bang.

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PROFILES IN SKETCHBOOKS

So a couple weeks ago 

Disney TV Animation 

treated us all to a new sketchbook.

Actually, it's more of 

a notebook or journal 

since it's filled with lined paper.

So what to do with it?

I dunno.

Maybe draw a character in profile

EVERY DAY?

Here are a couple from my first couple weeks:

The only rules are that it has to be quick:

And it has to be a profile:

It's fun coming up with daily exercises

to keep yourself drawing.

Don't worry if you don't like it.

Just move on to the next page.

It's not like you're getting graded.

Just shut up and draw something.

ANYTHING.