Can't Kill the Messenger
December 2006 - HB Mechanical Pencil

Sometimes quick pencil portraits of characters that I'm trying to get to know are very handy to do. Most of the time they're just fun little things, but every once in a while they surprise me. This is Gabriel, a villain from Corey's as-yet unnamed alternate Earth story, who I have never been able to predict nor draw. In an attempt to remedy at least one of those, I sat down and demanded that I wasn't going to let myself up until I had him figured out.

This isn't what I had in mind; in fact, it looks more like him than I'd even imagined. Not only that, but it marks the first time I've ever been happy with a character's teeth, of all things. He's meant to be a frighteningly intelligent sociopathic thug and he looks like it. Victory!

Gabriel © Corey Cannon
Art © Meghan Taylor