More Revisions (Removing Tommy Toucan and Including Kid Jaguar)

Today I updated all of the pictures that feature Tommy Toucan. Tommy Toucan is gone; Kid Jaguar is in.

I’ve finally got a grip on how to draw Kid Jaguar — his color palette, the logo on his t-shirt, how to draw his ears and nose and fat hands and feet. I’ll have to review my previous work to make sure that he has blue eyes, bare feet (pasws), and add the slogan “El Hijo” to his shirt.

Whenever I deviate from my original storyboard by adding a new detail, such as blue eyes, it means that I’ve created extra work for myself. When the extra work makes the book better, it’s great. When the bright idea (adding a Toucan to the story) doesn’t work, it’s just extra work. I can live with mistakes so long as they’re reversible. To protect myself from myself, I make backups for insurance against too many bright ideas.