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today is Lewis Fletcher's b-day. today, he's 18 years old from inception (skeery thought: i was 18 years old when i created him). i actually created the character in august of 1989, but i've always said his b-day was september 18 (well, it is in the story, anyway), so there you have it.
Lewis began life as a strange composite mixture of Lewis Powell and Doc Holliday (except that in comparison to the former he is rescued from infamy before it's too late, and in the latter he goes from notorious gunman to mild-mannered dentist instead of the other way around). Over the years he's changed very little from this original concept (he's as muddle-headed, dogmatic, and violent-tempered as ever ~ he's also as well-mannered, faithful, and hard-working ~ to throw in his good qualities), and has proved a very steady character in a universe that otherwise seems to experience volcanic fluxes and floes every few years.
the first illustration below is the first one i ever drew (dated 1989). the others are bits and pieces along the progression over the years in various mediums. i was in a rush to collect these this morning before i dashed off to work, so i prolly could have chosen a broader sample of styles, but it was fun to aggregate them anyway.
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Lewis began life as a strange composite mixture of Lewis Powell and Doc Holliday (except that in comparison to the former he is rescued from infamy before it's too late, and in the latter he goes from notorious gunman to mild-mannered dentist instead of the other way around). Over the years he's changed very little from this original concept (he's as muddle-headed, dogmatic, and violent-tempered as ever ~ he's also as well-mannered, faithful, and hard-working ~ to throw in his good qualities), and has proved a very steady character in a universe that otherwise seems to experience volcanic fluxes and floes every few years.
the first illustration below is the first one i ever drew (dated 1989). the others are bits and pieces along the progression over the years in various mediums. i was in a rush to collect these this morning before i dashed off to work, so i prolly could have chosen a broader sample of styles, but it was fun to aggregate them anyway.
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