Knowing what my path would be, it was time to brush up some of the characters that just weren't sitting right with me, be it boring poses that didn't live up to their potential, compositional changes, switching around letters and in one case even a complete replacement of one character thanks to input from a peer (thanks guy!)
My first change was to re draw one of the keeper characters ( the anarchist cock) but with just that bit more detail, i was happy with the look but messed up by adding the highlight, so that element was dropped.
Clown cock needed energy, clowns are fun and goofy, they don't stand around, the kids would get bored. So some much needed fun was injected to the fella, putting a spring in his step and a nice comic effect water shooting flower, because they are always funny...
Goth cock also needed more of his character to shine through, so i gave him the element of mellow drama, and a sweet vampire-sheek, trench coat. And for added effect a grave stone was added, because thats were all goths commune, obviously!
Extra terrestrial cock needed changing because he could easily be given a better angle, which would in turn pay off for the final outcome when i present him in outer space.
Heroic cock who? Hitch cock is the in thing right now, the idea suggested by my peer that was a drastic improvement on the original idea and character
Muscular cock just wasn't besotted enough with himself, dudes worked hard on his killer bod, and wants to show it off to the local hens.
Veiny cock, hoo buddy, i think i literally re drew him for the sake of making him grosser.
Xray just wasn't interesting enough, and the joke of having bones in the 'hair' bit was better than having testicles for internal organs (the character is either a dressed up cockerel, or penis, depending on your level of maturity). So for this i simply zoomed the image to the head and neck region.
With upside down cock, there was a clear opportunity to make the character way more fun, opting for the character failing to pull off a hand stand, but clearly still having a ton of fun. A very playful outcome.
Nerdy cock is probably my proudest improvement, the original got the idea across, but the re creation has more character and was just a cutesier creation, with his chubby cheeks and big eyes.
Having a cast of improved characters, it was time to consider the other aesthetic touches of the poster, starting with the title.
Next came how each cock should be presented on the poster, following an idea inspired by my early childhood, where children's movies would have stickers depicting key scenes released, and a thematically consistent book to put them in. I wanted to present the cocks as though they were collectible stickers, meaning that i would include creases and rips for their surrounding box's. As for colour, it was a simple choice of orange, because that is the colour most prominently featured on cockerels. The medium was also just as quick to decide, applying ink and feeling right at home, giving a clean, and as my peers stated, professional looking outcome.
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