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death god grinby *VanHeist

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this'd probably belong in scraps but i liked it better than that for some reason... i've spent most of the day doing meticulous inking so a 10 minute sketch felt relaxing.

it's interesting to see how characters evolve over time, independent of story. Gogo has been a character/muse of mine for years and has changed over that span in a lot of ways. Certainly i think i draw better (or at least differently) than I did when i first cooked her up, but she's become increasingly representative of a lot of things i didn't really envision from the start.

i've begun working seriously on developing my own body of work, and in writing (or in most cases, RE-writing) my stable of characters, Gogo's emerged as less of a ditzy, eccentric goofball than she was at first and become more of a smirking primal force (or some arch-conservative's worst fears of feminism come to life or something).

this is all starting to sound like too much self-indulgent navel-gazing, so i'll stop.

...actually, speaking of nightmare feminism....would it be in poor taste to draw Gogo chasing down, breaking, or otherwise consuming Rush Limbaugh? Even the thought makes me feel kind of warm inside.

k i'm done now.

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~p3rsh1ng Jun 24, 2012

She works out too much...

~dinsidious1 Mar 30, 2012

Gog in a cage with Limbaugh? Naw, that's too easy. Gogo hunting Limbaugh down across town and giving him a Golden EIB Microphone enema just before he expires...priceless!

*Zerona000 Mar 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I would love to see her punch Rush Limbaugh in the face lol.

~Kundaba Mar 6, 2012

A mellow, yet strong piece here XD

And no, it wouldn't be in poor taste. GOGO, HAVE AT HIM!

~RequestForgetMeNots Mar 4, 2012

Gogo's change feels natural to me. She looks older and she's mellowed, but the place where all her energy came from is still there.

~McFerocious Mar 4, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Have you got any friends who have seen your art on a regular basis over the course of this character-development, and fought you every step of the way?

"Fuck, what are you doing to Gogo, NO NO NO SHE IS FAR TOO MUSCULAR NOW this is not the Gogo I love. D:"

Or friends who roll with the changes in the character, but have to make you feel stupid periodically by looking at a fresh new concept art of like, Gogo v6.34 and while not criticizing the changes, instead raising an eyebrow and commenting off-handedly "Okay so, when exactly are you going to stop reworking this character completely?"

And then of course you shout back "SHE'S A WORK IN PROGRESS I AM THE ARTIST RAARGH" and then you unhinge your jaw and eat them for their insolence. Or at least picture Gogo doing that.

Because I hope all artists have friends like this. Assholes.

I've only known this character about a year now but did my research through the ocean of Bomango art backlogged in your gallery, and yeah, I have to agree, I've definitely noted a huge difference - both physical and psychological - from those earlier works. Maybe because I haven't seen the whole long drawn-out process of reworking this character, I still look at old and new art and think they are both definitely the same crazy punk; new Gogo still has something of old Gogo in her (like a love of demolition).

But I do love the direction you've taken with her. Just as it qualifies as "it's still Gogo" it's also still "whoa that is a new and... grown-up Gogo." And I think I'll continue to be an avid fan! Of the particularly avid type that looks at your art and apparently only comments once every couple years.

*VanHeist Mar 4, 2012

I haven't really been "fought" on it, as such. A few people have mentioned missing a few of the stylized things from early on--Gogo used to have enormous, droopy eyes, for example--but that was more a case of weaker draftsmanship on my part. I'm not a great artist, but I think i've become a better artist than I was, and style is less of a concern to me than getting something "right". My friends, for the most part, seem content to observe the process and its results.

The reworking is my own problem

but it has its upsides as well. The nice thing about a vanity project is that you don't have to go guns a'blazing right away, and I'm glad I didn't. I think Gogo & the cast have benefited from being able to "age" here on dA. It's allowed me to go in different directions, hone my skills a bit, and ultimately I think it'll make a better product in the long run. It's a long way to have gone and a long way to go, but the changes made and the changes still to come are worth it.

~rosablanca5 Mar 3, 2012

Definitely not poor taste. I beg of you, please please please let Rush become Gogo food!

~Lupinebrother Mar 3, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

Gogo would be put in a fatty drug induced haze after eating the Limbaugh. I'd advise against it, but then again, I'm not the type of person Gogo would listen to. I'm the type of person she'd laugh at for reading a book.

~jimcleaveland Mar 3, 2012

Indeed, she's evolved a lot over the years and become quite complex! Although I admit that sometimes I do miss the sleepy, sloe-eyed facial expressions of her early days. I suppose Didi has inherited them to some extent.

Oh, and um... yeah, by all means, eat him.

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