Early on in our development of Loose Canon I was trying to get a handle on Krissy’s personality outside of being a Superhero. Up until that time she had always been just “Spark” to me. Now she needed an alter ego, a street self. While I’m not sure how likely a scene like this would play out today, given our development with Vahaadi as a character, it’s still cute and an important part of the Loose Canon process.
To put it as CallyAnn does, Krissy/Spark and Rainbow Dash are “Spirit Buddies.” Things didn’t go over so well when Krissy saw the design the artists gave Rainbow Dash for the movie “Equestria Girls.”
If Spark went back in time to meet young Vahaadi. Although now I know he would need to be skinnier.
Here’s a semi-progression of sorts and just a good reference set. 15-16 year old Krissy and Krissy while she is Spark as well as a doodle of what Krissy would be like after Vahaadi is gone and she is a senior.
“Vanessa” from “The Little Mermaid” makes some great expressions, mostly because they are actually Ursula’s on Ariel’s face. Ariel and Spark have very similar faces, and where their faces differ Spark’s lines up almost perfectly with Vanessa’s. Since Ignite will have Spark’s face just with zanier expressions, these make a perfect collection of references.
CallyAnn sent me a text asking if Flint would spend some time with Vahaadi because he was feeling lonely. The two of them did go play tennis but in the meantime Spark took things into her own hands. She has a very difficult time understanding why someone like Vahaadi would ever feel lonely; to her perfect people shouldn’t feel something so bad/sad. Ironically, it is for this reason she is in denial about her own loneliness as well. She thinks “Well, but I’m awesome, so I don’t need anyone else, right? …So I can’t feel lonely, that can’t be what this is…” I labeled this as “Role Play” since it doesn’t really take place anywhere except my head and in our texts…
I suppose I should mentioned it was inspired by “Fix it Felix” from “Wreck it Ralph.”
http://youtu.be/qM1YMeDsc-M
We needed a character to help flesh out Krissy’s personality so we added Emilee to the mix to give her someone else besides Kyle to bounce off of.
Early Loose Canon doodles
These were some images I drew to go along with the song “Brighter” by Patent Pending
This is definitely not one of the best pieces I’ve done, but I wanted to show the feelings that Spark has when she looks are Vahaadi are similar to the feelings Jim has when he looks at Silver. This feeling of “I could never have guessed you were what was missing in my life, but now that you’re here I never want you to leave and I will be forever different because you spent this time with me. You are the most incredible person I know.”
Lyrics from “I’m Still Here” by Johnny Rzeznik from “Treasure Planet.”
They can’t tell me who to be,
‘Cause I’m not what they see.
Yeah, the world is still sleepin’,
While I keep on dreamin’ for me.
And their words are just whispers
And lies that I’ll never believe.
And I want a moment to be real,
Wanna touch things I don’t feel,
Wanna hold on and feel I belong.
And how can they say I never change?
They’re the ones that stay the same.
I’m the one now,
‘Cause I’m still here.
And you see the things they never see
All you wanted, I could be
Now you know me, and I’m not afraid
And I wanna tell you who I am
Can you help me be a man?
They can’t break me
As long as I know who I am
