Panel 1 - Curley talking over a phone, looking visibly concerned Curley: Oh, gosh - I'll be right over! Panel 2 - Curley sees Nellie in bed, reading newspapers. The implication is that though she's sick, she doesn't seem to be. Curley: I don't get it, you don't seem sick! What's the issue? Panel 3 - A closeup of Nellie holding onto the paper, explaining to Curley why she's in bed Nellie: I know I'm not, but the Smiths are nixing hard-earned cash from me - and I'm not getting out of my bed 'til they pay up! Panel 4 - Curley hops onto Nellie's bed, causing her to flinch. He reveals that he's also been skimped out on money - and the implication is that he's just found out. Curley: Move over then - if they're skimping, they owe me DOUBLE!

Panel 1 - Nellie is on a ladder, sorting out some of her books. She and Curley (who is offscreen) are having a conversation surrounding it, though it's clear Curley is not really paying much attention. Nellie: I need a fair bit of help here, Curley. Do you think you can handle the English language? Curley: Of course - My knowledge of it happens to be one of my greatest assets! Panel 2 - The aftermath. Curley lies dazed on the ground with a comically thick English dictionary having been hurled straight to his face, leaving a noticeable dent in his head.

8 YEARS OF CURLEY #8 - Now

2024 marked the debut of the #denizensofruckusville webcomic, which features Curley and Nellie as charter characters. In the span of two years, I managed to decipher what I wanted out of these characters. Two strips for an example...

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A drawing of Curley and Nellie, now slightly shifting to an older cartoon style that most are familiar with now.

A drawing of Curley and Nellie. Curley is seen sporting a one-strap suspender getup and is holding a banjo, while Nellie has a headband (which is removed from future iterations).

A cleaned up drawing of Curley from 2022, and several sketches to demonstrate posing and expression.

Various quick and dirty sketches of Curley from the same period.

8 YEARS OF CURLEY #7 - The Shift

I wanted something that I would be happy to work on and appeal to my sensibilities, as such the art direction and character design began taking cues from older western cartoons. Lots of iteration. LOTS of it.

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A series of head sketches, distinctly labeled as "CURLEY expressions". Notes are also present pertaining to the eyebrows and mouth.

A series of alien-robot hybrid goons, taking very surface-level influences out of pulp sci-fi.

A size comparison between Curley, Nellie, the first design (now heavily redesigned and renamed to Journey), and two villain characters.

8 YEARS OF CURLEY #6 - Cuteness Takes Its Bow

A momentous occasion - and a fair bit to show. This is actually the point in time where Curley finally gets his name. A familiar face also joins Curley for the first time in this thread!

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A sketch of Console posing, sporting rubbery arms and cylindrical hands and legs.

Several sketches of Console posing, with notes to self discussing design attributes.

The original design recontextualized to fit with Console's design. In his clothed attire, he sports a pancho and a hat, which has a feather sticking out of it. His unclothed attire reveals a more rudimentary construction.

8 YEARS OF CURLEY #5 - As Cute As Ever

These designs were conceptualized when I had been in a "we're making a serious story" phase. During this time, the idea of Console and his world were envisioned as a eastern-influenced adventure series.

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A scanned sketch of a robot design. The body is split in half because I had been working with Blender for long enough that I had a mental note of mirroring the mesh for the other side.

The 3D model of the robot character that resulted from the first sketch.

A scanned composition of a robot design riding a motorbike. The composition takes place at night, and a city skyline can visibly be seen in the background.

The 3D model of the robot character that resulted from the composition.

8 YEARS OF CURLEY #4 - Further Experimentation

A few miscellaneous sketches (and then the models that would be built off of them) of the same robot character, who at this point was given the name "Console".

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A scene of a robot, named "Bluey" worriedly running away from two enemies: a robot beartrap and a robot arachnid. They are in a industrial complex, with many wires, containers and lights strewn about.

A render of "Bluey" riding a hoverboard.

A model of a monitor boss, who bears two other enemies for hands and has a realistic mouth grafted on their face. They did not have a name.

A screenshot from a rudimentary prototype featuring "Greeny", which no longer survives in a playable format. He is on a test stage with a basic ramp to his left.

8 YEARS OF CURLEY #3 - The First Game Concepts

I began to toy around with the idea of making a game with this version of the character during this time. A basic story, enemies and a very rudimentary prototype were created.

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A surviving screenshot of the second design. Things to be noted are the shorter proportions, the more cartoony hands and shoes, and the blue accents.

A surviving screenshot of the second design, but posed and with slight material changes. Things to be noted are the shorter proportions, the more cartoony hands and shoes, and the blue accents.

A surviving screenshot of the second design, now with a red variant who bears an arm cannon.

A surviving screenshot of the second design, but now yellow and green variants join in on the fun. The yellow one sports a jetpack, while the green one had a larger torso ring to convey that it would be able to scan objects.

8 YEARS OF CURLEY #2 - There's Four Now

The character was redesigned to be shorter and stumpy. The blue version was created first - red, green and yellow variants came along later. They had boring names that suited their color scheme.

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The first surviving screenshot for the design of a character who would eventually become Curley. He is evidently in a work-in-progress state, and his eyes, antenna ring and torso rings glow.

The second screenshot for the design of a character who would eventually become Curley. Further along with a full body, but many of the extra details had not been added yet - giving him a brittle appearance.

Third surviving screenshot for the design of a character who would eventually become Curley. He is now in a completed state, and has been posed for the camera.

A Blender screencap of the original model in an A-pose, which I have managed to keep safely archived over the past 8 years.

8 YEARS OF CURLEY #1 - The First Design

The oldest surviving design for the character, created on this very day. Curley had been initially envisioned as a robot, and lasted that way from much of these earlier designs.

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A sketch drawing of Curley sitting at a desk with a typewriter. Many pages are seen scattered and flying about.

Good morning, it's a pretty special day - it marks 8 years since the first design concepts were made for a character who'd become Curley! IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY!
I'm commemorating the occasion by sharing a few designs and concepts over the years through #8YearsofCurley!

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