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Dwayne Plays Sportsball

I make a point to see that people know I don't care about sports. I went through four years of marching band in Texas without every learning how football worked. Yet at some point I decided that Dwayne, a character from a webcomic I currently have on hiatus, would absolutely love sports, especially the ones that aren't very mainstream.

This story-sketching project was born.

Coyotes!

Last summer, I was challenged by a recruiter I'd spoken with to develop a project that was entirely kid friendly, with cartoony designs, possibly using animals. I was stumped.

Then I talked to my mother about it, she listed off a bunch of random objects to base designs off of, and somehow I came to the conclusion that "Hey, Mom has a dynamic family, why don't I base it on her?" Needless to say, she was ecstatic, though I don't think it turned out how she expected.

My mom was one of five in a family that traveled often due to her father's occupation in the air force. I never came up with a "story" based on that, but I did have fun turning her and her siblings into children's cartoon characters.

My mom, Robin, was the first one I designed, obviously, and based everyone else off of that. She was the creative one, energetic, more or less in charge of the pack.

My Uncle Dale spends a lot of his time spouting random facts and knowledge, usually having something to do with martial arts. He and Robin became the stars of the project, since most of her stories revolved around them, being the oldest kids.

Sandy is naturally really talkative, and somehow I ended up morphing her into the black sheep character who is pretty jumpy but still a little rambunctious.

Patrice has always been "the pretty one" - I have known this fact since I was a wee babe. She also ended up being "the mean girl with a heart of gold."

I consider Robin and Lisa to have very similar personalities in real life, so coyote-Lisa ended up being a miniature version of coyote-Robin. I'm still not sure about those pigtails.

Coyote-Dad had to fit the mold of the idealized adventurer. Coyote-Mom had to be a powerhousewife, able to do everything, but maybe a little worn out because whoo dang, five kids.

This project was a challenge to design because it was out of my comfort zone, but I'm happy with the result. The cast is interesting to continue using for personal boarding projects, though I don't think I'll get around to developing a pitch for them.

Speaking of boards!

Spelling G from Kelsey Norden

Big Bad Wolf from Kelsey Norden

Hiking from Kelsey Norden

Thanks for reading! More content soon.

goodbye sweet webhost

On a cold, windy night in the midst of December, I sat at the bedside of my aging webhosting account. Her strength was diminishing fast. It was only a matter of time...

"Kelsey" the webhost whispered, "you are five days late with your payment."

"What!? You didn't warn me ahead of time first?"

"It's okay Kelsey... it is my fault... just submit your payment online within the next twenty four hours and your service will be uninterrupted..."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. I'm switching to Blogger."

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Hey!! If you are in luck, you have somehow magically found your way to my BRAND! SPANKIN'! NEW BLOG! even without the help of a redirect from my domain name because I still can't get that to work right! haha! ha! haha!

I will slowly be relocating my work here as a juggle work and other stuff. I plan to post here as a work on new projects, like the Coyote Family I made last summer or the progress towards revamping my old webcomic.

For sporadic sketches and character illustrations, you can also follow my art tumblr here.

Thanks for stopping by!