Character Design > Marble Cities > The Knight
The Knight character was a former pilot for the United States Air Force who became a landscaper. My father was a career Air Force officer, and while I was in college, I worked summers at the local Air Force Base in offices alongside the service men and women, so I've had a lot of exposure to the Air Force culture and appearance.
One thing that I wanted to make sure of, was that his hair was more regulation-approved. Most of the Air Force men I saw didn't have buzz cuts like the other branches of the service. They tended to have hair that was a little longer and combed, but still kept short off the ears and neck. I wanted to reflect the Air Force blues in the costume with the dark blue t-shirt and the light blue bandana that he uses in the show. I also wanted the khaki pants to be on the gray side, and the hoodie to be gray to serve as a call back to a knight's plated armor, while still being something that a landscaper would wear, and also making him not stand out too much as a "character," because the actors mingled with the audience in the lobby before the show started.
Pencil, ink, Photoshop ©Kevenn T. Smith 2012. Each picture on this page can be clicked to enlarge and view in a gallery mode.