Polished Scrawl :: A production journal by James LeMosy

Two of my earliest artistic influences were Garfield and Looney Tunes, so when I was eight and was tasked with creating a character, I produced something of a combination of those two influences: Daffy Duck as filtered through Jim Davis’ style as interpreted by an eight-year-old’s drawing ability. The end result was Drendel. “Drendel Duck [...]

When I was eight years old, I got an assignment at school: create a character, then write and illustrate a story about them. My story was about Drendel, a cartoon duck who had a heck of a time dodging hunters, speeding traffic and angry bears while trying to get to a skating rink. As time [...]