first concept art

so after the dull bit i finally get started on the drawing

p2

as you can see i knew what i wanted immediately when it came to general looks but  i needed the charactors to have a unique signature and for me that was the eye design, something that would identify these characters as all being form the same family and be uniquely mine.

p3

p4

after finding that and playing with it a bit with a few ideas i could draw up the first concept

p5,6,7