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date posted: Mar 16, 2006 3:22 AM

The Gryph

I've been fortunate enough to design all the characters for the new KOTOR comic book. It's tough coming out with new designs that people will be wowed by and yet still familiar enought to them that it looks like it belongs in the Star Wars world. So far our "break out" character has got to be the devious little Snivvian, Gryph. He is short and chubby and is a blast to draw. Anyhow, when we first started the project a while back, Gryph was originally supposed to be an Ortolan. We had some trouble with that-- it was tough getting expressions out of him because of that mini elephant trunk. So we tried some Snivvian designs and it stuck. You can see part of that process (as well as an early design for our other hero, Zayne) here: http://brianching.blogspot.com/

http://blogs.starwars.com/brianching/9

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	NerfHerdersAnonymous Life, the Star Wars Universe and Everything
date Posted: Mar 16, 2006 3:45 AM OH! How neat. I love the Snivvian and Zayne's great lookin' hero. Leah

	Nar Cranor Holochronicles: Continuity Hugs for Everyone!
date Posted: Mar 16, 2006 5:36 AM I'm glad you went with snivvian. Curious if the comic will go into any Snivvian cultural stuff, like their bi-polar depressive type personality. Anyway, great job so far! http://www.fandom.swnsu.com

	RojoTrooper Star Wars Recycled Art Project
date Posted: Mar 16, 2006 9:08 AM B, Nice work.. I picked up the preview..Looks very cool.. I like Zayne also.. Keep up the great work.. CE

	RojoTrooper Star Wars Recycled Art Project
date Posted: Mar 16, 2006 12:05 PM Went out to my local comic shop.. I picked up KOTOR #2..

	rj_peters Memos from the Imperial Finance Department
date Posted: Mar 17, 2006 9:17 AM Very cool seeing the progression of things on your blogspot. Getting behind the curtains of the creative process is fascinating. Great stuff and I'm now inspired to go check out the comic.

	brianching KOTOR
date Posted: Mar 19, 2006 2:28 AM Glad to hear it! Thanks so much-- I hope it's something you'll like. All of us on the creative team are such big fans of the Original trilogy so we're really trying to bring that sense of fun and excitement to the comic book. -Brian

	Sir Rob of Funk
date Posted: Mar 19, 2006 7:09 PM Gryph is a laugh riot in the story, and the art is great as always, I'm just glad we finally have a comic that's related to a existing SW game. Brian is there any chance we might see you at Comiccon this year?

	brianching KOTOR
date Posted: Mar 20, 2006 1:18 AM Sir Rob-- I'm almost positive I'll be at ComicCon this year. I've been going for over 10 years now. I think the whole KOTOR crew will be there too (don't quote me on that) so we can sign anything you want -Brian

	jkthunder Seven Pieces
date Posted: Mar 21, 2006 1:01 PM Nice stuff. I love your art! Cant wait for issue 3 - The cover looks awesome. Thanks for dropping us a link once in a while too

	Sompeetalay Sompeetalay's Source Blog
date Posted: Apr 21, 2006 2:19 AM So far, I really like the KOTOR comics. They took me by surprise because I didn't really expect that much. But they've been great. Beautiful art, mysterious storyline I've always liked Snivvians, so it was a very good choice

John Jackson Miller
Far, Faraway

date Posted: Apr 29, 2006 1:01 PM

Yeah, Brian rescued me from the whole Ortolan idea simply by pointing out we couldn't see his mouth -- thus, there went a lot of the characterization visuals.

I was basically going for a member of a species that wasn't physically imposing, so the Snivvian alternative came to me within a few minutes. Always one of my favorite action figures, as if you couldn't tell from the avatar!

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