#3 Percy Sutton: Artesianal Vegan Baker
Percy has been baking since the age of 4. It’s been a lifelong passion of his, starting with his older sisters old EZ Bake. Of course, as a child, he was often left to be his own taste tester, & as a result was always a bit on the heavier side. Between his weight & his “girly” pursuits, he was picked up mercilessly. But as Percy grew older, he became obsessed with making healthy food delicious & delicious food healthy & somewhere meeting in the middle. After school, he went to Europe, perfecting some of the more traditional aspects of his craft at the most prestigious bakeries in France & Italy. He came back home, only to go & study in places like San Fransisco, & later Portland, where he began to incorporate their more health-conscious & natural elements. It even helped him shed the pounds too.
He eventually settled down & started purveying his own baked goods through Biscuit, his own shop in East Austin, TX. Opening the doors at the age of 24, he’s been baking bread & other items for almost a full decade now. The bread, of course, is his specialty. Offering six different varieties, he’s got his own special ingredients & methods that make each of his gluten free loaves the rave of the town. While his customers usually come in for the desert items, your cupcakes, your pastries, they get tempted & always leave with some the bread too. As Percy has put it, “Why not enjoy that same delightful experience when you’re just having a sandwich or a piece of toast? And it’s good for you! Better than that store shit.”
It’s a huge seller, & Percy sometimes finds it hard to keep up with all the demand, but he really enjoys trying. With the amount of business going through his shop, it’s easily the top Artesianal Vegan Bakery in town (& considering you can only find that kind of an establishment in a city like Austin, probably the state as a whole). Seeing him as a bit of a small-time celebrity, his customers often ask why someone with his skills & passion doesn’t have his own show yet.
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I had originally planned on starting with this on Friday as my first but you can probably guess why it’s taken me a while to finish. Part of the reason was that on Sunday, I saw a comic artist on my facebook page say the only thing people were getting out of 30 Characters was 30 halfassed drawings. Out of spite, I took my time & went the full Tetsuo. That & it’s just fun to draw body horror sometimes. Either way, I ask you, still half-assed? Whatever, the internet’s been dumb lately, & I like drawing tentacles sometimes.
Also, moral of the story: this is what happens when you don’t eat meat.
More soon as I play catch up. I might have a bit of extra time today, so let’s hope.
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Nicely done! I love his expression and pose – the creature’s/rash as well. 🙂
And I bet that thing doesn’t even lift a tentacle to help in the kitchen.
Wicked, man! Keep up the hard work, it’s paying off! Spite is a hell of a drug, haha!
I really especially like your monstrous characters, this one probably being my favorite so far; I like the contrast between the nice looking dude organic baker and the disgusting things growing on him.
It does nothing, Dan! Nothing! The mooch!
Thanks a lot you guys! I really appreciate the kind words. Took a while & wasn’t the most strategic thing to work on in terms of getting things done for the challenge, but I’m pretty happy with the outcome. I might do some more body horror-y things coming up but don’t know if I’ll have the time/bad vibes to feed off of to get as intricate as this
I LOVE THIS. I love the detail on the monsterous bits and the gigantic eyeballs littered around are totally my jam. Not sure why I think eyeballs everywhere is so cool, but w/e its a design element I love with monsters.
Super cool character.