I had a lot of different ideas for the Threadless Muppets Design Challenge. I really wanted an image that portrayed a large number of characters. Everyone has a favorite Muppet and would want them on their shirt, so I needed to represent as many Muppet characters as possible. I pictured a big bunch of Muppets squeezed together in a big ball, like a planet.
I thought of the statues I've seen of the mythological titan Atlas, who held up the world on his mighty shoulders. I wondered what it would be like if I drew Kermit holding up a big ball of Muppets like Atlas holding up the world. I started sketching madly.
I worked completely from memory. I wanted to keep with the "classic" Muppets from the Jim Henson era with the exception of Pepe. I knew there were certain characters I absolutely HAD to put in there because of their popularity and ability to be recognized. Next I put in characters that may not be known by name by the average person, but are still very distinctive as an important member of the Muppet troupe. Finally, I put in a few of my personal, yet more obscure favorites.
This is the rough sketch I did before I began to research and tighten the final pencil drawing. You can see the differences in the final piece, where I added more characters and where I made changes and revisions.I'll be posting more of the design process as Muppets week continues.
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