Early Spacemouse 9 Sketch

I thought it was about time I showed everyone what the protagonist of Spacemouse 9 looks like. This is a rough pencil sketch I did in 1997. Back then I referred to the little guy as just "Spacemouse", but as you can see, even then the Rothi symbol for the number nine was emblazoned on his chest. The truth of the matter is that in 1997 the circle and slash symbol wasn't meant to be a nine. It  was supposed to be some type of military insignia. In recent years when I decided to call the character "Spacemouse 9", I worked backwards to create a logical numbering system where the symbol would become the number nine. In coming months I hope to share more early Spacemouse 9 artwork as I get it scanned and cleaned up in Photoshop. My goal is to use my early  artwork as a starting point to create better, more refined art to include in the book.