Rodney @ 10

Happy birthday to The Rots!

The Rots turn 10 years old today, and every five years I plan on painting a new version of Rodney in the style I’m currently using when their birthday rolls around. Rodney was the very first Rot I ever drew on June 29, 2006, and has come to symbolize the birth of The Rots.

Here’s the painting of Rodney I did for his 10th birthday:

I changed the table to a round one and tweaked all the colors one more time. I tried adding a clown pattern on the table, but ended up painting over it; it just made things a little too busy.

So have yourself a piece of cake (or a snifter of cognac, if that’s your celebration of choice) to celebrate with The Rots today!

In case you missed it, I’ve been posting in-progress reports on this painting, and here are the links to those:
http://www.the-rots.com/rodney-progress1
http://www.the-rots.com/rodney-progress2
http://www.the-rots.com/rodney-progress3
http://www.the-rots.com/rodney-progress4
http://www.the-rots.com/rodney-progress5

For access to a hi-res version of Rodney and real-time progress reports (among other rewards), please consider becoming a patron of The Rots on Patreon. I absolutely love creating for everyone, but creators really do need financial support to keep creating. Thanks!