Boy Characters

After sitting with my two year old niece and going through my sketchbook, (thought this might be a useful task to guage what elements of an image interest children at this age) I realised that she said all of the little girl characters were her favourite - not the boys! So I thought perhaps a lot of children feel like this, that the characters which best represent them are the ones they tend to 'relate' to best. For this reason I have come to the conclusion that I need to incorporate a boy character and a girl character into the book - so that it appeals to both sexes.

Developing the boy character: