Here are a few quick portraits of some T.V. characters... They might be a little hard to identify — I started with a reference image, but after the structure was down, I let myself deviate from just copying the original photograph. The rendering of these sketches is pretty good, but I feel I need to either stay more realistic or take the exaggeration further. What do you think?
I have looked at these a lot and I think I finally have something of value to say. I wonder, if you simplify more, take out the shading and just make everything resemble a vector based drawing, if it would capture that stylized animated look a little more. Jack and House are the two best here. Those are the two that I see simplified a little more and stylized with some flat colors. They would designs straight out of Lost and House the Animated Series.