Sketch level was a bit of a challenge. Drawing 11ish year old girls is a pain. You just kinda get used to drawing fully grown adults, awkward teenagers, or cute young kids, mostly toddlers. But 11-12 year old girls are somewhat of a gray area. I just couldn't get the expressions and proportions right. There was a lot of research and A TON of girls before the ones that reached finals. These are the least embarrassing two.
And this is the drawing that went to final. By the way, the reason why the boy was not a hassle, my nephew is 11 years old.
I went through a bunch of color schemes with this one. Here's the four that I showed Irene. It's a good thing the first two were a no go. That kid looks like he's miserably walking back from a birthday party his mom made him attend since "it would've been very rude not to". Green was the first one I really liked, but then I tried some reds as well since the story has lots of them (you haven't read it yet?!).
A few emails back and forth, and Irene and I went for green.
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fucking awesome. i like the green final color scheme, but maybe because i use analogous color schemes myself. i like how there is no black, i dont know the term for that is. low contrast?
You are a hell of a draftsman, Goni. Even the loose sketches are gorgeous. I'm always astonished at people who can do not only believable eyes, but attractive eyes, on a whim. Props, dude.
This is really a great piece - one of my favorites from you.
Mr. Altmann, thanks! Mr. Brundage, that's one hell of a mouthful. Hard to just say thank you :)
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