story sketch: escape [update:04-23-2011]

[meeks]

This is a scene from the first book set in clare_dragonfly 's Chatoyant College, the only american university that has classes in magic alongside its more conventional course offerings. All is not what it seems on what, at first, appears to be a normal college campus, and freshman students Annie, Edie, Corrie, Dawn, and Rico soon find themselves fleeing the real reason the nearby forest is forbidden.

cleaned-up sketch:


rough sketch:

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I like it but...

[miss-pooky.livejournal.com]

I agree with the previous comment about the angle of the clarinet. I think Edie is perfect, the look on her face captures her emotions very well. I'm not sure I like Corrie's arms (I really hope I mean Corrie, I'm forever mixing her and Dawn up for some reason /blush). It looks like she's just out for a jog, rather than fleeing from some evil faeries. I like the detail on Dawn and Rico, you manage to get them looking worried even though they are "farther away" :)

Re: I like it but...

[meeksp.livejournal.com]

Ok, the angle of the oboe is easy enough to adjust.
Thank you for pointing out the issue with Corrie's arms! I did want to suggest that running is a familiar activity for her, but I may have pushed it too far in that direction. Even after many years of studying body language from an artistic standpoint, it's still a bit like writing a foreign language for me, so it helps to know when I haven't quite got it right.