Ella runs away

I felt bad about copping out last night with a pseudo-made-up character, so I fixed the drawing I promised and am posting it tonight! Aren't you lucky ducks! It turns out that Photoshop is really good at things like resizing abnormally largely drawn heads, so it wasn't as much of a pain as I thought it would be.

I'm a total noob. Sorry.

So this is Ella just before running away from finishing school. On her way out, she sneaks into Hattie's room and steals her wig.

(Of course I couldn't be bothered to look up the chapter before I drew this. Ella actually snatches the thing right off Hattie's sleeping head, which makes more sense and is much funnier. Oh well.)

I may go back and shade this… If I do, I'll probably attempt to draw the rest of the room. Don't hold your breath on that one. xP

Doesn't make sense that Hattie would keep her wig on a wig form, since she shares her room with other girls who don't know her hair is fake, but I like how this turned out, anyway.

"Now, what to do with it? If I threw it into the dying fire, the smell might wake someone. I could drape it over the head of the china cat that adorned the mantelpiece, but if Hattie woke early, she could rescue it before anyone saw. So I took it with me, a trophy." (pg. 87)

Cecilia

So… last time, I promised I'd do a scene from the book. In all fairness, I did start one. I can't tell you what it is because I'm still planning to post it. But I started it in June, and when I opened the Photoshop document to finish it this evening, I realized it was all wrong and I need to re-draw a head and that will be a gigantic pain.

In the meantime, I have a sketch for your enjoyment! Cecilia never actually appears in the book, but she's Char's younger sister, and he mentions her a couple of times. She is two years younger than Char, making her exactly Ella's age.

Anyway, there's next to no information about her in the book (except that she may be musically inclined (p. 178) and that Char is protective of her (p. 179)), so I made up a character for her. My Cecilia is much less serious than Char, being free of the "first-in-line" responsibilities, so she's a little spoiled, very energetic, and talkative. I imagine she and Ella would be close friends once Ella moved into the castle.

Char's little sister is either modest and reserved or an amped-up version of Ella. For reasons that should be obvious, I'm going with the latter…

(As always, right–click and "Open in new window" for full size.)

One day, I'll get the steadiness of hand necessary to draw smooth, flowy lines. And I'm thinking I will clean this one up in Photoshop, although I don't know if I need to color it.

Next time, I promise (and by "promise" I mean "hope") I'll post the scene. It's more work than usual because it involves (minimal) scenery. Blech.