Paula Afenshpler: You have to admit,
that's a pretty awesome surname. I don't have much to say about this
character- she is not who I intended to run with today. However the
character I DID want to discuss has been a one-two punch right in the
feels, both in drawing it last week and in trying to describe it
right now. So it's going to have to wait.
In other news I reorganized my binder
and came across a couple bits of info that I found interesting. The
first is that I now remember the origins of Ilse (Tbt #8). Her sister is
the character I first made and I was head over heels about her. I
named her Helki and she was part a series where I drew one person to
represent each continent (yikes). Sadly, she was lost but organizing
my binder reminded me of her existence in the first place so I call
that a win.
The second thing I realized happened as
I refiled the original drawing of Bette Jamison (Tbt #9). Each
original drawing has the character's name and descriptive title on it
(which I chop off when putting together these redraws). Bette's
writing was almost completely faded which is why I missed it in the
first place, but apparently she was Terpsichore, the muse of dance.
She is actually one of the nine Greek muses! I might re-redraw her in
the future to expand on that idea.
Art tips: I spent like twenty minutes
on the rose pattern for Paula's skirt but I had to shrink it so much
you can't even make it out. Bleh.