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So I suddenly got in the mood to FINALLY draw these guys. I had sketched a few of them in my notebook during the school year, but not seriously. I wanted to do this last night, but I ended up starting to re-read The Shadow of the Bear instead so it got me even MORE in the mood and helped me get some of the characters better than I would have if I had not done so. Let's start with the portraits:

Rose: I love Rose! But she also kind of annoys me. I don't know why, but spending so much time from her POV in the beginning of Waking Rose just kind of got to me...she's hilarious, adventurous, spirited and the more extroverted type of person ever, the last of which may be why she got on my nerves at the end there. Her character just seems to be a bit stagnant or something. I don't know.
Anyways, I used ~FireFiriel 's picture: [link] as reference for her (and for Fish) and I am quite pleased how she turned out. Because I was initially referencing her style though, these guys ended up coming out in this weird mix of my style and the Eva style, which I think helped, considering how well the latter style is at defining facial structure. Her eyes still bug me a bit, but they'll do. I always saw her hair as wavy bordering on curly...

Blanche: Blanche certainly has much more depth as a character than Rose. She's like, practically her exact opposite, as far as personality and temperament goes, which means that in the first book, which is written almost entirely from their POVs, they balance off each other really well. It also means that girls reading the story can relate to one or the other, or both. I can do both, but I'm much more like Blanche, primarily in her introversion, suspicious and more critical nature, and natural caution.
I loved drawing her, she was probably the easiest to draw (and color, in some ways.) I had a very definite idea of how I wanted her to look. Still, it was odd to draw her with her long hair, as the first picture I ever saw of her (also by ~FireFiriel ) had her with her cut hair, so I always think of her that way, even when her hair is long! Ah well.

Bear: He struck me as somewhat bland in my first read-through, but as I'm going back through now, I can see that's not the case. He's still not, like, my favorite or anything, but he's a very easy to like character, and I'd love to know a guy like him
He was by far the toughest here to draw. I was utterly stumped as to how I wanted to make his face look. In the end, I thought of Link (in the more recent Skyward Sword previews) and Kaji from Eva. You can certainly see the Kaji influence in the end, far more than the Link influence. I think it works though. I'm not entirely sold on his hair (it's supposed to be, like, right after he cut off the dreadlocks) but oh well.

Fish: Fish is probably my favorite, in part because he's such a deep, well-written and well thought-out and incredibly realistic character. Out of these four, he reminds me the most of myself, temperament-wise. I think one of the reasons he's so likable is because we see him get in a dry spell, essentially at his worst, and then get out of it in an awesome way. Not to mention that his interactions with Rose (...and almost every character) are hilarious, and his chemistry with her is certainly more...complicated than Bear and Blanche's.
He was fairly easy to draw, due to having reference and the fact that I had already drawn Bear, and I knew they look similar, so I could use that. I think I did a reasonable job...I was definitely using Link as a reference a whole lot. He's a hero too, after all By the way, I hate drawing hats, because his head looks too flat!

Rose's singing "My Love, My Life" by ABBA. She's so dramatic.

Down a level and back over to the left: this is THEM in The Shadow of the Bear. So very much. I just HAD to put Rose's hair up like that once, even though she does look so very much like Asuka...

Alas, one-sided love (temporarily...)

I fail at drawing his dreadlocks. And tuxedos. I just fail.

This scene is just hilarious...I have no idea exactly what was going on when it happened, since it's been months since I read it, so I just went by memory. Fish looks weird without his hat...he might have been wearing it, but I wanted to take a stab at drawing him without it.

And this is when I got lazy. She's a princess, riding on a subway! Sorry nearly every sketch is of Rose/has her in it....she's just so easy to draw for some reason!

Characters copyright Regina Doman
Art copyright Mahira-chan
If you see this anywhere else, in part or whole, its stolen

Description
So I suddenly got in the mood to FINALLY draw these guys. I had sketched a few of them in my notebook during the school year, but not seriously. I wanted to do this last night, but I ended up starting to re-read The Shadow of the Bear instead so it got me even MORE in the mood and helped me get some of the characters better than I would have if I had not done so. Let's start with the portraits:

Rose: I love Rose! But she also kind of annoys me. I don't know why, but spending so much time from her POV in the beginning of Waking Rose just kind of got to me...she's hilarious, adventurous, spirited and the more extroverted type of person ever, the last of which may be why she got on my nerves at the end there. Her character just seems to be a bit stagnant or something. I don't know.
Anyways, I used ~FireFiriel 's picture: [link] as reference for her (and for Fish) and I am quite pleased how she turned out. Because I was initially referencing her style though, these guys ended up coming out in this weird mix of my style and the Eva style, which I think helped, considering how well the latter style is at defining facial structure. Her eyes still bug me a bit, but they'll do. I always saw her hair as wavy bordering on curly...

Blanche: Blanche certainly has much more depth as a character than Rose. She's like, practically her exact opposite, as far as personality and temperament goes, which means that in the first book, which is written almost entirely from their POVs, they balance off each other really well. It also means that girls reading the story can relate to one or the other, or both. I can do both, but I'm much more like Blanche, primarily in her introversion, suspicious and more critical nature, and natural caution.
I loved drawing her, she was probably the easiest to draw (and color, in some ways.) I had a very definite idea of how I wanted her to look. Still, it was odd to draw her with her long hair, as the first picture I ever saw of her (also by ~FireFiriel ) had her with her cut hair, so I always think of her that way, even when her hair is long! Ah well.

Bear: He struck me as somewhat bland in my first read-through, but as I'm going back through now, I can see that's not the case. He's still not, like, my favorite or anything, but he's a very easy to like character, and I'd love to know a guy like him
He was by far the toughest here to draw. I was utterly stumped as to how I wanted to make his face look. In the end, I thought of Link (in the more recent Skyward Sword previews) and Kaji from Eva. You can certainly see the Kaji influence in the end, far more than the Link influence. I think it works though. I'm not entirely sold on his hair (it's supposed to be, like, right after he cut off the dreadlocks) but oh well.

Fish: Fish is probably my favorite, in part because he's such a deep, well-written and well thought-out and incredibly realistic character. Out of these four, he reminds me the most of myself, temperament-wise. I think one of the reasons he's so likable is because we see him get in a dry spell, essentially at his worst, and then get out of it in an awesome way. Not to mention that his interactions with Rose (...and almost every character) are hilarious, and his chemistry with her is certainly more...complicated than Bear and Blanche's.
He was fairly easy to draw, due to having reference and the fact that I had already drawn Bear, and I knew they look similar, so I could use that. I think I did a reasonable job...I was definitely using Link as a reference a whole lot. He's a hero too, after all By the way, I hate drawing hats, because his head looks too flat!

Rose's singing "My Love, My Life" by ABBA. She's so dramatic.

Down a level and back over to the left: this is THEM in The Shadow of the Bear. So very much. I just HAD to put Rose's hair up like that once, even though she does look so very much like Asuka...

Alas, one-sided love (temporarily...)

I fail at drawing his dreadlocks. And tuxedos. I just fail.

This scene is just hilarious...I have no idea exactly what was going on when it happened, since it's been months since I read it, so I just went by memory. Fish looks weird without his hat...he might have been wearing it, but I wanted to take a stab at drawing him without it.

And this is when I got lazy. She's a princess, riding on a subway! Sorry nearly every sketch is of Rose/has her in it....she's just so easy to draw for some reason!

Characters copyright Regina Doman
Art copyright Mahira-chan
If you see this anywhere else, in part or whole, its stolen