Earlier this summer, my four-year-old pulled a kid's graphic novel off the shelf of the library and said, "I want to check out this one." Little did either of us realize that we would be checking out the additional two books in the series, backwards. The series revolves around the titular Zita the Spacegirl, although honestly, from the first . . . er, last, I was always a huge fan of Piper.
So last week we cracked open the first of the series, and bumped up against a picture of Piper playing his, well, what is that thing? Recorder? Irish Penny Whistle? Regardless, music is swirling around him on scrolls and I realized: I just had to draw my version of Piper.
After sketching, running it through Painstchainer, fighting with Paintschainer, and then cleaning it in in Drawing Desk, this is what I ended up with:
I'm pretty sure Piper actually has blonde hair, but what do I know? Paintschainer gave him pink hair, so pink hair it is. It also gave him blue demon eyes. It took me awhile to realize that it had colored over his pupils and that's why he looked so terrifying.
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| Psychedelic demon-eyed Piper |
Those eyes just pierce your soul . . .