Emo Picture is Emo.

So I finished the last two pages of chapter one of Fruitful Confusion, finished two of the three chapter extras, sketched the last one, sketched the chapter two cover page, and finished this illustration...all in one week?! Woah! Actually, most of that was finished before Friday even. I'm so used to last minute finishing things on the weekend that I had no idea what to do with myself...

I had originally sat down thinking "I'll do a children's illustration for once!" But, well, that didn't work out and somehow or other I ended up sketching what would become the following drawing about domestic violence. The source for this is primarily because I've been listening to a lot of Pink lately, and two songs in particular inspired this drawing - "Family Portrait" and "Conversations with my 13-year-old Self". I'm pretty happy with how it came out, especially the teenager in the foreground. Although whether the dad is going to slap her or karate chop her head off, I have no idea...I played around with some of my coloring techniques, and I think I'm starting to develop something that works. We shall see. (: