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Okay, so this is more of a sketch than a final pic, but I do want to do a full color version that's cleaned up. This is actually a sketch of a sketch. The people present from left to right are: Karen, Liu Si, Will, Amy, and Lola. The overall layout was actually something I came up with while at work, and while I don't think it's really that special, nor particularly deep, it has nice juxtaposition of each person present, and includes them in their formal wear. As for the whole bench thing... you see, they went to a restaurant wearing their formal clothing, and at this restaurant, MY experience usually includes waiting for a table at one of the benches there, and while this didn't take place during the story, I still drew them seated on or around one of the benches. I wanted it to seem somewhat natural, and rather than just a large group shot, I wanted them to actually be somewhere, and seated at their table seemed to defeat the purpose of drawing them in formal where, as you wouldn't be able to see them fully.

Here's how they're each described in "Our Story":

"I [Will] was wearing my second suit with the best-matching tie. Not much to say there, but Karen and Amy looked happy when they saw me, so I guess it was cool."

"Karen was wearing her hair up, with pearl drop earrings and a triple strand of seed pearls, in whatever that necklace style is where they twist around like a rope. The pale cream dress she was wearing had a knee-length, close fitting skirt, not the poofy kind, with three quarter sleeves and a medium neckline. She was wearing white hose and low heel pumps that matched her dress. She looked bright and summery."

"Liu Si had on her new party dress, which was a black velvety-looking material with little blue and silver flowers embroidered all over it. It was sleeveless, with a mid-calf length skirt. She had her hair back in a blue satin ribbon, with a blue beaded necklace, and she was wearing the white seashell bracelet Amy had given her the first time they met. Her ears were not pierced, so she had no earrings. White socks and shiny new mary janes completed her ensemble."

"Amy had a lacy white blouse over a forest green, ankle-length skirt that swirled and waved every time she moved, as if it were silk or some other light material. Tiny butterfly earrings sparkled from her earlobes, which were plainly visible, because she had her hair up in two bouncy pigtails."

"Lola was a vision. Tight red sheath dress, and a shimmery gold scarf wrapped around her shoulders and draped over her bare arms. She was wearing a necklace that looked like one diamond set in a dime-sized gold disc, on a thin gold chain that suddenly made me notice how beautiful a woman's collarbones can be. She held a glossy black clutch purse, and as she turned her head to watch us pull up, earrings like little golden bells glimmered in the porch light."

Proportions are off, but I still think I can go back and fix it later in the color version. I took a few liberties with the designs, as they are slightly vague in some respects. The hard part was actually trying to get the little details in the jewelry right. Partially my fault for using 3-width brush and drawing them so small, but hey, I think I did okay (except for the butterfly earrings Amy is wearing; I drew them too small and awkward I think). I drew this up in about 3 hours (I was half drawing, half watching House), and it's now 2am yet again, plus, I have a CLEP test tomorrow on the DANTES Lifespan Developmental Psychology; Could have studied, didn't care. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm really sore after the ridiculous workout I did today, and I'm going to bed (lunging an entire basket ball court 4 times, 50 squats, 50 stasis push-ups, 30 sit-up, 30 crunches, 30 toe-touch crunches, 25 bicycle crunches, 8 wind sprints, and 5 sprints don't feel good hours after the fact).

Description
Okay, so this is more of a sketch than a final pic, but I do want to do a full color version that's cleaned up. This is actually a sketch of a sketch. The people present from left to right are: Karen, Liu Si, Will, Amy, and Lola. The overall layout was actually something I came up with while at work, and while I don't think it's really that special, nor particularly deep, it has nice juxtaposition of each person present, and includes them in their formal wear. As for the whole bench thing... you see, they went to a restaurant wearing their formal clothing, and at this restaurant, MY experience usually includes waiting for a table at one of the benches there, and while this didn't take place during the story, I still drew them seated on or around one of the benches. I wanted it to seem somewhat natural, and rather than just a large group shot, I wanted them to actually be somewhere, and seated at their table seemed to defeat the purpose of drawing them in formal where, as you wouldn't be able to see them fully.

Here's how they're each described in "Our Story":

"I [Will] was wearing my second suit with the best-matching tie. Not much to say there, but Karen and Amy looked happy when they saw me, so I guess it was cool."

"Karen was wearing her hair up, with pearl drop earrings and a triple strand of seed pearls, in whatever that necklace style is where they twist around like a rope. The pale cream dress she was wearing had a knee-length, close fitting skirt, not the poofy kind, with three quarter sleeves and a medium neckline. She was wearing white hose and low heel pumps that matched her dress. She looked bright and summery."

"Liu Si had on her new party dress, which was a black velvety-looking material with little blue and silver flowers embroidered all over it. It was sleeveless, with a mid-calf length skirt. She had her hair back in a blue satin ribbon, with a blue beaded necklace, and she was wearing the white seashell bracelet Amy had given her the first time they met. Her ears were not pierced, so she had no earrings. White socks and shiny new mary janes completed her ensemble."

"Amy had a lacy white blouse over a forest green, ankle-length skirt that swirled and waved every time she moved, as if it were silk or some other light material. Tiny butterfly earrings sparkled from her earlobes, which were plainly visible, because she had her hair up in two bouncy pigtails."

"Lola was a vision. Tight red sheath dress, and a shimmery gold scarf wrapped around her shoulders and draped over her bare arms. She was wearing a necklace that looked like one diamond set in a dime-sized gold disc, on a thin gold chain that suddenly made me notice how beautiful a woman's collarbones can be. She held a glossy black clutch purse, and as she turned her head to watch us pull up, earrings like little golden bells glimmered in the porch light."

Proportions are off, but I still think I can go back and fix it later in the color version. I took a few liberties with the designs, as they are slightly vague in some respects. The hard part was actually trying to get the little details in the jewelry right. Partially my fault for using 3-width brush and drawing them so small, but hey, I think I did okay (except for the butterfly earrings Amy is wearing; I drew them too small and awkward I think). I drew this up in about 3 hours (I was half drawing, half watching House), and it's now 2am yet again, plus, I have a CLEP test tomorrow on the DANTES Lifespan Developmental Psychology; Could have studied, didn't care. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm really sore after the ridiculous workout I did today, and I'm going to bed (lunging an entire basket ball court 4 times, 50 squats, 50 stasis push-ups, 30 sit-up, 30 crunches, 30 toe-touch crunches, 25 bicycle crunches, 8 wind sprints, and 5 sprints don't feel good hours after the fact).