Space Girls

Promised some drawings from Mary, the girl sitting next to me at Expozine last weekend. Her table was filled with posters, zines, craft items from her and her friends. Seemed to be doing good business. She was nice enough to draw the space girl above in my watercolour book. I nearly screwed it up putting watercolour on it later (she'd said I should do that), because the drawing was in water soluble ink, but I think it's okay.

Very interesting how it's a totally different style from the kinds of things I do. This is my space girl, for instance:


I was tempted to say it's a girl vs. guy art thing, with girls doing decorative playful things, while guys are more technical, trying to imitate life. But then I thought of a lot of guys who do the simpler style, such as Marc Bell, and Siris.

Anyhow, I think both styles are great. Of course, I love playing with the realism, but enjoy simple, designy things, too. Here are some people faces from the fair, which Mary drew that day: