Sketch of Paige

Nov 6, 2020

1 min read

Rounding out my character sketches for The Spirit Hollows, here's Paige Zhu. All the other characters look serious in their pictures, but she has a grin (or is it a smirk?) on her face.

1 Comment

Ascensión Feliz

5 days ago

Reading your sketch of Paige took me straight back to the summer I spent volunteering at a community art program for kids. I remember one girl, barely ten, who clung to a notebook like it was a secret diary. She would sketch strangers she saw on the bus, adding tiny details—a crooked smile, a faded scarf—that made the strangers feel oddly familiar https://polis.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/cgr One day she handed me a drawing of a girl with a wild, untamed ponytail and a mischievous grin, and she whispered, “That’s how I see myself when I’m trying to be brave.” Seeing Paige’s confident stride and the subtle vulnerability in her eyes reminded me of that moment, when art became a mirror for identity. It’s…