Drawing Dora - Beyond #6

Presently, I'm approaching completion of the second draft of  my  upcoming book, BEYOND THE CASTLE ON THE HILL.  I've always found that it helps the flow of my writing  to create drawings of characters that I'm trying to breathe life into.   One of these characters, Dora,   not only goes through an emotional evolution and   but a physical  one as well. I was curious to see if I could catch  these fleeting images outside of my imagination and make them come alive. The  following is the result of  that exploration, which I call Drawing Dora.

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Drawing Dora

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I asked a few artists  from Fiverr.com to do  renditions  of my character to get a fresh outlook of what they believe the character might look like.   After giving a detailed description of my vision of Dora, I  was sent the following examples:

Artist Rendition #1

Artist Rendition #2

Artist Rendition #3

Artist Rendition #4

I was most impressed by the #4 rendition of the Dora character. With the help of Photoshop, I first  added grey tones  but that seemed too plain and just not real enough.   I then played with different color combinations  until I came up with something I was happy with for Dora's skin tone and uniform.

Finally, I found a background that suited the mood of the finished drawing.

Besides providing  more ideas for  my story, I plan to use  the drawings  to advertise the upcoming book, BEYOND THE CASTLE ON THE HILL. Who knows, it might  even be the  final book cover.

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Watch out for the next journal entry. ​
Check out the previous journal entries for more info on Beyond the Castle on the Hill.

Journal #1

Journal #2

Journal #3

Journal #4

Journal #5

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