illustrator-post#4

(sorry that i came out in the pic.. i had to do a long shot and it just wouldn't fit right.. and also understand that i only use two colors per pic.. sorry but i don't have that many so that i could make more detailed images..)

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she wore dark green knee socks and a gray flannel skirt, with pleats; often a sweater, always a dark and solid color, matched her knee socks, and always her long dark hair was up, twirled in a braid on top of her head, or completely pinned. she had a wide mouth with very thin lips and she never wore lipstick. garp knew that she always smelled nice, but he never touched her. he did not imagine that anyone did; she was as slender and nearly as tall as a young tree--she was taller then garp by two inches or more--and she had sharp, almost painful-looking bones in her face, although her eyes behind her glasses were always soft and large, and a rich honey-brown.

i think this was one of the longest visual descriptions that was given so far in the story. the way that every detail is described about helen is a bit flattering. i was debating with my self if i should have done the full body image of her or just do a focus on her face. obviously i went with the body picture. do you think i made a good choice? or do you think the face-up was what really came to mind when the author was describing helen?

-meagan betances

1/25/2010