Character 6

I thought I'd better put a lady in for good measure, although I didn't want any kind of notion of love-interests here. Because it's a 'Boy's Own Adventure'! Can't be doing with all that girly nonsense, old chap. Fair enough, she is the 'token female' in the piece, but I wanted a girl in the story in a sensible, non-condescending way, just like Sister Diana Murdoch in 'Ice Cold In Alex' - a character in her own right, but also someone who can press the characteristics of the others involved. I thought that she should be terribly English, especially when I found these 1930's photos of girls having fun in aircraft and fast cars, but upon finding the Amelia Earhart photos, I thought that that would be an interesting character to include - a thrill seeker, and risk taker. I thought that fit in much more neatly with the idea of deserting from the army.



But I've got to learn how to draw women. All the women I draw turn out looking rather manly, with big manly hands, big chunky shoulders, and all in all, totally the wrong shape - like a Renaissance painter trying to paint the baby Jesus, and actually painting a short fat man. (Take a look at Renaissance paintings, and you'll see that, in many cases, I'm right!)