GHOSTWORLD

I'm not a fan of this movie, but I'm a big big fan of the leading actresses! I really wanted to try drawing more movie girls after I got inspired from "But I'm a Cheerleader," and lots of people had been telling me they wanted to see drawings referenced from Ghostworld. So here are my first attempts to draw Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson...not very cartoony, but it'll take a lot of practice before I'm aquainted with them enough to draw fun pictures. The one above is my first try...it's pretty off.

Thora Birch is really pretty. She was difficult to draw though because even though she's very interesting looking, it was hard to figure out just what it was about her eyes and nose and mouth that makes her look how she does. She has interesting proportions, too. Full cheeks and a long neck make for a cute girl and funny drawings.

I'm not sure if you can even tell these are her. I suppose the glasses and mask give her away...

I really would love to get more stylized with these girls. It's frustrating to have to draw them over and over again, but hopefully I'll eventually get it and I can post them up with pride!

I have a weird artistic crush on Scarlett! These drawings don't do her justice at all. All her facial features stand out and are super unique and pretty. She's like a cartoonist's dream! Or maybe a nightmare, since it's too hard for me to get the drawings to look pretty enough!

I thought I was starting to get closer with the one on the left (I did about 30 other drawings inbetween that didn't look like her at all), but they're still missing so much. The one on the right scanned hideously...my scanner drops out any light blue, pink, or cream color!

This one is my favorite Scarlett so far, although I still want to be able to draw her more cartoony and more cute. Someone on a previous post pointed out that it was hard to draw Natasha Lyonne's eyes because they are wide open and droopy at the same time. Scarlett's are similar in that they are somewhat catlike in shape, but sleepy at the same time. How do you draw that?!

I'm gonna try again later!