Design for a 13-year-old mouse girl

A young, bipedal, digitigrade, female mouse holds her hands patiently. She wears a T-shirt and a skirt. The shirt is not tucked in. The fur on the top of her head, the back of her neck, and on her arms is slightly longer than that on the rest of her body. The position of her tail makes it uncertain if she is preparing to rest it on the ground, or to swish it.

To the side of the drawing, her hands are drawn in a slightly different position, captioned "Basic finger shape: slight claw deformation."

About

When I originally created my character Jane, she was 13 years old (or rather, the equivalent of what would be 13 years old in human terms). As I developed her story, she continued ageing until she became the way I normally depict her today. Unfortunately, back when I created her, I knew nothing of rodent anatomy, so I was unable to capture on paper the way I saw her at that age.

However, as I wrote her story, I realized I had several flashbacks to her early days. I knew that, at some point, I would need to try to draw what that young lady had looked like.

Two weeks ago (during the week of March 5 to March 11), I finally mustered the courage to try to recreate what she looked like. So I sat and drew. I erased and tried again. And again. I got off the bus, got on the subway and continued trying. Until finally I got something that I could look at and say, "yes, that's the same character".

This is the result.

Number 2 pencil on recycled paper

Adult Jane: [2009 design (pencil)] [2009 design (vector)] [Comic 01 - Gift Horse] [Sleeping -- 2009] [Sleeping -- 2011] [Dishwashing] [Contest entry] [ID card] [Thanksgiving mouse] [A special christmas moment]