And because it's on my mind...

[syredronning]

As I've frequently written *g*, I've an original drawing from each of them hanging in our house, almost side by side, see here (IMM on the left, Shelley's on the right).

Now, I'm not (yet?) much into analysis of pics, but the main difference for me is that IMM has studied art and is actually able to draw the persons without using any kind of existing pic as template - at least, that's the impression I got from this and two other drawings of her that I own (see the icon for one of the others). She knows the human proportions and makes good use of them in unusual positions. She's drawing more in lines than Shelley.

Shelley is using existing photos as templates; however, she has a unique way of copying them. Her shading technique is perfect, and it's very hard/complicated and time consuming.

I must admit, I'm darn picky with drawings (well, I hope I will get less picky over my own meager attempts at drawing, because I might cherish drawings of medium quality more than before). However, whenever I cross those pictures, I enjoy them and their differences :)