Post-Apocalyptica Magazine Reveals New Fashions!
My good friend Joce drew these for me last night and this morning. She's been keeping up with the Friday Snippets and has offered amazing input for Iris' character. The story A Handful of Dust focuses on the estranged friendship of these two characters and I draw on my real life friendship with Joce to write those moments when they are happy and how it might feel to lose that.
Also: I got out of jury duty. They picked all the jurors they needed from yesterday's pool, so my services were not required. Three cheers for the justice system.
Also: I got out of jury duty. They picked all the jurors they needed from yesterday's pool, so my services were not required. Three cheers for the justice system.
So far, I've only introduced you guys to Dell O'Sullivan, the baseball-loving nuke-dodging heroine who eventually travels across the wastelands of the US to find her friend and find a place to call home on the coast. Joce got everything into this pic - Dell's looks, outfit, (notebook, pencil, mail bag, baseball bat, WWII helmet and the cutest haircut ever). Yay! Dell in a rationalist, a minimalist and someone focused on survival.
Joce also drew up a sketch for Iris Garrick - the more artistic of the two friends. Iris comes to embody the "mother-nuturer" in the story and is much more focused on living - not just suriving. That is a 12 gauge flare gun she's holding, and Joce drew her perfectly. Nice coat too. I'm a little jealous. Iris doesn't have as much survivalist gear as Dell because she doesn't travel much. She stays in Ashville and Greenville in North and South Carolina, holding together her small community. Hence the not so minimalist approach. 
So say we all.
Bri
