Recently, I heard a statistic that surprised me. The speaker said that from 5% to 25% of fiction readers draw/paint/sketch pictures of the characters and/or scenes from the books they read and love. Really? So many? That fascinates me.
Curious, I asked on my Facebook Page if there were any fans of my books who illustrate character or scenes from my books. Granted, Facebook showed that post to only 6% of those who follow my Page, but I did hear from one gal—Wendy Lyson—who was kind enough to send me some of her sketches based on my book, Heart of Gold. There are two drawings of Shannon, the first in her 4th of July dress. The third is of Todd and his puppy, Nugget. I love them!
Thank you, Wendy, for sharing these with me and for giving me permission to share them with others on my blog.
She is a pretty good artist. AI love to draw but not that good with human or animal faces.
Those are lovely! The first sketch is my favorite! I’m sorry I missed your post on Facebook, or I would have responded too. I started a blog about a year ago to post my fan art of characters from novels. http://ncharacters.blogspot.com/ I think there’s more people who draw fan art of movie characters than novel characters, but I love drawing from novels because you can be more creative with it. There isn’t already a defined look for the characters based off of actors or a specific style for their world.
Monica, thanks for sharing the link to your blog about novel characters. If you ever do a character from one of my books, please let me know so I can share with readers. I looked through a number of the drawings on your blog and loved seeing your talent.
Thanks Robin! Of course I will let you know when I do! 😉