I love doing fresh drawings of the characters before I start writing about them. I feel when you're sixteen how you feel on the inside and the changes that are taking place are reflected on the outside. Not so much style, but your attitude, and both Gemmy and Sem have plenty of attitude. Although, by the time I finished 'Black Star' I'd already started leaning towards these changes as demonstrated in the book's frontispiece.
Anywho, after much ado with, at his mother's insistence, Gemmy gets a 'proper' haircut. It's a bit 90s Joey Tribbiani from Friends, but hey, they live in a world with anthropomorphic cat and salamander people. However, despite the respectable trim, he's still less than meticulous about keeping it neat and can't manage to get his cow-licks under control.
Sem on the other hand stays true to form with a less than planned hair style. She's let it grow out, more out of indifference than anything (plus it's easier to put into a pony tail on the sparrein field). But she still proudly sports a self-sheared fringe to keep her hair out of her eyes. Our girl stays as laissez faire as ever. Although she's still not kicked the bad mascara habit.
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