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Hand Drawing

They're getting drawn into the story

  • Ellen Novack
  • Nov 20, 2025
  • 1 min read
The lineup for wrestling tournaments for the boys in the Cauliflower Ear Club
The lineup for wrestling tournaments for the boys in the Cauliflower Ear Club

It's a good thing that I'm a writer and not an artist, but I needed some visual aids to help sort out some of these characters. The problem is that I changed some names and still need to change a couple more. You see, I read Memoir by Margaret Atwood (wonderful, highly recommend it) and as one of the many asides and lessons in the book, she advised not to have two characters in the book with the same first initial. Who knew I was so attracted to G-names and J-names? The issue is, since I know these characters so well, and by their original names, I have confused myself with the new names. So, starting with these drawings - notice how the sizes of the paper is staggered accordisng to weight class- I am going to add characteristics, backgrounds, and personalities for each wrestler beside their own picture, double check with it as I re-edit. Again. And again. Wish me luck.

 
 
 

2 Comments


Suzanne
Nov 23, 2025

What a creative process. Look forward to meeting the G’s and J’s and the rest of the team.

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Cath
Nov 22, 2025

Good luck! Cute guys!

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