Marta had homework, and she probably should have worked on it, but she didn't feel like it. She knew it was against the rules of this place, but she couldn't wrap her mind around math, science, and language right now. Her brain had to do something else, and Sterling gave her the perfect distraction.
Marta kept herself busy with the drawing app, practicing a few easy shapes to figure out how all the tools worked. Sterling went to do her work, and Marta kept herself entertained. She began to drawing, looking occasionally at Sterling as she worked. Marta smirked, hoping the girl wouldn't notice the way Marta would sneak glances at her and then turn back to draw what she had seen.
Marta didn't draw people realistically. That was too difficult for her, but her love of comic books had let her to manga and anime, and that's the style she drew Sterling in now. She started with a stick figure and then a head. She added guidelines - lines to show where her eyes should go as well as the nose, ears and mouth. She then formed the body. Seeing it from all sides, was an interesting new thing for her to do, but she caught on quickly. She then added clothing and with another glance to Sterling, noted the way the girl's hair fell over her face, and added it. Thinking about what she knew of Sterling already, she erased one of the arms and redrew it so that it reached forward, palm up. Marta drew an orb above the hand added shines to make it look like a glowing ball of light. She soon had a black and white drawing of an anime Sterling.
Marta switched to color, and began to color in the sketch. She looked more often at Sterling now, coloring exactly what she saw. This Sterling would be wearing exactly what the girl was wearing now. The program seemed to autosave at intervals, but Marta had never trusted autosave. She saved the work herself at periodic intervals, not wanting to lose what she had made. Marta smiled as she finished and then added a stylized MG at the bottom - her own monogram.
Marta kept herself busy with the drawing app, practicing a few easy shapes to figure out how all the tools worked. Sterling went to do her work, and Marta kept herself entertained. She began to drawing, looking occasionally at Sterling as she worked. Marta smirked, hoping the girl wouldn't notice the way Marta would sneak glances at her and then turn back to draw what she had seen.
Marta didn't draw people realistically. That was too difficult for her, but her love of comic books had let her to manga and anime, and that's the style she drew Sterling in now. She started with a stick figure and then a head. She added guidelines - lines to show where her eyes should go as well as the nose, ears and mouth. She then formed the body. Seeing it from all sides, was an interesting new thing for her to do, but she caught on quickly. She then added clothing and with another glance to Sterling, noted the way the girl's hair fell over her face, and added it. Thinking about what she knew of Sterling already, she erased one of the arms and redrew it so that it reached forward, palm up. Marta drew an orb above the hand added shines to make it look like a glowing ball of light. She soon had a black and white drawing of an anime Sterling.
Marta switched to color, and began to color in the sketch. She looked more often at Sterling now, coloring exactly what she saw. This Sterling would be wearing exactly what the girl was wearing now. The program seemed to autosave at intervals, but Marta had never trusted autosave. She saved the work herself at periodic intervals, not wanting to lose what she had made. Marta smiled as she finished and then added a stylized MG at the bottom - her own monogram.