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OC-tober Day 19: Interacting with a child in their life

Introducing Laura and Lily! If you have read My Brother's Keeper you will recognize Laura as Amber's coworker from Shuggazoom Sweets. Laura also has a little sister named Lily who was recently introduced in chapter 28. I've actually had Laura's design drawn for like two years but I just totally forgot to post it, so this is your first time seeing her XD. This was my first time drawing Lily and I'm excited about how she turned out!

The two of them went to the circus together in the Circus of Ooze chapter so I thought it would be fun to see them chilling together and having a sister day out :D

more inspo under the cut

Hidden Mother presents a survey of the 19th-century child portraits known as "hidden mother" photographs. (...) 19th century portrait photographers turned to a number of different devices—from pedestals to pincer-like braces—to stabilize the body for the long exposures required to make a portrait. But these methods couldn’t be used on the small, unruly body of a child. Instead, the photographer often enlisted the mother, who, hidden by studio props, supported or soothed her offspring. In the final image, the mother appears as an uncanny presence. (...) These photographs range from the comic, almost slapstick, barring of the mother to more macabre examples of her literal erasure. A practical strategy deployed by the photographer unintentionally yielded an evocative representation of the mother in abstentia; never meant to be seen, her presence nonetheless haunts these images. ( x )