Basketball

Pencil drawn, inked with a dimestore ball-point pen, shaded in pencil again. Where do sports fit into these categories?

I didn't really want to make it grayscale, but I don't have Photoshop so I can't digitally colour my pictures. Pencil crayon comes through the scanner looking like crap (page through my gallery and scraps for examples) and I knew I couldn't get her skin right in either case anyway. I wonder if it's obvious the girl on the right is a redhead? Anyway, in case anyone's keeping track, here's some info on the character:

Once again, Noxochicoztli Putzkanner-Kim. Many superheroes exhibit athletic ability even before getting their powers; Green Lantern was a pilot or marine or something, Arana was a gymnast and Captain America was a soldier. Noxo is a teen athlete, probably because she has very few other hobbies to choose from (functionally illiterate, not much money). She's almost single-handedly carrying her high school basketball team.

She's shorter than most of the other players, but has been participating in sports since she was very young. She's naturally fast and fit, but what sets her apart is a unique talent for improvisation. Even the more gifted players often can't keep up with her extremely unconventional, on-the-fly movements that amazingly don't break the rules of the game. In sports, this is an interesting eccentricity. When fighting crime, it's a lot more useful.

Trivia: her jersey number is 34. Oh, exploitable!