Eoin was struggling at the time with intense frustration over his belief that he had a lack of artistic ability. His arts may not lay in drawing but he is certainly not un-artistic. The boy loves music and can pick out most bands on the radio in the first few bars if he has heard them before. To him though, with two brothers who enjoy drawing it is frustrating to be so "behind". His fine motor skills are not where his brothers were at his age. He was beginning to get emotional when just talk of drawing would come up. Chris in his smarts ;) decided that maybe he would try giving Eoin a base character and letting him customize. At first Eoin still struggled but he felt some success. He tried again and again getting better each time. His feelings of accomplishment grew quickly. The boys are fantastic with him and give him encouraging words, never pointing out their own drawings in comparison to Eoin's. In the past few months with Eoin's growing confidence in his abilities so came some skill itself. Below is the progression of Eoin's characters and then some of the ones the rest of the family created. Eoin's are all pencil drawings because that is all I could find however for the most part he spends his time photocopying his creations and then colouring them over and over in variations (pencil, marker, watercolour).
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| Mace guy- early attempt |
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| Super dog mouth early attempt |
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| Guitar dude mid way attempt |
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| Knives late summer attempt |
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| ?don't know his name recent attempt |
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| Liss-The most recent attempt who is also the main character in his new story |
And then the boys and my own creations:
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| Liam's Naavi |
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| Liam's Goblin Bro |
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| Liam "UNFINISHED" Keyblade Knight |
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| Seamus' Goblin |
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| Seamus' Kingdom Hearts dude |
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| Seamus' Link (his favourite fictional person in the whole universe) |
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| Jenn's - Steampunk girl |
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| Jenn's - Peonie |
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| Jenn's- Wrappin' mama (yep had to do it!) |
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| Jenn's -Slingin' Mama :D |
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