Hi everyone! I'm SO excited about this entry! I worked a long time on it (mainly because I'm not good at drawing groups) It's for Niko Chan's contest "Draw you and your friends as a rock band"

Well, there's actually a story behind this picture. (it's sort of long, sorry, but I want to share it with you).

When I started drawing it I realized that my friends and I would never end up in a rock band together and I wanted their personality to remain true to who they are. So, I came up with this idea.

We are "Smilie Phases". On each of our group shirts we have our own smilie face to show our personality

I put my oldest sister, Brigid, on drums. She's a little silly and insane *hugs my sister, you know I love ya* and the drums seemed to fit her. The story behind her hair in the picture is that (in pretend) when she discovered we were starting a rock band she dyed her hair blue to be more 'Rock and Roll'. She's basically hitting the drums and anything else she can find to make as much noise as possible.

Next is me, on guitar. I play guitar in real life, so I figured that's what I'd do. Well, I tend to be shy, so I have a "shy" smilie. On my guitar I'm playing a jazz piece I've been working on.

Then is my dear "adopted twin" umm, let's see, I'll call her Belle. She's a complete sweetheart and definitely the heart of our group so she of course has a heart smilie. As the lead singer she's singing her favorite, soft, beautiful, tragic love song.

Then is her pretty much complete opposite on the music mixer. She (in the picture... and probably in real life if we tried it) views the band as sort of a dumb idea. -.-; So, she's the skeptical smilie. Despite that, she's a good sport, so she's playing along; mixing up as many rock beats as she can find.

And, finally, is my other sister (I'll call her Kitty). Now, Kitty refused to wear the silly t-shirt, but it was going to be a sighing smilie (she does that alot around us). She's into classical music, loves long dresses and has a deep respect for good music. So, she's watching us in slight horror, wondering if there's any way to get out of it. hehehe, I feel sorry for her. I really would have drawn her with an instrument, but (though she's very sweet) I don't think she'd join.

Oh, did I mention that we're all playing in different keys, tempos and styles at the same time? Yeah, it's more noise than music, but that tends to be what happens when we all try a group project...

Well, for those of you who read all this wow, this was long, THANK YOU! I just had so much fun with it and I wanted to share the story behind it with all of you! *hugs* And I really hope you like it!

Have a wonderful day, everyone!