#Book Draw | If You could be mine work #Bookdraw speed drawing work in progress @OlyBliss | Uploaded April 2017 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
This is a reflection on how I created an image responding to
If You Could Be Mind by Sara Farizan. This video shows a work in progress, the full image is coming soon, click subscribe to keep up to date and see the final image with my review of the book! I'm using #Bookdraw on social media to encourage people to share their creations there too.

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If you could be mine:
goodreads.com/author/show/6911915.Sara_Farizan

This video really relates to the themes shared by some of the characters:
1.vyoutube.com/watch?v=Azyt9aF_0Gk
2. youtube.com/watch?v=DPeW9u2awaw
3. youtube.com/watch?v=me24PqwI-B8
4. youtube.com/watch?v=UImxz0SqM5I
5. youtube.com/watch?v=gIshf5B3DHI
6. youtube.com/watch?v=KsGO6ic0i48

These are people I drew references from to incorporate the images of the people staring at Sahara and Nasrin. They represent different characters in the story. Please check out their individual stories.

I based Paveen on model Pari Roehi
i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/we-discuss-femininity-growing-up-and-diversity-with-transgender-model-pari-roehi

I wanted to leave the other characters more open to interpretation as they could represent several of the surrounding characters. These are the sources of the images though:

This is a video of Shiva:
youtube.com/watch?v=bQeAchXfDVk&t=259s

This is a video of Akan:
youtube.com/watch?v=2cRBP2YwJZg

This is a video of Nima:
youtube.com/watch?v=u_GxA6D01OY&t=2s