Bates Motel: Jiao's sketchbook.
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As illustration jobs go, this one was pretty damned exciting. ^_^
For those that are still catching up on the series, in A&E’s “Bates Motel” airing Mondays @ 10/9c, Norman Bates discovers a sketchbook hidden underneath the carpeting in one of the rooms at the Bates Motel. Inside, he finds Chinese writing and manga sketches, immediately becoming captivated by the drawings. Norman, along with his classmate and friend Emma Decody, begin to dig deeper into the story behind the sketches and stumble upon a bigger mystery than either of them could have imagined. As the season unfolds, more characters from the manga are introduced and more secrets exposed; this book is the story of one of those characters...
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That's a fair point, and this was in fact a point of discussion early on as I had concerns too. I wasn't working on the show, and in fact the sketchbook was drawn before I'd seen any footage. I'm watching along like everyone else. (and man, it's an amazing piece of work!) In such a case, obviously I put faith in my employers...they know what they're doing on a wider scale far more than I. My job was to work with the writers and draw what was requested, which was mostly the narrative story of Jiao's journey and her cry for help. As it turns out, you'll spot from the download that there are a couple of pages in the middle that I didn't draw. They were additional and created closer to the set by an on-team artist.
The important thing is that the images themselves were never meant to be sexualised, and we talked about this a lot. They're not sexy pictures, no one's having a good time, we see nothing sexual happening; there is fear there. What's twisting them into being something sexualised in the show is Norman's brain.
I hope that explains a bit from my POV at least. I totally understand where you're coming from. Glad you liked the art, though! ^_^
If you're ever at a convention I'm attending, then do come say hi and I'll absolutely draw a signed convention sketch for you!