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So, I've recently been reading the Ender's Game books. I had Ender's Game for a good year or so, but just finally got around to reading it. And... I was blown away. It was just brilliant, every bit as great as I'd heard it to be.
I also recently finished Speaker for the Dead, and are partly doen with Xenocide. Speaker was very good, even if it had a slow beginning... Xenocide is cool so far.

My point with the sketches is, that one thing I definitely don't like about the books is that Card never actually describes any of the characters. So I feel left to my own devices here more often than I like.

Note: There will be spoilers from the book in my comments. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

In the pic-
top left, and full body: Ender in battle game uniform. A lot of artwork from the covers has Ender in a Megaman-esque helmet. And I'm just such a nerd that I think it's badass. I know I should probably have included Ender's team emblem on his uniform somewhere, but being that he gets bounced around between teams a bit, I left it out. Let's assume it's Dragon team he's on.

The two top headshots next to him: the top is younger, "launchie" Ender. I imagine him bright eyed and innocent looking, which I guess is the idea. The one under it, I imagine is what Command school Ender would look like, what with his lack of sleep, overall disregard for most of his hygiene, and a few scratches and bruises from his sparring with Mazer Rackham. The light that he had in his eyes from his youth is quite extinguished.

Headshot under: Mazer Rackham. The book pretty much just describes him as some random old hardass. So that's what I shot for.

Top right headshot: Peter. I dunno how I came to this look for him, but I think it suits him. Mainly the dark, evil eyes and that malicious smile. Don't ask me about the freckles, I just kinda see it.

Under that: Valentine. Again, never a real description for her. I just wanted to make her look bright and tidy, yet constantly sad.

Bottom right: Bonzo. Ender's main nemesis for Battle School, I pictured him with a smug-ass haircuit and looking like he's got something shoved up his ass. It suits him, way he acts in the book.

Bottom left: A bugger. Again, these things are never really described much until Xenocide. Seeing District 9 may have influenced me a bit on their appearance, but I tried to cross that with something like the Arbiter from Halo.

So there you have it.

Description
So, I've recently been reading the Ender's Game books. I had Ender's Game for a good year or so, but just finally got around to reading it. And... I was blown away. It was just brilliant, every bit as great as I'd heard it to be.
I also recently finished Speaker for the Dead, and are partly doen with Xenocide. Speaker was very good, even if it had a slow beginning... Xenocide is cool so far.

My point with the sketches is, that one thing I definitely don't like about the books is that Card never actually describes any of the characters. So I feel left to my own devices here more often than I like.

Note: There will be spoilers from the book in my comments. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

In the pic-
top left, and full body: Ender in battle game uniform. A lot of artwork from the covers has Ender in a Megaman-esque helmet. And I'm just such a nerd that I think it's badass. I know I should probably have included Ender's team emblem on his uniform somewhere, but being that he gets bounced around between teams a bit, I left it out. Let's assume it's Dragon team he's on.

The two top headshots next to him: the top is younger, "launchie" Ender. I imagine him bright eyed and innocent looking, which I guess is the idea. The one under it, I imagine is what Command school Ender would look like, what with his lack of sleep, overall disregard for most of his hygiene, and a few scratches and bruises from his sparring with Mazer Rackham. The light that he had in his eyes from his youth is quite extinguished.

Headshot under: Mazer Rackham. The book pretty much just describes him as some random old hardass. So that's what I shot for.

Top right headshot: Peter. I dunno how I came to this look for him, but I think it suits him. Mainly the dark, evil eyes and that malicious smile. Don't ask me about the freckles, I just kinda see it.

Under that: Valentine. Again, never a real description for her. I just wanted to make her look bright and tidy, yet constantly sad.

Bottom right: Bonzo. Ender's main nemesis for Battle School, I pictured him with a smug-ass haircuit and looking like he's got something shoved up his ass. It suits him, way he acts in the book.

Bottom left: A bugger. Again, these things are never really described much until Xenocide. Seeing District 9 may have influenced me a bit on their appearance, but I tried to cross that with something like the Arbiter from Halo.

So there you have it.