No friendly hug, this. Illustration by Lou Kagan for a story I wrote that took place in South Africa in the 1800's. It was a deadly 'Fight To The Finish' battle between two women.
I like bearhugs where both girls are trapped in the others iron grip, desperately trying to crush the life out of the other before she herself is crushed, in a grueling contest of endurance where both opponents discover the hard way that the other is much stronger than she looks.
There's also another reason. None of my illustrations in by books were in color, so the Black versus White added a racial contrast to the black and white visual contrast. Drew
This one is great, I love the positioning of their bruises. Their bodies are beautiful and the bruises serve to highlight that, especially the hip bruises.
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