Hello everyone, and as you can see, you’re probably surprised with the new direction the Drawing Children’s Book Characters In My Style series has taken. Back in Round Three, I decided that I would start doing supporting characters for the properties I’ve already explored because I was running out of ideas for characters in which I can represent a lot of properties in a single round. So I decided to tackle the supporting cast of none other than Diary of a Wimpy Kid first in celebration of the release of the thirteenth book in the series, The Meltdown.
With that being said, I have officially decided that I am indeed getting The Meltdown today, and staying loyal to this series. This is because my perception on the latest developments with the series has changed since the announcement of The Meltdown. Yes, I still think that Kinney needs to care more about Poptropica, that Diary of a Wimpy Kid needs to be a StoryArc property, and that Greg’s next movie needs to be good and animated. But as for the book series itself, it appears to be improving since Double Down. I have finally read The Getaway a while ago, and it’s a pretty okay entry that’s even better than The Long Haul, making it the best of the non-school set books in the series. If you want to know more, I have written the reviews for Double Down and The Getaway some time ago, which I’m leaving on my Goodreads. And I also read the preview for The Meltdown, and it’s pretty promising. Of course, we have yet to see if The Meltdown itself keeps the quality of the series consistent, and that we never get a book quite like Double Down again.
Anyway, like I did with Greg himself, for most of the characters in this round, I will be referring to the books for their basic features and the films for the details. As for color, I was initially unsure if I wanted to keep with the black and white style that I did with Greg, but I decided to do so in order to make the most authentic versions of the characters.
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