Character Study, take 2

I have been working for a while on a manuscript that I co-authored with my brother, Josh. I've also been debating, endlessly, how the two main characters should look (see below, The Firebird). I thought originally to make them in my normal style. But that doesn't seem to fit the proper age of the character or the age group we want to hit with our story. So here is character sketch #2, with Boy and Grandpa.  I lost the costumey look and kept them in modern clothing, so as not to detract from the story, though it takes place long ago, as the time period is actually quite irrelevant to the story. I wanted the boy to seem tiny but curious, a little chubby, and capable. Grandpa is also very handy and capable...he'll need to be for his big task in the story. I wanted them to appear like they are friends.

"Character Sketch #2 (color) for current project: Boy and Grandpa." Copyright 2013 Jessica Boehman. Colored pencil and pencil.