My next original character...


This is Michelle Shephard, twin-sister of Mike Shephard, the lead-singer of Bart Simpson's rock-group "Insane". [link]

She attended Springfield Elementary in the same grade as Bart Simpson, although not in the same class. A shy and withdrawn girl at first, she came out of her shell gradually through high-school, and had a major crush on Bart, causing some friction between her and Bart's then-girlfriend Alex Whitney. When she, Bart and Mike all graduated University, she had grown out of her crush for Bart and went out with Todd Flanders for a while until they broke up. She is now the girlfriend of "Insane" bassist Richard, a former school-friend of Bart's.

Michelle works as a beautician at a local Springfield salon.

She is quarter Native-American (Cherokee) on her father's side and quarter Japanese on her mother's. She is distantly related to Sherri and Terri through their mother.

I've drawn her as a 10-year-old and a 21-year-old as I plan to do more pics of her with Mike, Bart and his friends in both time-frames.