One of the thing that's bugged me since I started doing comics of my own stuff back in high school is that I never really capture the look of the people I see in my head. I blame my "training" on Robotech Comic Books (They have the patent on poofy hair styling cream), and the fact that they're not really completely anime looking in my head.
But sometimes, I draw a panel that actually manages to look like the character in my head. This is one of Allison that when I finished I said "Wow, it's HER." She's still got overly poofy hair, but the glasses and the expressions and evven her facial features seemed dead on. Even her hair was only slightly more exaggerated than how I see her.

And now I attempt bed, for I have friends to see....