This is my rip of S.Olga Linville's 'Wallflower.' So many of her paintings appealed to me, I think I finally settled on this one because I too was soooooo shy at that Jr. High age.
As much as I love cats, and cat art, I've never been able to paint one that I like. So, I transformed the character back into a girl...wearing an adorable Olga cat necklace. :)