Today, I got to focus on drawing for a large portion of the day, that is until our faucet in the kitchen started spouting water like a park fountain! I was baking a batch of muffins, and then while cleaning up afterwards, I turned off the faucet, and the water started spouting out the top of the tap. Being the first household emergency, I had never actually found out where the water main was, so it took me quite a while to find it. Guess where it was? Under my neighbour's house. Seriously! We live in a duplex, and the two water mains for both houses are under her house. Weird!
Anyway, back to the book stuff. I was doodling away on my Wacom (wow does that sound dirty), and came up with an idea for a character in the book. Even though this character is very simple looking, it took hours to get him to the point where I thought he looked presentable.
Part of the reason behind how long it takes, is that I'm still not 100% when it comes to using GIMP (the online graphics program that I use). Another reason is that I suck as an artist. I tend to focus on the former rather than the latter.
Judging by how long this single character took, means that writing a book, where I do the illustrations is going to take forever!
Part of the reason behind how long it takes, is that I'm still not 100% when it comes to using GIMP (the online graphics program that I use). Another reason is that I suck as an artist. I tend to focus on the former rather than the latter.
Judging by how long this single character took, means that writing a book, where I do the illustrations is going to take forever!
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