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February 2008

02/20/2008

Depth cue

I am sitting on the sofa next to my partner and I can't get my my drawing right (it's making me mad.) so I thrust my paper at him and demand he draw the trees behind my little character. I do this to him sometimes he usually sighs and does what I ask for the sake of a peaceful existence.
It is his own fault really for being a very clever artist. He is responsible for the occasional hand or expression in my work his best one yet is a shark costume on a pixie. I asked him to draw a shark and he handed me back a hammer head shark, pure genius I would never have thought of that.

He has taken the opportunity to give me a lecture on depth cuing.  He is always trying to get me to limit my palette and get the lighting right. My next series will be all about lighting without the tooty fruity colours, promise Ian.

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Painting in Photoshop

I have been having a go at painting in photoshop with a tablet. It's really a lot of fun but with my limited work hours so slow it's driving me nuts. It should speed up when I get better but at the moment I have abandoned this one.

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Sketches

I am doing a lot of drawing at the moment and feel like I am getting nowhere. It's putting me in a slightly bad mood but when 20 odd pictures emerge I am sure I will perk up. Until I start painting them and they don't go right straight away. Here are a few of my sketches. I have put the rest on flicker.
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02/13/2008

Writers group

I have joined a writers critique group through the SCBWI and it's great. I would recommend joining one if you are interested in writing. It is not only extremely useful but fun too.