Missed Friday

In the course of moving the office and preparing for the beginning of a leadership course I started today, I forgot about the Friday update!

There's not much to tell though. Moving kind of wore me out this week (but I still made it to yoga somehow). Until next friday, unless I decide to post some stuff earlier to make up for missing Friday. For now, I sleep.

Not much to post tonight.

But! I did come to a realization the other day, which resulted in some better roughs.

All/most of the drawings I've done since the devil chick haven't really fit into the overall look I was going for. And I have been sort of worrying for a while that the book was going to look like some mish-mashed hodge-podge of varying styles that just didn't go together, and would make it look like it was done by a variety of artists rather than one.

So I sat down and thought and sketched, keeping in mind what my strengths were, and what strong-points I have that really make up my design aesthetic. And now I believe I have a firmer grasp on what I really want this project to be. So yay for that. I've got some work planned for this weekend, and I'll at least update next Friday to let you all know how it develops.

In completely unrelated news, I got a haircut today. It almost looks like a modern take on Barbra Streisand as Fanny Bryce in Funny Girl, towards the end when she has shorter hair. It's really cool.

Just a sketch for today...

I didn't get a chance to finish coloring the Dorothy/Scarecrow drawing, so here's a sketch I'm still hammering out: Alice and the Queen of Hearts duking it out.

I wanted to make the sketch emulate a classic playing card, the way that the illustration turns in on itself and flows.

I've been pretty busy this week, since I started up yoga again. I'm taking a class almost every day and I feel great. It's just what I needed. I'm going to work hard to finish a couple of pieces this weekend.

See you next week!

Work in progress sneak peek

This is a small peek at part of an unfinished piece I'm in the middle of coloring:

(I've still got to finish a bit more shading and such, as well as the background... but I'm pretty happy with how it's going.)

I'm a little frustrated with myself about how little I update this blog. And I've decided that instead of just posting here and there and saying I'll post again "in a few days" (which usually turns into a week or more), I'm going to set a regular update schedule. I am going to make an update every Friday, regardless of whether or not I've got a finished piece to show you. If I don't, I'll have another sneak peek like this one, or I'll just write about what I'm doing and how things are going with the project. And it's in my palm, so I won't forget!

So I'll see you Friday!