Here’s that picture I was working on yesterday, the picture where I learned how to draw bicycle spokes. Ironically, I used to build my own road racing bicycles, which involves building bicycle wheels from scratch and putting spokes into all the right spots.
Buddy looks like he spends a lot of time on his bike.
At least, I think it’s my last picture. Tomorrow I’ll be moving over to inDesign to import all of the pictures into the 32-page book template and position them with the text. I’m heaving a generous sigh of relief at completing this part of the project, and I’m looking forward to taking the next step toward getting this book published. Yea!
30/365
Today I don’t have a finished painting, so I’ll post what I have up to this point. I’ve heard you’re not supposed to let them see you sweat, but that saying doesn’t apply when I’m trying keep a record of my learning how to create a children’s book. So, here it is: my sweaty art work, incomplete and in need of some loving attention.
I’ll post the finished version tomorrow for comparison.
6/365
I looked at my reference photo a dozen times drawing this Monarch butterfly and got the white marking all wrong. I’m going to put “pay more attention to details” on my TODO list. Today I inked this with a Zig Cartoonist sable brush. I heard somewhere that the pros use this brush. Naturally, I wanted one, thinking it probably had some magic in it. However, in my hands this brush is like a slippery eel flopping across the page. More practice needed.
The Zig cartoonist sable brush is might difficult to handle. The sable hair is generously long, and very flexible, almost like a rigger. My heavy-hand sent the line skidding around the page. Still, the brush endows lines with lots of personality.
