Exhausted and confused in a dark tunnel

Today is the first day in one and a half years that I considered not posting a word. Of course I’ll post something, but I’m feeling at a loss for words. The picture I’ve been working on for five days — Buddy airlifting Betty — looks worse the more I work on it, worse than the original concept sketch in every way. Painting this landscape is ridiculously hard and the results are dismal.

Just now I looked through the storyboard to see if there’s a light at the end of this dark tunnel. I found this picture of my friendly King Snake jungle guide. It’s been so long since I’ve looked at the storyboard that I’ve lost touch with where the story is going. I’m feeling thankful that I have this guy to paint, some day. I’m really digging his weird hand.