A Day of Turmoil -- Removing a Favorite Character from My Children's Picture Book
/Today I balked at working on my book. Over the weekend I realized that I had added too many characters to the plot. My original intent was to have a jaguar cub keep the kids from getting into big trouble. In one drawing I added a toucan to the background, but I fell in love with it and promoted it to the jaguar cub’s part. Tommy Toucan entered the story. I spent many hours drawing and painting that guy, and today I was reluctant to delete him. I really didn’t want to remove him, and I became suddenly exhausted. After a nap I realized that I had grown attached to Tommy. I was clinging to him and didn’t want to let him go. I had put so much love into creating him. Still, I realized that the story was suffering because of his presence. It was clear that I had to give him back to the muses. I returned to Clip Studio and erased all traces of him. Once he was gone, my mood lifted. I was miraculously cured of my fatigue. Afterwards I sketched some jaguars.
