Under the weather

I’m not feeling great today. I haven’t eaten for the last 24 hours. The idea of eating is unthinkable. The cause…I’ve tracked it down to a bad bottle of very expired buffalo sauce.

Despite feeling like shit, I was able to finish page 15, which has been languishing in an incomplete state for over a year. In this picture we see that Jimmy and Betty have been rescued by a mysterious character, a dolphin.

A Dylan Dolphin concept picture

Dylan Dolphin, Easter Island, Children's Picture book, Clip Studio Paint EX

This is my latest version of Dylan. He looks too old. Now I’ve got to make him cute and cudly. This was good practice for using the bezier tool. CSP doesn’t seem to have an elegant way to taper lines. Or I jist don’t know how to do it. Probably that..

NOTE TO SELF; tomorrow work on the shading and highlights.

Midweek chore day

I’m not working this week at my square job, so I’m doing some long-postponed chores. I resurfaced our front screen door, which involved paint scraping with a wire brush and washing. I also replaced the house numbers, which were getting rusty.

This is my final version of Dylan Dolphin for page 65. Even though I say “final”, I will probably have to change his colors. I believe his skin is a little too blue.

Kids Transformed into Moai by the Volcano Demon

At this point in the book, Jimmy and Dylan have been transfromed into Moai. They’re now solid rock and will remain that way for all eternity…unless someone can find a way to break the spell cast on them by the all-mighty volcano demon. I hope this story has a happy ending!