Page 34 Concept

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I tried to make this static scene a little more interesting by changing the perspective to be upwards looking. When I look at the drawing as a small thumbnail, I can see that I have some work to do! Betty looks almost okay, but Tuca isn’t elongated enough. If the perspective were as I want it to be, the two would appear to be leaning in toward each other. I’ll fix that tomorrow.

I had my yearly medical checkup today. At 7am I drove to Medford for my appointments. My dermatologist zapped a half dozen precancerous growths on my head and face with his dandy liquid nitrogen spray and pronounced all of the other spots, bumps, and growths to be benign.

Next up I went for my yearly checkup with my internal medicine guy. My cholesterol is awesome and my blood work has improved. On the drive home from Medford I felt relieved. Too many times I’ve gone for my annual and received bad news. Today was a good day.

Chore Day, December 26, 2020: Concept Art -- Jimmy Goes Into The Drink

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Jimmy in big trouble as his boat is overwhelmed by a giant wave. Sketched and painted with Rebelle 4

Today I vacuumed the house and did the laundry. Afterwards I whipped up some spaghetti sauce for the week ahead. It was yummy over edamame linguini.

I’ve been battling with Rebelle 4 all week. I feel that really clumsy with it, as if I know nothing at all. When I get frustrated, I’m tempted to throw it aside and go back to Clip Studio Paint for painting. I’m tempted, but I resist temptation and keep plugging along. I used Rebelle 4 for today’s image.

If I decide to create my paintings with Rebelle 4, I’m still going to use Clip Studio Paint EX and InDesign for all of the other tasks that are necessary for creating a picture book, such as creating speech bubbles and page layout.