After struggling for days to ink this page using Clip Studio Paint’s bezier curves, I decided to revert to freehand inking. Learning on the job can lead to massive slowdowns, even coming to a complete halt, while climbing a steep learning curve. So, back to freehand inking it is. I’m still using CSP’s vector layers and I can still use the vector tools to correct to fix wayward lines, of which there are plenty.
Sketch with Krita
I took a horrendous fall yesterday. Half of the muscles in my left side are twanging. It’s hard to focus on anything. I’m lucky that I can sleep at all.
I didn’t make an inch of progress on my book today. I did have time to sit outside and watch the clouds go by. I thought about my book and I realized that I obsess about it, without realizing that all of my plans are predicated on taking my health for granted. One stupid error and anyone can go from living the privileged life of an artist to living in mind-numbing pain.
I’ve been reading David Brin’s “Star Tide Rising”, which led me to sketch this dolphin. I love dolphins and “Star Tide Rising” is full of them.
Dylan Dolphin is introducing Jimmy Jay and Betty Burro to Easter Island (p. 17)
Yesterday’s version of Dylan Dolphin was a little too scary. The head-on front view of a dolphin with its mouth open makes you want to take a step back from all of those teeth. Even though I think of dolphins as benign animals, they do have formidable jaws. But wouldn’t it be great to have a nightmarish-looking beast who turn out to be a beautiful friend?
