Almost finished with the birthday cake page

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Almost finished with the page…if I leave the background simple. Drawing Momma’s hand holding the plate took most of the day. I had to create a reference picture of myself carrying a plate. The gotcha is that I have five fingers and Momma has four. Three fingers under the plate looked weird, so, taking advantage of artistic license, I put her thumb under the plate.

It’s ironic that I always add the “self-publishing” tag to my posts 365 days a year, when in reality, I publish a book only once a year.

Should comic characters have four fingers or five? T

In this picture I’m thinking having both Betty and Jimmy on one dolphin is looking crowded. Perhaps I could use another dolphin. I’m going to think about it.

Here I’m thinking of a way for Dylan to introduce the second dolphin. I’m thinking the new character would be his sister, Dolly Dolphin.

I’m also thinking that all of my anthropomorphic characters might look better if they had 5 fingers. Hmmm. Real hands are harder to draw, but they look better. Just glancing at them, my brain says they look weird, like their little finger has been cut off. That’s a chilling thought for a children’s picture book.