Big, But Not So Bad

A couple days ago I posted an image of the first watercolor I had done in nearly a decade. Here is that same T-rex but done in ink. It has probably been closer to ten years since I've done anything with brush and ink, and when I had it was pretty bad then too. I just never had a steady enough hand for it. That's why Photoshop, Illustrator, etc... have really become such a huge crutch for me. They come with a "History" window. If Strathmore wants to corner the market in paper maybe they should invent one of those. Eh, Strathmore? You hear me? Get on it, you'll make a bundle! You may want to cash those checks in Euros though. The American dollar is officially about as valuable as toilet paper.

Honing Some Old Skills

It's been a looong time since I've done watercolor or inking of any kind. Probably in the neighborhood of eight years or so. A couple weeks ago I decided to start practicing again. Man is it tough to get back on the wagon! Photoshop let's you go through your history and "start over." This is not nearly as forgiving. It's going to take awhile but here is my first attempt at watercolor. It's of a not so bad-ass T-Rex. This guy was originally done in Photoshop attending a tea party for a children's book I was (am) working on. Sometime in the near future I'll post that finished illustration.