Troll Bridge - WIP (Work In Progress) Part II I have been keeping up the task of putting pencil to paper at least a little every night since the first post I made about starting to head down the challenging old professional creative path. I still find it very hard to get started, the dread of failure is still an anchor, but fortunately I have been able to at least ignore it and move forward. One day, one moment at a time.... It has been hard... I have my classic battle of lethargy with it drawing as I do for many things... excuses and excuses... unfounded dread... on and on. What a dowdy little priss I can be sometimes. I have found a nice little niche of time to do my art, right after we put Sophia to bed but prior to starting my own heading to bed routine. I can usually squeeze out a good hour or two. Fortunately I seem to be a sociable artist and can work while conversing on light matters with my wife, which makes her happy ( much better than programming where I always end up in my zone and have no attention available for whats going on around me ). Makes me happy too since I am looking for more ways to connect rather than be just in my head all the time ( classic Gemini issue ). I have finished the rough penciling for the Troll. I am very happy with the progress so far. I fixed the right leg positioning, making him a bit less crotchy... and finished his hands and blocking out his shading. I am particular happy with the expression on his face, I was trying for a subtle melancholy that Neil Gaiman described the Troll in his story as having. For me I think I got it just the way I wanted it. Well now to do another difficult thing - leave it the frack alone and move on to the next part... I do love to overwork my roughs... Next up the young Jack who will be the focus of the Trolls gaze and light finger brushing. Thanks so much for following along. John
Posted on: Wed, 28 May 2014 04:08:48 +0000
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