Okay, I finally got to make a picture for Illustration Friday. This is on my new Painter program, and even though I'm not all that happy with the picture, I AM happy that I've figured out at least a few things about layers, which I know that probably everyone and his dog already knows, but I didn't.
So it's a step, anyway.
And, as far as the topic goes, you need to be sure to have proper equipment when venturing into the unknown. I was thinking about a child running away from home, or a child going off into the big woods on an imaginative adventure. My son told me that I should do more "thinking outside the box," and that this was a boring idea. Perhaps. My reference photo was of my youngest nephew, looking VERY apprehensive, but he has turned out to look much older, and much more confident. Oh well.
It's probably a good thing I didn't go with my first thought about "equipment" which is anatomical....
It's a fine thing to finally have both the time and the wherewithall to work on an actual project. Here's another Illustration Friday topic that I'm a little hard put to explain. Maybe I shouldn't even try. So I guess I won't....
Here's the doodle I made while talking on the phone to my very very best friend who lives far too far away.
Sometimes when the pressures of life get too great, all I want to do is wrap up in a soft warm blanket and withdraw from the world for awhile.
