I Hate This!

I hate it!  I hate it!  I hate it!  

I hate working on the illustrations for this book!  Why does it have to be so damn hard?  It's no wonder I never went into the arena of comic books.....I suck.  I want it to be easy!  I want it to just flow.  I want it to be a one shot venture.  That is what I'm use to.  That is what it is like for my more artsy art work; why not with this?

One of the main problems, as I have mentioned before, is the fact that the porportions that I have choosen to give to Our Hero:  Barrell Chest, Broad ass shoulders, Tiny waist and, boney legs and big hands and feet, little head.  The man is a mess, but I thought it made him look comical, but it really just makes him a nightmare to illustrate in certain situations.  

Of course I stand by the fact that anything can be drawn, it just falls on me to find the voice to draw it   Take for instance the crappy drawing above.  It is from one of my earlier attempts at illustrating this darn book.  See how much it such and this is one of the simplier situations I have written Our Hero in and still it sucks.

The other problem is that I am too darn stubborn to admit that the porportions don't work and am unwilling to bend and make changes to the character.  So really, all of this is all my fault, so I really don't know why I'm complaining.  

I will say this, as I hope it is evident in prior post, that I have gotten much better with the drawing of Our Hero.  This blog will show both good and bad drawing in the evolution of this book.  This crap ain't easy and I want to share my burden.  LOL

At any rate, I woke up around four in the morning and do a great deal of work on two pages from the book.  I am kind of proud of the work I have done since I did not get anything completed over the weekend (including posting to this blog).  

What's so funny about the lack of blog entries is that I am just lazy.  I mean, I have bunches of drawing to choose from and the printer is right next to my bed.  I don't have to do much but scan and post.  Still, I'm just too lazy to do somethings sometime.  I'll try to do better.

E.W. Forge