Yes, yes, yet another failed cover attempt. Failed and incomplete. It's no big deal, really I have bunches of these. To be hones, I don't really have a problem with the way I depicted Our Hero, but I am totally unhappy with the little boy. I'm kind of unhappy with the shoes, but if I had completed the image I think the reader totally would have gotten the fact that he is suppose to be floating in the air. TOTALLY. lolSo, I have a question. Or maybe it is more of a suggestion; or is it a request. Anyway, here goes. Although this post is more for me, right now. You know, a journal, of sorts, documenting my journey towards creating or attempting to create and publish a children's book...I really would appreciate input. Something to let me know that this blog is actually being read and any comments would be helpful.
Yes, I know my boy Mark D. Aster is keeping me on point, but he's like a brother by now. He is gonna be real and objective, but I'd like more. So, if you take the time to visit, can you please also take the time to critique. I am my own worst critic, and if I continue to critique myself I will never be happy with anything I do.
Why, do you ask. Because every time I finish something, in the back of my mind I will know that I can do it different and better. It is a very big flaw in my artistic make-up.
E.W. Forge
Art is not emergency surgery, there really are no "failures" except in your mind. Some results are "better" than others. You learn and improve by doing. Compare the art of my favorite cartoonist, Berkeley Breathed from the late 1970s when he was in college, to the childrens book paint illustrations he does today. Yet, his most lucrative (financially) period was when he was less skilled as a draughtsman.
ReplyDeleteAnd so I leave you with the thoughts of one of my favorite songwriters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYwXklKVZsM
Actually, this Townshend song is probably more appropriate (got me through a lot of bad days as a younger man)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHT8v9bw4Nk&feature=related
Thank you, Mark and of course I agree with you. I gotta say, I also listened to both songs
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