a crappie process

every drawing starts out as a possible disaster. i think i know what i'm doing in the beginning but about halfway into it i start losing it. i've learned not to despair at this critical juncture and to keep on working it, to keep on scrubbing and modeling to see if i can save it. most of the time i can accept the results.

i wish i had the pro chops to lay it down, from start to finish, and know that my hand, eye and brain were in perfect synchronicity. some day. some day.

here is a crappie. a happy, go lucky fish, who likes the shallow, sandy shoals. he is based on a friend i had in high school who was funny and full of crap. i decided to etch out a line drawing first (not always my first choice) and to bring the color afterwards. comic book style.