Artwork © 2011 Gene Gonzales
One of the tough things about doing my own work isn't just finding time, it's also finding direction. As a commercial artist/illustrator I am told what is needed and I draw it. Coming up with solutions for clients is what I do. When I am the client, I am the worse kind. With no one to give direction, my brain fires off with a hundred different ideas. I start down one road and think of a better solution. Work on that solution, find another one.
Case in point...I have a story involving my space girl with the tiki guys. Not to be confused with my space jungle girl or the purple haired assassin above. I have done four pages of roughs and dialog. I want to have at least 10 pages done before presenting the first page. BUT I have redone all but the first page two or three times. The same thing happened when I wrote and illustrated TALES OF THE CHEROKEE. Along with the original art for those two books, I have a dozen pages in various stages that were abandoned. There is no real point to all this. Just an observation that I wanted to share. I wonder if other creators have this same problem. Or a variation of it. Too many ideas to be able to focus on one. Hmmmm.
Today's artwork was created in Adobe Photoshop.
This is Post #1213
2 comments:
stunning!
Space Girl and Tiki Guy story? Got to see those pages!
I do hear other artists lament about multiple ideas for their own project. Guess you have enough ideas for multiple stories!
Agree that Assassin Girl is stunning. Like the curve of the hip and the color and pattern of the dress.
Thanks for sharing!
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