Ok. A couple things.
One. I am still alive. And I don’t mean that in a “I know,I’ve been gone a long time,no posts. . . ”kind of thing,but in a “Hey,I had this really bad abdominal pain and guess what? It was my appendix and I had surgery. . .”kind of thing. If you want to see what my insides look like,knock yourself out here. That was about two weeks ago. I had really intended to write a more comprehensive post about my experience,but in the end,suffice it to say that the doctors and nurses and the surgeon who took care of me did an excellent job. I was really happy with how things went and I thank God (in a very literal and true sense) that things went as well as I did. I am thankful for my wife and my mother-in-law who drove down a few hours to help out for a few days post-appendectomy. In the greater scheme of things an appendicitis these days is a walk in the park.
Which,two,I hope this will partially explain why there are some pictures which I have promised to some people which have not yet appeared. One picture in particular will prove a test to my fledgling skills with a digital paintbrush,hence the “warm-up”picture of Revan and Carth seen above. Well,I suppose its not a true warm-up. Its practice. Real practice —trying to wrap my head around color. I don’t use it very much. I am not terribly comfortable with it. So its about time that changed.
The above piece is about 40% completed I would imagine. One of my problems with using color is that I don’t always look at the big picture. Practicing more 30 minutes speedpaints is the way to go in changing that,so look for more of those in the future.
I will be putting up another “page”on this blog as well. It’ll be a page showing what I am currently working on. Kind of like a “to do list”to keep me accountable for projects I have taken on. Ok,back to the drawing board.
I am glad to see you here again and I am so so glad too that everything went well in your surgery. I did look at your insides,they looked very red and healthy to me:) even without the little appendix.
I like seeing color too,on this sketch,but I also love how you have always sketched using pencils too. I look forward to seeing what you do in both ways here.
Treine! I meant to send you a quick email letting you know what had happened,but I am too,am glad that things went well. I put up those photos for those who happen to like seeing that kind of stuff. I hope they are not too gross.