Recent blog updates

I have so many blogs that once in a while, I'm going to post a round-up of all my recent updates:

Blatherings (my personal blog): Introverts vs extroverts, and why some people mistakenly put me in the latter category, Why I'm Learning How To Juggle

Will Write For Chocolate webcomic: Eliza's Fantasy

Waiting For Bilbo webcomic: Lord Of The Rings Lego

Inkygirl (I update fairly frequently with comics for writers as well): And the Golden Marmot Award goes to: Liana Brooks, R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Magic Town: Virtual World Based On Picture Books (and open to submissions), Interview: YA Author Deborah Kerbel & UNDER THE MOON

I've also added some new update boards to Pinterest and have been updating my writer comic Tumblr blog.

Daily Doodle: The Ladder

Felt like doing an illo that was a tad creepy. Created in Photoshop CS5.

Daily Doodle: Mike Jung and daughter

Morning doodle inspired by a photo that author Mike Jung posted recently. I did the ink sketch using Autodesk's SketchBookPro (desktop version) and the texture colour in Photoshop. Mike's debut novel, GEEKS, GIRLS AND SECRET IDENTITIES comes out this October from Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic.

Daily Doodle: Dancing With Grandma

I did this using Corel Painter 12. I gave up on Painter a while back after upgrading to the newest version -- got too frustrated with the crashiness. This morning I decided to give it another go AFTER installing the latest update patch. Didn't crash on me (yay) but I still have to get used to the interface of version 12, which is quite different from 11. I did the colour of the dresses using the Real Watercolor brushes, which weren't nearly as laggy what I remember from the previous version. I changed my mind several times about the background, but ended up using the Digital Watercolor brush. 

Then I added the shadow on the wall to make it look as if both figures were flat paper cutouts, just for the fun of it.

The black ink outline was done with a variant of my favourite Drippy Pen brush.

Daily Doodle inspired by The Yo-Yo Prophet by Karen Krossing

Just finished reading THE YO-YO PROPHET by Karen Krossing, published by Orca Book Publishers and geared toward ages 12+. Now I have the urge to go out and learn some yo-yo tricks. :-) See my mini book review of The Yo-Yo Prophet in Inkygirl.

You can find out more about Karen Krossing and her book at: http://karenkrossing.com/books/the-yo-yo-prophet/