I took a shot at drawing a character for a story I’ve been working on for awhile (months, years)? This isn’t really a tutorial but a record of the steps I took to draw her. This character is not done at all and she’s getting more folds and shading. I need to decide if I want to do cell shading again or try a harder type of shading.

I’m not even sure who this character will be but she’s temporarily named Angora. I might not even use her since I don’t hold on to characters unless they feel right. Maybe she needs some redesigning. Click to read more …

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Just recently, I read shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/true-dating-confession-i-m-worried-that-i-ll-never-get-married-334309/" target="_blank">a blog from someone who feared she would never get married. Like this blogger, I feel the same way. I’m only 23 (well, almost), but I’ve seen several of my friends get hitched, even though I’ve been in a relationship the longest. What gives? Fear of commitment? Fear of marriage? Fear on behalf of my boyfriend of taking the plunge and getting on one knee? Who knows. No matter, I still feel as if I will never get married.

Sometimes, it feels like both my boyfriend and I have commitment issues. Sure, we have no problem getting close, but sometimes, it feels like when we get TOO CLOSE, we push away from each other and fights ensue. And sure, last November 5, we had a lovely little commitment ceremony on a very blustery, freezing, and dark evening, but actual marriage seems like a distant goal. And heck, we plan on living together very soon (hopefully by January), but there’s “living together” and then there’s living together.  “Living together” is like playing house. You can come and go as you please, go home to mummy and daddy whenever, fight and breakup, and that’s that. But then there’s living together, through better, for worse, forever. No breaking up; no playing house. It is house! Catch my drift? I don’t want to play house. I want to be a wife, a graduate student, and I want to be an actual adult taking care of things like actual adults do. I don’t want to be someone who, when the going gets tough, we part ways and go crawling back home. Uh-uh, not my style.

Today, I read about another friend of mine who got married. How nice! Then I look at myself and wonder why it hasn’t happened for me. Am I too overbearing? Too much of a pushover? too cynical? Needy? Am I pushing things too much? Maybe I am, because I have my wedding theme, I know how I want my wedding dress to look, I’ve chosen my wedding party, what the bridesmaid dresses would look like, my flowers, jewelry, veil, where I want to get married, where I want my honeymoon… maybe too much planning puts a nail in the engagement coffin? But I’m a Capricorn, I like to plan and have things orderly. Heck, I even know how I can save money and cut corners! Maybe I am pushing things a little? Click to read more …

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