Think of this as a follow-up to my last journal where upon a surprising development happens. last night I was over my GF's house for the weekly family dinner. After the food was devoured and folks began to settle down, my GF's niece had a homework assignment to do which involved drawing animals. The little perfectionist she is, being only 7 years old, she wanted to draw penguins. My GF suddenly jumped up and volunteered me to do the honors of drawing a template for which she could trace by eye. Honestly, I'm humble and shy when it comes to showing my so-called artistic talent to anyone else. My first mistake was not drawing a simple penguin, heck, it's not my style, I consider myself a cartoonist first, then an artist. Oh the niece fell in love with the drawing but lacked the ability to copy it. This forced me to drop my skills down a notch, which I did not mind and cranked out a more simple penguin, something she can draw. I was straining at the leash with a pencil in hand and paper at my command, I could not help but to draw a stylized bunny gal which drew oohs and aaahs from the family members present. (please note, I kept these drawings clean, no sense of freaking out the family. ) I finished off by drawing a quick sketch of my GF's animals, the two guinea pigs and her hamster.

In the end, I think I've earned brownie points with her family and the GF threatened to scan the bunny and make it her wallpaper for her computer, a thought that chilled me to the bone since it was unfinished, unpolished work. Now all I have to do is to keep her from discovering my more dark side of the genre. heheheheh. Cheers.