
Back when I was in Grade 10, as part of my English credits, I took Creative Writing. One of the projects we had to do was to write a children's story. I kinda took it one step farther and turned it into a little book, complete with illustrations. It's a story about two best friends (a cat and winged-unicorn), which were my two favourite things to draw back then ;)
Lately, I've been thinking of reviving the story: revamping the writing and completely re-drawing the pictures and colouring them up, and then setting it up as a PDF file and submitting it to Lulu.com as a "print-on-demand" book. It would also be advertised on Amazon.com, Barnes and Nobles.com, and Borders.com. Whether or not I would have this done by the time the summer conventions roll around, I don't know...But even if I don't, it's something that's been picking at my brain for quite a long time.
So, for the fun of it, I took one of the drawings from the original (back from 1990), and re-drew it as I would today. 17 years' worth of practice really does make a difference!
Think I should do this? :)
P.S. Medaglia is my maiden name, in case anyone was wondering why my last name was different ;) LOL!
Lately, I've been thinking of reviving the story: revamping the writing and completely re-drawing the pictures and colouring them up, and then setting it up as a PDF file and submitting it to Lulu.com as a "print-on-demand" book. It would also be advertised on Amazon.com, Barnes and Nobles.com, and Borders.com. Whether or not I would have this done by the time the summer conventions roll around, I don't know...But even if I don't, it's something that's been picking at my brain for quite a long time.
So, for the fun of it, I took one of the drawings from the original (back from 1990), and re-drew it as I would today. 17 years' worth of practice really does make a difference!
Think I should do this? :)
P.S. Medaglia is my maiden name, in case anyone was wondering why my last name was different ;) LOL!
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
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lol I love how in the first version there's two flowers with the cat and winged unicorn (sorry i forgot the official name for those =p) and then far away on the hill another flower all by itself. Poor outcast loner flower. I also really like how toony the cat's face in the first version is and the second version I love how you've greatly improved on proportions and positioning and the wings on the unicorn look fantastic!
It'd be great if you publish a children's book and I hope you'll sell many copies
It'd be great if you publish a children's book and I hope you'll sell many copies
I'm not sure how it feels...While it's neat to see the two side-by-side, I still kinda cringe at the older work (OLD ART! OMG!!!) but it's also "not bad" either...
It also surprised that people like the cat in the old one better than the new one O.o
Over-all though, I'm quite happy that I've gotten better :)
It also surprised that people like the cat in the old one better than the new one O.o
Over-all though, I'm quite happy that I've gotten better :)
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