Getting to know you...

I've been working on the same story for almost 3 years now. During those 3 years it has changed more times than I've changed my underwear and yet, it's still not ready. The most difficult part has been discovering my main character in illustrations. Drawing her this way and that way, like this illustrator or that illustrator or like that famous character or that household name (Spongebob inspired never worked out).

Finally, I discovered the bigger challenge at hand; I don't know my own style. I'm a morphing artist. There are so many inspiring illustrators out there whose work I love to copy when I doodle but none of it is my voice. I wanted to collage like my one illustration teacher does, I wanted to learn to draw figures like Marla Frazee and I wanted to layer and mix media like Melissa Sweet and while I've been playing dress up all this time, I finally feel like all these influences are brewing up my own Frankenstein-like style.

These are just the most recent gals and who knows how they'll change. Maybe being an artist also means learning when to make a choice, but I'm not ready to do that yet. I still have a hard time picking out underwear for the day.