Ruth's Poolside Career Advice

Wow! This should've taken about half an hour. Three hours later.... Something has gone screwy between my tablet and my drawing program. I had to do a lot of resetting. searching for answers to questions I struggled to articulate (eg. my freehand lines all begin straight before curving) and having the eraser draw like a pen, among other time consuming disasters. I meant to nail this and get on with another project. But no ....

After party on the Strand

Autobiographical situation

Gail and Ruth in judgement

Still working on how to show the texture of yellowed north Queensland lawn. This one's mainly to get them talking and show something of the relationship between Gail and Ruth. For this and the previous one with Marty I've used real uniform designs from my high school. So far back in time that I shouldn't worry but still .....

Marty Moment

Ok, trying a few things out here. Using background colour to assist pacing, patterns, a little hatching (tending away from it with this look). I'll be putting a few of these up. They will not be necessary to read the novel but will express what I'm feeling about characterisation etc. Most will be from outside of the timeline (usually from school days so earlier). Overall they are helping me to make decisions about the visual style and getting used to getting expressive with colour. So, watch this space and hope you dig...