When I Dream, I Dream in Color.

Okay, folks. This is the original test coloring. I don't believe i used the step by step process. I think I just colored the darn thing. I gotta say, I was happy with this too. There is just a freedom to drawing with the Wacom tablet. The colors are always there. They never run out. It is totally forgiving. Which means that, I test what shade of brown I want my characters to be. Do I want them dark skinned, light skinned, medium skin? I can test them all and not be locked down after the fact. I like that I can save the step by step process (when I remember). There is no step by step here because, like I said, I think I just colored this.

This character is from a whole other book idea. This idea for him actually started of as the idea for a panel strip. When I was in my twenties and working for the Dallas Public Library, I came up yet another inept super hero. He has gone through sooo many transitions. Hero was suppose to be really simple and easy to illustrate. However, I gave him all these ill- proportioned body parts that makes him sucky to draw. Still, the idea of him is wonderful (in my mind).

I called this post, When I Dream, I Dream in Color, because I have a dream and I want to make it come true. I'm sick of waiting for other people to feed into my dream. I'm ready to do it myself. My Dream is big and bright and scary, however I believe I can do it. I plan to bring all of my cartoon ideas and book ideas to life and publish and market them my damn self.

It's a leap of faith, but I believe I can fly.

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