An Update

I'm once again informing you that I wont be around for a little while longer. I have a lot of little things to attend to here, so I wont be back in action until July 1st. Don't worry, though. I will be back in action at this time even if I don't have everything sorted. I hope everyone is doing well, and I hope you'll all come visit me when I'm back in July!

Still Vacationing Without the Vacation

Guess who? It's me! I'm still alive, though I'm not blogging every day. I am going to be getting my scanner hooked up (really need a new one, maybe Santa will be early this year) so I can scan in some drawings. I really like working on the computer, but there is something to be said about putting pen to paper that I just don't get on the computer. Even if a drawing is finished on the computer, my drawings still look best if I scan a draft in first. I think it will be faster for me. I can draw some things faster on the computer, but I'll sometimes just stare at the computer screen because I spend most of my day staring at a computer screen. I need to get away! I might have not even needed to take this little break if I had been doing more away from the computer. Now it's in the past, so it doesn't matter. Que Sera Sera and all that jazz.

I recently bought a new printer. It's sad, really. I lost the cord for my old one (or it's forever hidden in storage). It's a good five years old and it was out of ink. It was $10 cheaper to buy a printer with the colour and B&W ink cartridges packaged with it, than the two inks in a combined package. It's an energy saver apparently. Not so great for the environment if I were to buy a new printer every time I needed ink. I don't think the old printer will go to waste. My Mother-In-Law could probably use a printer for her computer, or I can always give it to Salvation Army. 

I'm still looking for a job that will keep me out of the house at least half the day. Being a Graphic Designer is great, but it's not really for me. Maybe it's the fact that I do way more layout and fixing of other people's files than I do actual design. Maybe it's the long hours in front of a computer. I do know that I'm not happy where I am right now. I'd rather be at a diner serving burgers right now than doing design work. Fries anyone?

I'd love to get some commission work eventually (or even now, anyone looking?). Commission work and a part-time job. That would be nice. Here's to dreaming!

A Little Break

Hello Everyone,

I hate to make this post, but I'm afraid that I'm going to have to take a break from this project for a few weeks. I'm just overwhelmed by a few personal things that are going on in my life. I'm hoping it will take no more than two weeks to get back on track. I promise that even though I wont be posting drawings every day that I will be giving you an update a couple times a week so you know where I am. I will work on some drawings so I have things to show when I come back. I will, of course, be finishing up this project in January instead of December because of this delay. A special thank you to all of you who comment and read. You have all helped me to get this far and there is so much farther to go! I hope to see you all soon!

Sincerely,

Dani Duck

Day 151: Colouring.. or a Lack Thereof

I've put a lot of thought into where to go with my sketchbook from here. Between the nice line work I've seen from fellow artists, and Elizabeth's Colouring pages I've decided to do some black and white work myself. Some of these I may decide to colour at a much later date, but for the purpose of this blog I'm leaving them black and white. This may just be for the month, or if I really like it then it will continue indefinitely. 


This first guy gave me a bit of trouble. I didn't think that drawing a believable cartoon frog leg would be difficult. It was a bit, but I think I came up with a decent back leg for him.

Mr. Rumple Bottoms III hated his name. 

In fact : there wasn't much that Mr. Rumple Bottoms did like.