Week 4: Check In

 Hiiii! 

Tired of my blog yet? No? Yes? I don't blame you if you are. There is a lot of information here! And I barely use any pictures, what's that about? 

I'll try and make my posts easier to read than I have in the past. 

This week I have no final product to showcase - I wish I did but I don't! I spent at least 4 hours trying to draw a digital picture for my book (all was very unsuccessful because the program kept CRASHING!). 

The main character of the book is named Isabella and I'm making her a dog. 

I also think I should draw little decorative pictures to make the book more interesting! 

I have two more weeks left to complete this project. Do you think I can make it? Thank you for having high hopes for me but I don't think I'm going to make it. But I'm going to try!

What have I learned this week? I learned that I'm not a good drawer and I CANNOT draw digital art for the life of me. 

And this may be an impossible task. BUT it's an experience and I think I'm just frustrated because I dedicated SO MUCH time and I got NO RESULTS.

That's not true, I somewhat learned how to navigate the program that I'm using. It's a free program that I downloaded called Sketchbook. 

What am I going to focus on next week? 

DRAWING THE DOG. (and little pictures) 

I see people draw digitally on social media, and I think "Wow, that's so easy, maybe I should do that".. 

Well, I was WRONG and it's HARD. Tasks really take 3x longer than you think they are, huh? 

I mean, the good news is that I'm learning about a BUNCH of programs and websites that I had no idea existed until now, so that's a plus. 

Any who, I think that's all for this week. I'll include the pictures of my master pieces next week. I'm going to dedicate time next week to DRAW ISABELLA and little pictures. 

Talk soon? 

 Remember to always be nice to each other

Audrey Schatz  🐾