Some new digital character works-in-progress for the Trilobite Boy story. These are desktop screenshots of the wips in ArtRage. Click to enlarge.
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| Anomalocarid Girl Rising © Glendon Mellow 2011 |
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| Trilobite Boy meets Anomalocarid Girl © Glendon Mellow 2011 |
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| Dimetrodon Sphinx © Glendon Mellow 2011 |
All of the above are stand-alone shots, maybe issue covers for the Trilobite Boy story I'd like to work on throughout 2011. So far, the actual story pages remain in thumbnail form in my sketchbook. With a 5-week old baby in the house, I'm happy to jump from image to image for the moment for Trilobite Boy. The exception of course are the couple of paying contracts I have to do at the moment.
Finding a work and life balance while at home with a newborn is challenging, but doable. So far, it's hard to know which nap is going to turn into a 3 or 4 hour stretch where I can get some artwork done in amongst the usual household stuff, so I'm trying to do what I can in little bits. The downside is that between a seasonal cold and the erratic hours, I haven't been as focused as I like to be.
My hours are also fascinatingly messed up. Last night, I worked on adapting a couple of images for a magazine publication until 5 a.m. after the little guy work up and feel back asleep between 2 and 3 a.m. MIchelle and I are working out how things run and both trying to relieve each other when exhaustion sets in. We're tracking his sleep cycle a bit now to see if we can predict what the little guy may do.
I will say this though - he's just over a month old and I wouldn't trade spending that first month home with my wife and son for anything. Every day, Calvin is awesome. He's healthy, easy-going and fascinated by everything.
Here's a picture of Calvin!
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| Calvin learning to discuss the difference between "is" and "ought". |
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Original artwork on The Flying Trilobite Copyright to Glendon Mellow
under Creative Commons Licence.
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