Characters and plot are thought up in the strangest places. I can be driving, showering or lying in bed for some shut-eye, when *BAM.....an image of a character or story line pops into my head. Sometimes I jump towards a piece of paper and pen to get the thoughts down. Sometimes well.....if I don't have a free hand (showering for instance) the idea just vanishes from my mind as quickly as it appeared. That really frustrates me.
When you have a mind set on illustration and writing, it consumes your thoughts most of the time. Where do you start? Do you sit down and get an image on paper of a character you've dreamt up, then stare at it giving it life. A story can be built around an image just as an image can be created from a story.
As I sit putting a character on paper I hear the love of my life saying "boys, leave mommy alone, she's coloring." I had a big chuckle with that one. A thought came to mind while "coloring," that there are some people out there who don't understand the desire some of us have to dream up characters and build them into life-like beings that have a story to tell. It's like creating a family and sometimes turning your real family into caricatures is a hoot as well!
DREAM BIG, LOVE and "COLOR"
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