Guess who still has mono, nearly four months later? It even seems to have relapsed, which is fun. I sure did miss feeling pain in my spleen.

Art output has obviously been close to nil. I am eager for that to change, once I have the energy.

Because this fab tutorial got posted in my Twitter feed recently and it covers a subject that I'd been doing a lot of thinking about recently. My painterly shading style is a bit... off, a bit un-dimensional to my eyes, and I think working on working more colors into the shadows and highlights may be what I'm missing.

I think the thing that'd get me caught up with that is -- what about characters with a lot of stripes and spots? Admittedly, most of my painting experience is with actual paint, where layers aren't an option.

It's really a very interesting area (well, for me, haha) and it really makes me wish I had the energy for much experimentation lately.

Mono sucks. Don't share drinks, kids.