One of a set of several recent panels drawn as classroom demos, and as it was the last one of the session, I was rushing it and consequently got really sloppy + crude with the linework. Plus I didn’t take good reference pics (I posted here an example one done while on a field trip to Alaskaland with the summer drawing class), and so had to make shit up on the fly, which really doesn’t work with either A) complicated machinery and/or B) horses and other moose-ish mammals.
Digital tweaks included: level out entire merry-go-round + fill in the ensuing blank space opened up after re-orienting everything; reducing size + repositioning moose + extending forelegs + dropping tail; resituating + resizing the heart; cropping in left panel border to tighten composition; shifting nuggets up to align with moose; drawing in missing grass + horses; endless editing to caption text. At some point one does wonder whether it’d simply be easier to just redraw the whole damn thing, but there's also that one step over the line and you are now committed. Or perhaps should be, in my case.
Also of note, while I was working on this particular panel, there were a couple guys reinstalling flooring, drywall and cabinetry in the background (one-room studio/cabin). A couple thoughts occurred to me, the first being my absolute cluelessness and general incompetency with all things construction related, including any tools other than drawing implements. This can be easily ascertained with viewing how I literally build structures in my cartoons, in this specific instance the clusterfuck of this carousel. Sure, it's believable, at least at first blush, but only if you don't really know what you're actually looking at or looking for. Details, details...
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