As a college art professor I am always seeing every conceivable style of not just art but attire and appearance. Shaved heads and skin art notwithstanding (both of which I'd undergone a very long time ago), I am also reminded every time pen or pencil touches paper how much there will always be left to learn. From mistakes and from experience: that's what makes this such a uniquely human activity, one that will never be replicated any other way.
This is one of the few times I've been somewhat happier than most about how the watercolored wash looks as compared to the digitally colored print version. As in both are okay, especially the Photoshop one, which means I'm maybe getting somewhere with my palettes finally reaching the aesthetics I envision. Now back to the proverbial drawing board.
I always recommend to my students one of the practical advantages behind maintaining a sketchbook: not only does it document your though process at the conceptual stage (and serving as a reminder since I always forget ideas unless I jot them down)it's also the time and the place to make mistakes, so as to take advantage of any experiments before committing to the cartoon.
PS: Oh and this concludes our month-long series of grizzly bear themed posts... never fear there'll be plenty more ambling by eventually.
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