None of these are hippies. Or Huell Howser. Those things are what I was supposed to do today. Not this.

Tags: 365, fairies, sketchbook

Here is what I have been doing for three days: trying to draw Pixel.

I can’t get it. It will all be put away. Probably for months. All garbage. I am upset with my inability to draw simple things, like wings, leaves, or a vaguely female figure. Disgusting. Should she have a creepy bug body? A huge egg head? An elongated, segmented torso? A nose? A bust? Why? Are Fairies mammals? If she doesn’t have breasts, hair, or lips, what else can you use to signal her gender? Impractical shoes?

I did work out the sociological workings and gender relations for the fairies though. And some political philosophies for them. That was fun; I didn’t have to draw anything.

Who cares? It’s all going in a drawer for later.

BAH!

Tags: 365, fairies, pixel, shine on you crazy dragon

This was a tough one. It seems that most readers are unaware that the Picaro’s resident fairy is a female. And in Shine on You Crazy Dragon: A Rooster Jack Adventure, there are scenes that require Pixel in close-up. So instead of drawing the same inconsistent, genderless blob, I figured I’d give her a real face. This is approximately version #223, but as far as you are concerned it is version #1.

Now I suppose she needs a new outfit. . .

Tags: 365, fairies, shine on you crazy dragon

In pencil this time, because that seemed to interest one or two people.

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Drafts for Pixel’s people. For Shine On You Crazy Dragon.

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