Nibbled to death by mice

[crowdog66]

You know, I'm very much aware of how fortunate I am to be able to do the thing I love most (art) and be paid for it.

I'm also acutely grateful to be working with Phil Foglio, who has been a favorite artist of mine since I was a little fannish sprog.

That said, working on Girl Genius on a three-page-a-week schedule is like being perpetually nibbled to death by relay teams of mice. Or being systematically flayed, inch by slow inch, in such a way that the skin grows back to permit the flaying to resume at the starting point once my toes have been peeled.

I still have fifteen freakin' pages to go on this issue, many of which haven't even had basic color flats laid yet, and several of which look like they'll require intricate painting (nighttime scenes with firelight).

*beats head on monitor, sobs fitfully*

I don't know if I can do this, or how I'll live with myself if I don't.

Comments

[crowdog66.livejournal.com]

Thanks... every little bit of support always helps. :-) I'm in the middle of a cup of chai tea, and starting to feel a bit better in spite of the flaying/nibbling. Mmmmm... spices!

[saraswathi-rani.livejournal.com]

Don't you love chai? I always like to drink mine with tons of sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. Mmm. It's good to be Indian.

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Chai with cardamom?
Heh! I direct the word "wimp" in your general direction!
;-)

Sometimes we drink COFFEE with cardamom pods in the grind, so it comes out beautifully flavored.

Oh, and Crowdog? You'll do good. I know it.