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The happenings of Deb Dunk, children's illustrator.
1. Character Development

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If you read last week's post Never Stop Learning you know continually educating myself on my craft and striving for improvement is important to me. This year I decided to take my self tutoring a step further and dive into a Skillshare class. I probably never would have willingly paid for an online instruction before, but this one was special. This one was led by a talented artist whose work I'm familiar with, Charlie Bowater.
So I enrolled.

Since leaving university and office settings, I've learned this about myself:
I thrive on deadlines. Without a deadline, self imposed or otherwise, I get distracted easily, and I really do think the pressure makes me work better. Charlie Bowater's class was the perfect opportunity to work on some skills I wanted to develop further in a deadline driven environment.

My goal is to create more relate-able characters that shine their personalities. This week I really like how my sketch for this girl turned out because she has an air of confidence that just radiates from her. I hope to do a few more people in the next few weeks and have a full cast of characters with very individual personalities.

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