Because sometimes characters have a mind of their own...

The battle between words and pictures...

So here's the thing - I've been splashing around with some paint this week. I thought I just had to illustrate a story that I'd already written and polished. But that's before the pictures got involved...

The trouble started as I got going with the illustrations and the character I was painting just didn't want to go to bed as the scrip was directing - time to turn the story on it's head and accommodate this headstrong character - who knows what'll happen next...? 

Computer on, mind open, come on inspiration, I'm ready

Right... it's Monday morning - computer on, mind open, come on inspiration I'm ready...

Well the sun hasn't moved around to the right angle to give me my magical starry ceiling yet, the wind is blowing up a storm, but not lashing rain on my window (yet...), so I'm not feeling as if I'm on the high seas today, so maybe what's needed is to turn off the computer and have a rummage around in my imagination, get the paints out and see what I can pour onto some paper...

hmm I predict a mess...