1. A Shopper's Delight                          2. Preliminary sketch for A Shopper's Delight #1 3. Preliminary sketch for A Shopper's Delight #2 4. Preliminary sketch for A Shopper's Delight #3 5. Preliminary sketch for A Shopper's Delight #4 6. Preliminary sketch for A Shopper's Delight #5 7. Oak Roots From Above                   1. At this point, I had learned to accept that I needed to practice more patience and discipline, to achieve the satisfaction of creating and completing my comic strip ideas. I was making peace with the decision, but I was not happy about it. I endured a depressive episode, during the creation of  "A Shopper's Delight". It was a bittersweet process. But, I was motivated, by the amount of experience, being discovered and developed. I realized how much detail, and technique, had to be utilized, to create the type of comics, I wanted...

1. The Gymnast ( colored pencil version ) 2. " Man Raising Leg Behind Him " 3. " Against All Odds "                        1. This version of " The Gymnast ( colored pencil version ), was a personal favorite of mime, for a while. The more I explored colored pencils, the more I began to favor other finished pieces, created with this medium. I love the textures, that colored pencils can produce, depending upon how one uses them. I particularly love the rich, colored contrast, I can achieve regarding the flesh of a man's complexion and feet soles. This piece emphasizes the features, I enjoy creating the most, which is the male figure, below the waist ( feet, legs, butt, calves ). It was first noticeable how I can achieve satisfactory results, in color, with the use of colored pencils. 2. I was beginning to appreciate and enjoy the techniques, and hatching marks, I developed when "Man Raising Leg Behind Him" was created. And I real...