8/365: At home with perch and burbot, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.
January 8th
I like to say I'm currently unemployed, but the actual truth is that I'm freelancing. It's nice, because I have lots of time to go outside and take pictures, but some days I do have to sit down and make a deadline.
The illustrations I've been doing recently are all going into schoolbooks, so it is rather important that the perch looks like a perch and that the burbot is not missing its fishy goatee. Enter my vast collection of picture reference books. That's an encyclopaedia of animals which my mum got me at a flea market. Very useful. Because google is good, but google plus books is better.
-Rodia
Your illustrations are marvelous.
ReplyDeleteMy youngest just started art lessons last Monday.
He's good. Not as good as you, mind you, but mommy bragging aside, he's good.
I love your work with pen and watercolor as well as a camera.
Calma
Nothing beats a book. :)
ReplyDeleteI did an art project that was of a similar format to that when I was at school - a cross-section of the sea. It turned out I was good at drawing turtles and was called upon to draw everyone a turtle. :D
But your skill is in another category and I love both your art and the photo. :)
You do fish very well, among other things too. ;) I too love all your artwork.
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