08.04.23
Alligators and crocodiles come into play for me when I’m working through some grumps or smoothing some crinkles. My known channel of association for this (in order of retrieval): the word, “rankle”, found in a dictionary on a float trip; a holiday/thank you card sent to a past Latin professor from Minneapolis; Teresa of Ávila’s writings of pet reptiles that keep us distracted from what is good; and Roald Dahl’s ‘The Enormous Crocodile’. I think this one has the most relation to ‘The Enormous Crocodile’, who thankfully did not succeed in his plans to gobble up one or two unsuspecting children from the nearby village.
07.25.2023
I watched an episode of Puffin Rock with Analou the other day and was amazed at how texturized the backgrounds were. Doing some digital sketching the day after, I was trying my hand at it…there were a couple of rocks that turned out well enough, but the plants needed more work. Out of the environment stepped this bird friend, however, and I’ve a soft spot for notable clumsiness and the color blue.
