“ugh man, I really liked the illustration a lot at first until i saw that it was digital. You should really do this manually, because I can totally tell it’s digital, which is a huge turnoff. I think if you can do this on the computer, you could easily/would only benefit from working it out manually. Keep working though.”

Not to be melodramatic but I originally disallowed this comment when I received it, which was a mistake, so I’m including it now. Everyone who has ever commented on this blog has been positive, which I appreciate, it feels great to have nice things said about one’s work, but I am, for better or worse, a serious, committed artist and as such, I should not only accept but encourage criticism, if it’s well intended, as this comment was from Matt at http://www.mattclough.com. So thanks, Matt, for that reminder and for being honest. I’ll take your comment to heart.