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Practice makes imperfect

Practice makes imperfect

Picture book warm-up art with orcs and paladins

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Athena Cooper
Oct 08, 2024
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Sometimes, when I get excited about a project, I will just dive in. I’ll have all these ideas that I want to put on the page, and I’ll completely forget that my imagination and execution skills are not fully in alignment yet.

This was what happened when I jumped into the character design work for the picture book last week and immediately became frustrat…

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