So, obviously I’ve been in otter mode lately. As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been experimenting with taking my computer generated images and using them as a sketchbook, and actually painting them. I’m pretty pleased with them, I must say. Oddly enough, I had to get my head around the fact that, if I could paint them with pixels on the computer, surely I could do the same with paint. And I could. Some things I cannot do the same, but then, the computer does have its limitations as well. Both are fun and very different.
I’ve also had comments about how the real otters have the long whiskers and look quite a bit different. Well, of course they do. I paint my interpretation of otters. It gives me a lot more latitude. I don’t put in their rather formidable canines either. And my otters look lovingly at each other. While, in the wild, the way otters, a-hem, date, doesn’t bear thinking about. They are a bit rough to say the least. What I paint are Merry-otters. No more, more less. I like them better my way. They are more fun.
It really is true, as the quote goes, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Confucius, by the way.
