something I am grateful for today

this book:



(recommended to me by Luis Escobar)

One of my numerous long-standing weaknesses as a cartoonist has been knowing how to draw animals. [I gather I am not alone: to me it seems surprisingly rare to see a comic artist who is truly good at drawing animals.] So I am finally taking some time to tackle it now, with the help of this resource. And even after only an hour spent working with this book, I have made some modest progress that I can actually feel -- I feel more hopeful about this area than I have for a long time. And, in an odd way, it feels good to be a student again...