Taken, I think, at the Lost Camel hotel or just west of it. It’s where I found the post office and the much cooler gift shops with the funny didgeridoo books. The gift shop at my hotel, Sails in the Desert, was over-the-top expensive, too rich for my shopping sense. Lost Camel is actually probably more my speed and budget, with that college campus or youth hostel feel to the place, and I was originally booked there, but H.E. later…
Okay, done! I should have been working, but once I started, I couldn’t stop. Click image above for a larger view of the work in progress. The final is below: Share this post:
I didn’t have time to write out a full post today, so I dug up another relic from the hard drive and found this—a pencil sketch I did on one of my notepads, back when I had a day job. In those days, I got bored with my work easily and sketched all day to pass the time. I’ll have to color this one day soon. Maybe tomorrow. Share this post:
I don’t remember what I planned for it. I don’t even remember if I did this in Photoshop, or in Painter, saved as a Photoshop file. Judging by the modified date, I think it was Photoshop. I bet someone can guess what it illustrates, though. Share this post:
In my freelance work, this is one of the busiest times of the year. There’s a magazine that romance readers and romance writers like to read, called Romantic Times BOOKclub, and every year they have a convention. For authors and fans who like the idea of meeting up with each other at booksignings, this is a pretty big deal. So romance publishers like to do things for the “RT convention” like advertise extra big in the magazine or prepare print…