Thanks!  Good ideas, especially the head size!  Looking back at the drawing it looks like I made the features big but not the head.  This would probably help a lot!

Yeah, a tablet.  Definitely made a big difference over using a mouse.

Lately I’ve been trying to get started with digital art using the free Krita program.

I’m trying to figure out how to do a cute “Chibi” style with bean-shaped bodies.  Still don’t feel like I’m “there” yet, so critiques welcome+appreciated!

Latest attempt:

So, we’ve got a group NaNo-ing?

Me too, though not writing so much as editing “finished” books just sitting on the shelf.
DW says I have to finish some before I’m allowed to write any more. LOL 😀

Haha, believe it or not, it was on a permaculture site.  Seemed too perfect not to share here, though.

@rusted-knight Yeah, realistically, that sounds like something they would have.

Yeah, a lot of those existing fake woods don’t  really work much better because the people are in deep space and wouldn’t have the wood scraps to start with.  I really liked “bio-planking” though!  Sounds like something lab-grown in a vat somewhere, which is totally the kind of thing I was going for.

Thanks for your help!

That’s a good one @skylarynn .  In fact, I just read this morning about Gideon in the book of Judges.  After capturing the enemy king he’s trying to order this noobie soldier to execute the guy because he doesn’t want to.  In this case the other guy is too scared and he has to do it himself.

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I just noticed I was tagged on this.  Joined your mailing list.
Better late than never, right? :}

I have a couple more questions if you guys don’t mind.
1) AYK, I’m writing a sci-fi this time and there are a lot of buttons.  How do you feel is the best way to write button labels?  I’m trying to decide between the following:

• Normal quotes (probably technically correct, but seems like it can get confused with dialog) –
  Lizzy reached down a…

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Thanks.  I’ll check that out.

Quick question:
Any thoughts on how to creatively describe music?  I want the MC to have a guitar and be able to describe how beautiful and amazing her playing is — like make the reader completely geeking out over how cool she plays…
Any ideas/examples on where to start with this?