At long last I have made progress inking the Trikittehs piece.  I did a little bit of this about two weeks ago, and most of it last night.  It took me so long to get around to it mostly out of anxiety and fear.  It has literally been three years since I have done line work in this medium, and nearly two since I have done much art at all.  I’m very out of practice, and still having difficulty with tremors now and again causing my hand to shake.

That said, it is coming out acceptably well, but not nearly to the standards I prefer to hold myself to.  The one place where it turned out exactly the way I wanted it was the cat’s face, thank goodness.  Other than that, the lines are shaky and uneven in most places, and required multiple passes in lots of places.  Multiple passes means uneven lines, period, because I am widening it to make the overall flow of the line less shaky in appearance.  It also make the process of drawing the piece take MUCH longer.  In the amount of time I have spent doing 1/3 of the line work, I should have been able to finish the line work.  With renewed practice and further reduction of the tremors, I should get there again.  I’m not mentioning this because I’m fishing for condolences or complements.  I fully realize that a lot of people won’t see the flaws, especially at screen resolution, and I am pretty sure I will like the piece when it’s done.  I’m mentioning it anecdotally, to explain where I am at with my artwork, and where I would like to be, and why I will not be completely happy with this piece when it is finished.

Project: Triskittehs