I have given up on my dream of publishing while I'm still at school.
That has always been something I've wanted to achieve, but I see now for the first time that it is next to impossible.
I have looked up over ten different Australian publishers, and all either say that they are not publishing unpublished authors, or that they refuse to publish anyone under 18. I soon realised that they'd all say things like that, and I have decided to lay aside my writing dreams for now.
However, I have had great success with my drawing.
I drew a picture recently I entitled Flute Girl although she's playing a tin whistle, not a flute, but Tin Whistle Girl doesn't sound as good.
So here was the sketch I did last week:
I was watching how other people computer draw on youtube, and I picked up a few techniques, including using basic layers (I didn't realise my program was sophisticated enough to use them). Anyway, I was fiddling with colours and backgrounds. Not exactly what I had wanted, but this is what I got:
Although I was still not quite happy with it, so I tried again:
I still am not quite happy with the bodice's colour schemes next to the skin and hair, and I would've prefered the glow in the background to be bigger, but it's good enough for me :D
~ Miss Cooper
