I've just seen this - wonderful!

theoatmeal.com/comics/creativi

It reminds me of conversations I've had with my eldest, when drawing things directly in pen or with pencil but pressing really hard, and getting angry and frustrated that it's "wrong".

This is where artist's sketches are super useful, to show that some of our favourite characters are definitely not drawn perfectly the first time around!

Via @belldotbz@bell.bz on Bluesky / @piccalilli's The Index: mastodon.social/@belldotbz/114

A page in a Pettson & Findus story book, showing all the scratchy, imprecise and explorative sketching that goes into one final image of Findus, the talking cat.
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