Week two of our book deadlines. Second 16-page signature due this Friday. It''s a 12-week cycle and we're running in front of a train. Worked all weekend on a variety of art for the sig, like this Hualapai flattop:
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Delano Rocks a Route 66 Flattop
Frankly, you haven't lived until you've seen a Hualapai rock a flattop. It's somewhere between a porcupine and a needle bed. Totally cool and totally In-din.
Finished eight pieces of art and sat down this morning to plug the holes. Here is my view from the ktichen table at 5:30 a.m.:
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Progress Report #3
Worked for about an hour on new scenes and made a page full of notes in my sketchbook:
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Progress Report #4
Of course there were other dudes in Mohave County who rocked a flattop as well, like these cats:
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Ducktails By Chuy
"Tell a great story, and the message will follow."
—Ross Kauggman, Born Into Brothels (2004)