Incompetence Inspires A New Project!

Last Thursday I got home to discovered that my cable/internet was down. Called the cable company to get a recorded message stating that there was a problem in my area and would be cleared up within 15 to 20 minutes. 3 hours go by and everything was still not working. Called again to talk to someone that said someone would come out the next day, Friday afternoon.

I'll spare you all the details but the short version goes like this: Service tech comes out doesn't stay long enough for me to get home for him to explain everything. He leaves without leaving a note or phone call. Turns in report explaining what needs to be done. Nobody schedules the appropriate techs to come out and fix the problem... Twice... Finally, today, they got it all right and not only am I watching the news for the first time since Thursday morning, I'm here blogging!

So, that brings us to today's inspiration. While waiting for another tech to come out (that was 90-minutes late) I started sketching an illustration using the new Manga Studio 5.  I have to tell you that I really do love this new version of Manga Studio!  I've used version 3 and thought it was good but this new one is excellent.  I'm doing an illustration of a former co-worker and good friend and I've been wanting to attempt doing my rendition of this photo for months. Here are a few screen shots of the initial sketch so far.

Click here if you would like more info on Manga Studio 5.