Change

One of the reasons my art isn't as good as it could be is that I'm easily bored. Getting better at something requires practice, and I hate doing the same thing over and over. But I'm finding different things to try while still working on the same thing. So I started with this:

And then I wanted to try again with a better background:

But I realized partway through that I'd made all the leaves in the same direction and it just looked weird. So I tried it again today and ended up with this:

There's something I still don't like about the background, but it will have to wait for another day.

I'm also pretty happy with this one (which is straight from a tutorial):

Kinda boring, yes. But that's about the best tree I've ever managed in the foreground. I'll take it.

Obligatory Kitten Pictures

The plans for the kittens keep changing. Yesterday, the plan was for the remaining Vampires to go to a vacation foster on Monday. (They're big enough for surgery, but one needs his third eyelid snipped and reconstructed, and the regular shelter vet is on vacation so they're only doing spay/neuter surgeries until January.) But now the plan is for them to go to the SPCA in Sacramento, where they will have surgery and be adopted. So I'm taking them back to the shelter tomorrow and they'll go to Sac SPCA on Friday.

They're friendly little guys, so they'll find good homes soon.