Redrawing a Picture of Jimmy Standing by the Chimney.

Today I decided to correct the cover image. As you can see, there’s too much missing. I drew the image thinking I would put it into a frame, or have the picture flush with the side of the page. And I decided to redraw the chimney itself. Months ago I cavalierly drew it as a cylinder, and for the rest of the book I drew it as a box. So, I opened the original image in Affinity Photo for iPad and started changing it up. The first thing I did was to flip it horizontally, expand the canvas, and start sketching.

The biggest problem I have is matching the style of the original lines, which were drawn with a fine liner on semi-transparent layout paper, then accidentally scanned on the wrong side. Hence, the appealing blurry, almost glowing line. I’d be pleased, indeed, to get that charming, messy look digitally.

It’s a work in progress for sure.

He’s on the wrong side of the chimney, and the chimney is cylindrical, not boxy.

There are 8 layers showing here.