Nightingale Notebook1

I bought a new notebook today, just for Nightingale stuff. It’s been a while since I had a large-format notebook, but I think I need to carry it around and let its constant weight remind me that I need to practice life drawing everywhere I go. I have such a long way to improve before I’ll be confident in doing a good job on this comic.

I christened the immaculate first page with a sketch of Nightingale, doing her thing.

Behind her is the Central Station of Amsterdam, a building whose architecture I’ll likely have to learn by heart. *sob*

I’ll try to ink this when I’m feeling a bit more adventurous. I even bought a special Japanese calligraphy fountain pen just for this, so we’ll see how that goes. I don’t think I mention very often just how anxious I have become about trying to do finished artwork on paper these days. I’m so addicted to my tablet and my “undo” button. ;_;