Sketching a Universe: A Personal Look at My First Drawings
Sketching a Universe: A Personal Look at My First Drawings For my first post, I want to take you behind the scenes. I'm going to tell you the story of the charcoal sketches from my very first book, the original Turkish version where the whole 'Artificial World Colony' idea began. I'll get into the challenges of bringing them to life, but before I do, I invite you to explore them for yourselves. Like every great idea, "Artificial World Colony" was born at a table, among friends. The first draft of the novel was finished, and I had shared it with a few trusted friends when that magical (or should I say, cursed?) sentence was uttered: "You should add some illustrations!" Since my budget stretched only to a fine arts student rather than a professional, I knew I was at the start of an adventure. But I couldn't have predicted that the real challenge would be my artist friend trying to read my mind instead of simply reading the book. My attempts to desc...