Okay Art Peeps! Vote which book cover sketch do you Like! I think my fav right now is #3

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@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen awe! That is a great idea! I love it!

Thanks @TessaW! I might just might try the magnesium supplement too. I'll look into it

@karolifo Yeah, I'm trying to take lots of breaks from the screen now, Sadly though, I don't have an office window. I keep teasing my boss to giving me one.

Awe! Thanks @Whitney-Simms Thats so sweet I'm just itching to start coloring it!

@TwiggyT Thanks for the tips on eye exercises! I'm gonna start today. Hahaha, I love it, eyeball stretches. My co-workers are going to get a kick out of that

@peteolczyk Yeah, I think your right about most people having them. I was talking to one of my chums this week and she is my age, 26, and she also has them. I really notice them when its a bright sunny day. And it super annoying when I'm snowboarding and the snow is so bright. They are super noticeable then. yeah, eye twitches are soooo annoying and kinda weird too lol

@Neha-Rawat Wow super good advice! I might just be down to try that stuff, I'll look into it. I especially like that its made with natural ingredients. Thanks so much! And thanks for the warning too, hehehe
I also found this cool app yesterday called Time Out, and one can customize it to prompt eye breaks or to get up and walk around. I think that it will help some too. It has normal breaks and then micro breaks, which I really like.

@demotlj Thanks for the advice, I can't wait to get older now lol! Yeah, The glasses are hard sometimes. It took me so long to get used to having a prescription in my glasses. I also have a computer blue light filter on them too. I think it helps.

Hey Art Peeps,
I got an eyeball question for y'all, let me know if any of y'all have any tips or suggestions

Ever since I got out of school two years ago, I've been working a day job as a graphic designer. I spend at least 7-9 hours a day on a screen. As of this last year, my left eye started to twitch a lot and it kept getting worse over time (at that time I didn't have a pair of prescription glasses, I just wore computer glasses to filter out the blue light). In addition, I also got a few floaters in my eyes mostly just my left eye. So I splurged and went to an eye doc. I got a prescription and got a pair of prescription glasses.

Now I've had these glasses for a probably 5 months. My eye twitching has stopped, yey! but my eye floaters are getting worse. I've been trying to give my eyes breaks from screen time, but it doesn't seem to help much.

Do any of you have suggestions or have any eye experiences that is similar? I'm planning on giving my eye doc a call again soon, but I thought I would ask you all first.

@BichonBistro Thanks! I appreciate it

Yeah, going back to full time at work is making it super hard! I managed to finish drawing spread #2, but I just barely touched my two spreads from last week. It didn't help that I had several pre engagements this weekend. But the good news! This next weekend is empty! Which means I'm going to be sitting on my butt drawing all weekend to catch up! Only two weeks left before my drawing deadline! And four weeks to have my dummy-book printed out and done. This week, I'm going to start on the cover. I'll be posting more thumbnails on that later this week.

My goals for the next several weeks:

Aug18-24: finish spreads #4 & #7, Cover thumbnails and start cover

Aug 25-31: Final drawing edits and final details added to spreads, Finish cover, drawing and color.

Sept 1-7: Formate book, Print

Sept 8 - 13 Bind book

Due Date for the Open Portfolio Preview at Mid central SCBWI Conference Sept 14th

After the SCBWI conference, I'm going to take a little break, then start the process to finishing the book and have it out my late March 2020

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Way to go! Love your style

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Yey!!!! You'll be a pro in no time