Fade in, our onion, now an elder statesman in his oniony community, his comfortable life ensured by his misdeeds throughout the years. No.  That won’t work.  Maybe he’s like other cartoon characters, never aging?

Fade in, the onion sits at a desk. There are posters on the wall behind him, calling for donations, onions smile down from these posters.  He’s working for some kind of charity… but what kind?

More later. I think I have the beginnings of a new cartoon finally…

It reminds me of what we all do, part inspiration, part skill and training, and a whole lot of just straight up sweat and tears. I rolled into town too late for my own inking session, but I’m watching the processes of initial draft, refinements, and application in various stages right now.

Similarly my projects are part research, deconstruction, build and create. The onion’s eventual return is reminding me of all this. I haven’t even started redrawing him, I don’t know what he’s going to look like (other than oniony and red), but the first step shouldn’t be deciding the right tool, since I don’t know what that’s going to be yet.

I can find 3D sculpting tools and make a real-space onion, but how well will that import into Flash? What do I need to learn to get that to work? Is this the best way to bring the evil onion back?

Which brings me back to tattoos. It’s easy enough for me to show off a sketch and say, “I want this,” but my concepts of placement differ from the person who would be applying the actual ink. The person who knows how anatomy and art mix. Right design needs the right tools, and the right know-how. Ultimately it’s all planning and follow-through.

Which bring up the real point of this post. Here I am, and no fresh ink will be applied on me, due to damn timing.