Opening the attic door

I was originally thinking that the story would start off with Zaddison hearing spooky sounds while she was going to sleep and then in the morning she'd have some kind of conversation with her mom after which she would decide to go find out what was making the sounds she heard in the dark.

But then I realized that exploring the dark is neither brave nor scary during the day. So the new plan is for her mom to tuck her in and say goodnight and then Zaddison will go exploring after each noise she hears, starting with the bats in the attic who are waking up and about to go out to their nightly feast.

Early Zaddison Sketches

These are the next phase of sketches I did of Zaddison to get more familiar with drawing her. I decided want her to have high piggy tails and pointy little fingers that make me think of frog hands.

P.S. Today is my birthday! 24 was a great year for me, me and Jon had just moved to Austin, I found a great job, I made the website for NPW and we've had so much fun doing the webcomic together (we're almost wrapping up the 2nd issue already!), and even more exciting, I became an aunt!

I think 25 will be even better, especially since now I have a new little dream, I hope to have my first book finished by the time I turn 26.