the scarecrow, the tin woodman + i need your opinion!
While Dorothy was looking earnestly into the queer, painted face of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of the eyes slowly wink at her. She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way. Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.
"Good day," said the Scarecrow, in a rather husky voice.
"Did you speak?" asked the girl, in wonder.
"Certainly," answered the Scarecrow. "How do you do?"
"I'm pretty well, thank you," replied Dorothy politely. "How do you do?"
"I'm not feeling well," said the Scarecrow, with a smile, "for it is very tedious being perched up here night and day to scare away crows."
i was reading somewhere that this part with dorothy, where she's sitting and looking at the scarecrow, is the most drawn scene in all of the different printings of the book. well, here they're chatting it up aren't they? little do they know they'll be BFF soon.
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Just then another groan reached their ears, and the sound seemed to come from behind them. They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered something shining in a ray of sunshine that fell between the trees. She ran to the place and then stopped short, with a little cry of surprise.
One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin. His head and arms and legs were jointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.
oof, i really don't like my designs for the characters much. i kinda like dorothy, but i still need to play around with the others. though for now, these will do. i gotta admit, i like making the scarecrow short :3
Rest of the e-text for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz here at ProjectGutenberg.org
ugh... i really should be doing my homework T_______T noooes!
UGH x2! KIDS! i have to get a new tablet.. because i suck. but anyway, what's the opinion, should i get an intuos or just stick with the graphire? i want to do digital inking. i'm thinking that i may just go for the graphire 6x8, but, does anyone know if the quality of the intuos are really that much more noticble? does the whole "pen tilt" thing actually work? ._. is it useful if it does? does anyone who read this journal actually know/care? if it's really worth the extra 130$ i'll start considering it, but if that's just for paying for their stupid bundle software then no way. i probably won't be using the "tool ID" feature, and i don't use tablet mice, so it really just depends if the pentilt and accuracy is really badass.