Thank-you Jacob and thepatje. I will try that today. thepatje, what you have drawn is beautiful. I envy your skills so much and hope one day to emulate them. My drawing has a long way to go before it is complete. I'm intending to give it eyes, its two missing arms, many suckers, maybe the siphon, quite a lot of interesting texture and colour. Will probably take it into photoshop for final touching up before it is ready to be the cover of my book. The octopus will be holding a huge and beautiful pearl which I have created in photoshop.and is already finished. I'm hoping that by the time I finish, my octopus will hardly be recognisable as it is now, a simple little cartoon drawing. This will all be a long slow project for someone at my level of skill. However once through it all, I will know a lot more. There are some beautiful ready-drawn octopodes available on Adobe and elsewhere but I want mine to be unique and drawn-to-purpose for my book.Trouble is I'm more of an author more than an artist.
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