This the final set sketches I did of the Stratocaster. When I am creating a picture, especially if it has a very well known recognizable object in it, I'll do many sketches of the object from a multitude of angles. I never intend to do final picture from these angles but I find that unless I have some rough idea what the three dimensional shape of the object is it will just end up looking like a cheap prop. Even objects I am fairly familiar with I can get tripped up on if I try skipping these steps http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1094537/ Especially with photos since you can not always be certain unless you fairly intimate with the object what is being distorted by the camera lens and what is not!

When started doing sketches of the Strat I thought several of the design elements on the guitar were just for cosmetic reasons. As I studied the guitar more I found that many of those so imagined "cosmetic" items actually served useful functions on the guitar, and deleting them was not a good idea. There are few that I will not show or will simplify in the final piece but now I can do it in a more informed fashion. Not just willy nilly!