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Started on the artwork this week. Below shows the initial stages of trying out different images of gauges, locating their positions and working out colour schemes. Looked at a couple of books on vintage toys to get a rough idea of the kind of colour combinations that are used. The toy industry isn't afraid of using mad colours - lime green tanks with chrome tracked wheels?! Fantastic. Used Illustrator on the Mac to compose the drawings but I like to use felt pens to experiment with colour. Whenever I use felt pens I always think about this character I used to see wandering around Burnley, in the 70's, who wore a couple of mexican bandelero bullet belts across his chest. Instead of ammo, the belts were full of felt-tipped pens! I've no idea what the hell he was up to but, hey...great idea.