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Page Five, and Page Five, and Page Five... and Glen Keane!

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Don't pay attention to this first version of page five. It's horrible. But my post makes the most sense if I start with this image. Last week I was really lucky to hear Glen Keane speak. If you don't know who Glen Keane is, it would be worth your while to do some googling. He's the incredible talent behind many iconic Disney characters and his beautiful artwork has been a huge inspiration to me and many many other artists. After Mr. Keane's talk, my husband asked me how it went and I said, "Meh." At first I couldn't pinpoint why I was disappointed, I mean, Glen Keane did a great job speaking. But then I realized that a silly part of me thought that by listening to one of my art heroes speak, some of his awesomeness would rub off on me and I'd be magically transformed into a better artist. And another equally silly part of me thought I'd leave that lecture with some powerful art secret I never knew before. Ridiculous. I know. But a