{"id":1640,"date":"2024-01-24T03:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-wee-monsters\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T16:07:11","slug":"sketchbook-wee-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-wee-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/  wee monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We finished the book &#8212; I finished my few illustrations (a struggle against my skills) and then did the final layout &amp; preparation of the inner content and the covers (a struggle against tiny mistakes and a hoped-for deadline).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>And submitted it &#8212; found a few errors to fix &#8212; submitted again &#8212; will they find more?<\/p>\n<p>So now I can get on with some commissions and the classes, lessons, workshops I have lined up. 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And submitted it &#8212; found a few errors to fix &#8212;&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,94],"tags":[387,389,252],"class_list":["post-1640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-sketches","tag-beastie","tag-monster","tag-sketchbook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-qs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1505,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-smoky-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":1640,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ smoky star","author":"Kir","date":"11 August 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Is a crystal ball floating in the air? 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