J.D. Lake wrote: Thanks for any assistance or advice > (other than I shouldn't have agreed to do it). well, that takes away my first response!! ;-) otherwise, force yourself to forget you didn't want to do this (you're stuck, time to move on!), and try to think of what you would draw if you were creating a gift to a favorite child -- son, daughter, niece, nephew, neighbor, imaginary, etc. That might free up those old creative juices! If you can, go to a zoo and watch kids' faces as they watch the animals -- pure delight! it might inspire you. good luck, Gail -- Gail W. Guth Guth Illustration & Design 139 Lathrop Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014-5076 269.963.1311 FAX: 269.969.0652 [log in to unmask] www.science-art.com/guth