I am a bit of a perfectionist, so it's uncomfortable for me to post a work in progress ("WIP")--a poster segment, in this case--when the final result is nowhere near in sight.

On the other hand, I think it's important for those who create images to post blogs like this. After all, I've lost count of how many times I've heard the assumption that illustrations who, gasp!, use the computer, have some sort of a "magic button" that automatically generates the end result.

Not quite: