Squats

Some of you would screw up just to get this tutoring.... right?

I was flipping through some images really just to see if one could inspire me.  I wasn't in a particularly cappy mood, but after spending all morning thinking about my writing project I was in a Caitlyn mood... so why not look.  When I saw this image the first thing in my head was a catchers crouch.  I remember hearing that a catcher has to do an incredible amount of squats and squat thrusts to be able to hold that position for an entire game.

So really, this cap was nothing more than a quick two beat joke.  I knew I couldn't put to much into it so setting it up at the wizard school seemed like an easy enough explanation for the transformation.  My first pass went like this:

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Almost everything at the Wizarding School is of course designed to enhance our career path.  For instance when the baseball coach says your catcher's crouch isn't right he makes you work on both your transformation spell as well as some special advanced squat thrusts.

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I thought it was fine.  It was exactly the quick one two joke that I find funny.  But putting it into the cap was a little problematic... it was actually so short that I couldn't decide on where to put it.  While trying out some various fonts and placements, I wondered how else they could make you practice that would put you in an akward position... I have no idea where the blanket/wet-dream idea came from but it gave me the same kind of laugh.  And when I went to add it in, I decided to add more direct humor to the story, hence "Saint Jerry's School of Warlocks, Wizardry, and Corporate Accounting" and "...get my degree and get a job as a retail wizard that can do taxes at the end of the year" 

With those additions it was now easy to fit it in to the space available (I actually had to INCREASE the font size up to 19... a rare thing for me!), and worked on the title.  I didn't want to take away from the story, but the title just sitting on the other side of the girl seemed dull.  So I copied it's layer and added a motion blur to it.  Hopefully this gives a not so subtle reminder of what the girl is doing in the photo.  If not... well hopefully it looks visually interesting.  

I'm happy with the cap, considering that it's just mean to give a laugh.  If you have any type of chuckle or giggle, then I"m satisfied.

As a reminder, I'm still looking for help with my writing project.  You can read about it here.