it was mostly cause i had to keep sharpening my white pencil crayoun and i didnt have a pencil sharpiner so i had to sharpen it with a knife... but yah it got the job done... the main thing that took so long was the coloring because it almost takes up a whole page thats 22.9x30.5cm, its a pretty big drawing, and coloring was the most time consuming, like getting all the colors right, and no, no one can eat gill he's the stoned goldfish