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Month: January 2016
The reality of bullet wounds for writers.
so the hunchback studio cast recording is on spotify….
AAAAHHH FINALLY IN ENGLISH
I listened to this twice on Friday and it’s every bit as magical as I was hoping for. The German version has been one of my most favorite things ever for YEARS <3
I hope this helps some people the way it helped me.
After giving this same advice about affirmations to a few people in the past few months, I thought I would put this together in comic form.
I actually recorded myself saying my affirmations and I repeat them as I listen on my drive to work. For a while, I got out of the habit of doing it and I realized I was feeling really down on myself. I’ve made it a priority lately and it’s made me feel more upbeat and capable. 🙂
And if you can’t fin something nice to say about yourself, listen to the people who will, and borrow their positivity for a while until you have some of your own.
*POINTED GLANCE*
On the one hand, so much fan art I wanna draw, on the other hand, gotta learn to friggin’ draw first, on the third hand, need something to practice on if I’m gonna attempt that, on the fourth hand, it doesn’t matter because I have more work this weekend than time to do it in anyway!
I relate so hard. T_T
The person you love is not the same as they were when you first started loving them and they are not the same as they will be when you die. Love must be adaptive. Love must be smart enough and strong enough to survive constant change. Love must not be rigid.
[the sky is grey and it’s cold outside]
me: yesssss
[the wind picks up and it starts to rain]
me: Y ESSSSSSS
Forget “Style”
THE GRASS IS GREENER WHERE IT’S WATERED
A lot of illustrators suffer from the “grass is always greener” syndrome. We spend more time appreciating the work of others, and less time appreciating our own work. This is a common issue among most creatives. Why even bother writing a story or painting a picture when I can think of dozens of people who would do it better? My answer to that is simple, and something I only recently (and finally) accepted with my own work: just like our handwriting, no one can create exactly like we can. Our inherent individuality—coupled with years of training and growth—is what buoys our creative lives.
The novelty of a talking cat wears off quick when the cat is a huge jerk.
Salmon Coal
When I took a picture book writing class in university from the amazing Rick Walton, one of my projects was a story about a cat who wanted to be a writer and did everything BUT write. It was cute. The class liked it and had some really great criticism for it. PBs are deceptively difficult to get right!
I think it would be a fun project to come back to some day. So I drew the cat on the train ride home.
ALSO I FINALLY SIGNED UP FOR SCBWI TODAY– since it was pay day. Oo la la~!