Getting back to Fun
It has been 2 years since I've drawn manga/anime. The general culprit would be work : I go to the office early and come home late. It didn't help that I left my pc and scanner in the province. Of course, if there's a will there's a way but I've lacked the will to move forward and finish my manga project.
My DA gallery was accumulating unanswered requests,messages and unread comments.
The very sad part is I felt that I have forgotten that I can draw.
Last night, I was browsing through outsourcing sites and looked through part time job ads. I saw some jobs that are needing graphic artists. A couple of years before, I would not have hesitated to look and perhaps apply for it.
But something changed now. I was not as confident of my skills as before. That was when I got back to my gallery and read some messages. I recalled how I have made people laugh, react and how they have wanted to know when my work would be updated. I have let them down in many ways.
So that same night, I bought pads of paper from a store got back to my apartment and tried to pick up from the last part of 'Violent Paradise'. The pencil felt a bit alien to my fingers, like a long lost friend that I haven't contacted for years. My initial works were sketchy. I have been trying to recall what my characters were like, and what my plans for the plot were before.
This won't do: I told myself. It is not enough to pick up from where I left. I have to go back to the beginning and remember what it was like.
So today, I'm reading my works and also other people's works. I have to remember , pick up where I left off and ultimately finish what I have started.
My DA gallery was accumulating unanswered requests,messages and unread comments.
The very sad part is I felt that I have forgotten that I can draw.
Last night, I was browsing through outsourcing sites and looked through part time job ads. I saw some jobs that are needing graphic artists. A couple of years before, I would not have hesitated to look and perhaps apply for it.
But something changed now. I was not as confident of my skills as before. That was when I got back to my gallery and read some messages. I recalled how I have made people laugh, react and how they have wanted to know when my work would be updated. I have let them down in many ways.
So that same night, I bought pads of paper from a store got back to my apartment and tried to pick up from the last part of 'Violent Paradise'. The pencil felt a bit alien to my fingers, like a long lost friend that I haven't contacted for years. My initial works were sketchy. I have been trying to recall what my characters were like, and what my plans for the plot were before.
This won't do: I told myself. It is not enough to pick up from where I left. I have to go back to the beginning and remember what it was like.
So today, I'm reading my works and also other people's works. I have to remember , pick up where I left off and ultimately finish what I have started.