Playing the part
Autumn has arrived it seems. It is full dark by 7, today it didn’t make it above 55 outside and all I want to do is wear comfy clothes and vibe. But it’s October, so draw every day for the Inktober challenge, write a blog for Wednesday, practice fundamentals. Read my book, catch up on some comics, play some video games, watch a scary movie. All of that wouldn’t feel like much if they didn’t have to contend with the 9-5 grind. Which reminds me, a few days ago some kids out front of the house were jumping into my neatly raked piles of leaves. Making a real mess of things. Now I remember being a kid, I would have terrorized those leaves, I think I was a light hearted menace, always quick with the sarcasm but not any real ill will. Anyways the kids were doing what kids do so I had to step out and get all grumbly and growl at them and rattle my rake. They disappeared pretty quick as I glowered at them. Once out of sight I laughed it off and went back to playing my Ninja Turtles video game. Just doing my bit to maintain the balance in the world apparently.
The week has been full of drawing, if you follow me on any of the socials you can check them out. Social buttons are in the top corner of the page. This year has been fun so far, I am putting less pressure on myself to do some super refined piece and more leaning into the idea that I want to draw weird things, and try not to overthink it too much. I think that when people try to get real deep on these prompts they are tricking themselves into making something more designed for mass appeal. Nothing wrong with wanting people to like your work but it’s more fun for me at this time to be authentic and just draw what I am thinking of as the prompt hits.
We are nearing 1 year of the website, I should get around to counting the comics at some point, maybe do some milestones.
If you follow me on socials or have subscribed to my newsletter I do thank you, and I hope that some of what I am doing is playing the part of entertainment in your lives. I am certainly entertaining myself at the very least.
