save rock and roll, buckaroo!

a year ago you were working on that age-specific issue. five months ago you perfected a trick you spent months teaching. two weeks ago you celebrated their fifth birthday.

then you realize, you worked on that age-specific issue nine years ago. you taught that trick seven years ago. their fifth birthday was six years ago. they look at you the same, but their body is changing. they walk different. they tire out faster. those things that once bothered them, get at most a glance nowadays.

a bit more yapping on this one.

first and foremost, i am scared of people when it comes down to art, so that's why i really aim for partial faces. i got a little brave with this one and considered making his eyes more defined and backed out – which honestly, i think was for the better. i immediately followed this one up with the snowy one, which put my insecurities front and center, but it turned out way better than i expected.