#DailySketch Remember, it’s fun.
For some reason I’ve been obsessing over HOW i’m making my art lately. I’ve done dozens of test pages and panels trying figure out how I want to approach my new book. All told, I’ve probably drawn the same few pages of this book enough times to put a trade out. It’s crazy. I’m being CRAZY. It’s so silly. It’s odd what happens with you start caring TOO much.
On top of that I find myself reading debates and articles and drama and whatever else we all get our internet undies in a bunch about and start to not only obsess on the art but on the business of comics. It’s a spiral, for sure.
Then I sat in a room and looked thru the Art of Spongebob Squarepants with my 5 year old. Then he drew pictures of a boy turing into a mouse, flip book style. Then we looked through some Dr. Seuss books. And then I remembered what I do and WHY i do it.
This is about having fun for me. Creating things that are fun and enjoying the time I spent making them. Every minute I spend at this office making comics is a minute i’m not at home playing with that kid. I needed a reminder to not let all that other stuff get in the way of just having fun, and then going home to play and read with my kid. I’m as good as I can be today and hopefully will be better tomorrow. Going crazy about my art or what side of whatever drama is the click baitiest isn’t fun.
Today’s piece is all the stuff I love reading and watching reminding me to quit thinking and just have fun.
Original sketch in my shop. http://skottieyoungstore.bigcartel.com