lately I’ve been having a lot of career-related crises and feeling insecure about my abilities along with artblock. It feels like a few of weeks ago I was on top of everything and feeling pretty motivated - other than my day job, I was diligently updating my comic twice a week, did some freelance work, managed to do some storyboarding for a personal project and was even working out a little every week. Then I got an awful cold that lasted over two weeks and it felt like my body was telling me “Oh yeah? You’re not feeling useless cause you’re doing a bunch of stuff? well too bad you’re not gonna be able to do them now HA!!!!!” So I had to slow down my pace. During this time I didn’t excercise, only updated my comic once a week, and sorta put aside my personal storyboard. I kept working properly but I even messed up some stuff I never do. Then I finally got better, but my left ribs still hurt when I take a deep breath or when I get up (I got an x-ray and everyting seems to be fine, so it’s just muscle strain from coughing too much), and I haven’t really been able to get back on track. I also sorta took a blow when I didn’t get any response in an attempt to participate in a dream project......also we sold next to nothing at the comics fair our collective participated in this weekend...
BUT
I DO HAVE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING SO I’M GONNA FOCUS ON THAT
During this time I got to participate in a podcast about Miyazaki!
I got to talk about my comic Boitatá Espacial at a game dev meet-up (cause I’m participating in this contest that gives comic artists and game developers a chance to match up and create a game based on a comic and get funds to produce it) and I was approached by some girls from a game studio I met last year, and they wanna participate and try to make a Boitatá game!
My Professor who guided my during my final project in univerity is acting as a guest editor on a magazine, (in a special issue about sexuality) and she invited me to contribute with an erotic one-page comic to be featured in it! Yeee I’m nervous if I’ll be able to make something good but it’s exciting to get money and visibility for my lesbian shit.
other than that my birthday is tomorrow and I’m afraid for my country’s future cause the chance of a good outcome for the elections seems bleak.
OH WELL I HOPE THE SPRING EQUINOX BRINGS US JOY AND HOPE
