Coral Springs, 20??
After spending what felt like forever in Ocala, I moved back down to Coral Springs to try and start school or, failing that, look for some work. I didn't do either. Instead I'd wake up, make a list of albums to download, take a bus to the library, and for a few hours a day, I'd sit and draw and read the same "comix" retrospective until I couldn't take the hunger any longer and head back home.Β
Waiting for torrents to load gave me time to acquaint myself with Deviantart. I wasn't oblivious to its reputation, but when you're not surrounded by peers who are digging what you do, you have to search them out. Just having the ability to see someones work, leave a lil' message, then coming back the next day to see a lil' reply is a LOT for someone who seemed to be creating in a vacuum.Β
If you're motivated, you could wade past the Sonic FanFics(but not all of them, because you'll eventually read one out of curiosity, and then never again) and find little communities of artists growing along with one another. I think Greg(xeroxtb) was one of the first artists to catch my eye. He'd created Β these far out pieces that looked like stills from a lot of the animation I was into at the time. I don't remember how I found his "Hi Polymer" short, but the "Artillery Porcupine" was one of the coolest things a person could do with a character. I'd meant to get around to his other character Stereo, and I might sooner than later seeing as writing this post and rereading those comics has put me back in that head space where I had no responsibilities and endless time.Β
