April 16, 2014, Wednesday (Patreon)

Augh, ALMOST finished the linework for the fourth page, but I couldn't work later because I had to be home at a specific hour for a thing. If I just coulda had half an hour mooooore. All page four needs is for the tails to be drawn on the word balloons, the giant hand and seated figures to be merged into the same layer (removing the parts where they overlap across each other), and tattoos/shirt stripes/beard stubble to be drawn in. 

Had an impromptu lecture for Periscope's interns with Lucy Bellwood about Making Webcomics. It's no secret I've been struggling for a little while now with my brain and feel pretty burnt out-- the time I gave my regular "How to Self Promote" lecture to our last batch of interns a month or so ago, I accidentally came out as all doom and gloom and horror stories and being a sad bitter shell of a ruined human being. But this time, I felt a lot of love for this job. It felt good. At the risk of being painfully obvious, it's lovely to be reminded of the things that you do love about a thing. 

I love that there is no gatekeeping to being a cartoonist. I love that it's entirely up to your own will and dedication to create your own comic. I love that if you keep plugging away, just one page a week, after a year you'll have 52 pages of your comic done. It's just up to you. That's awesome. 

PS: I LOVE THE MOVIE HACKERS. 

PPS: HACK THE PLANET.