Gibson Girl Page 1 redo (Patreon)

Well this month sure did challenge me. I'll probably write more extensively about it in the monthly  report tomorrow but for now here's a proper ink version of Page 1. Still sans speech bubbles, but it's a start!

I started reading a book by James Clear called Atomic Habits that has really clarified for me when my projects go awry and when they go smoothly. I've always known it was a lot of mind games to get myself to follow through on one of my own projects without getting horribly distracted, discouraged, etc. but this book has reframed that.

When my projects have gone smoothly it's because they were easy and simple enough in my mind that I could treat them like a habit, they were satisfying to chip away at a little every day and didn't feel like an impossible mountain of work.

When they go awry it's because they're big, difficult and complex, such that I don't feel like I can make a meaningful impact on them when I sit down to work, especially  if I only have a few minutes, I'll pick something else to do instead, like make sketches or doodles.

This means that my progress is limited by how often I have uninterrupted chunks of time in my schedule to work on a single page like this one for 3 hours...and that's kinda infrequent lately.

tl;dr I'm going to try starting June by making smaller pieces of work for myself and make it habitual so I stop waiting for ideal conditions.

Thanks for your patience, everyone. ♥ I know it's been a slower month than April, which was one of my better in terms of output.

Winton