New Year, New Me!
Just kidding… still the same old me, but with a few different ideas of how to approach my art this year. My wife and I sat on our couch after midnight January 1st, 2022 and discussed the usual new year topics that involved hopes, dreams, opportunities, challenges, and even our goals for 2022. I’ve started to turn away from the term “new year resolutions”. Not entirely sure why, but if I had to guess it is probably because the older I get, the more I slowly realize that I talk about a lot of things and everyday I have less and less time to actually start anything. Or even finish certain things for that matter. So our conversation gravitates towards happiness, fulfillment, and the different vehicles that can take us on that journey. And I do believe that happiness is a journey and not a destination.
So with the conversation fresh in my mind I went through my thoughts for the previous year and came to the realization that is the same realization that I come to every year: I want to make stuff. Specifically art. Drawing and painting have always been necessary outlets for me and one thing that I have really missed and thought a lot about the past year is making comics again. So rather than just think and daydream of these ideas I’ve decided to make 2022 my return to making regular comics again.
I’ve gone through a few different versions of an online comic, mostly autobiographical or just random thoughts, and this one will probably be the same as I start. Comics about parenthood, relationships, and navigating life on this plane of existence is what I anticipate, but if it turns into something else along the way I would also welcome that. This is all secretly an excuse to draw more regularly, build good habits, and avoid going insane from all of the thoughts in my head.
I am looking forward to the journey, I hope you enjoy the ride too if you decide to come along and check in regularly.
P.S. I’m still not sure what I will call these comics, or even if I will give it a title, but time will tell.