Blathering On

MY DAY

Dooby doo. Very pleasantly went about town without my coat today for the first time in ages. Enjoyed the sun and took Tamsyn out for lunch before heading into work for a few hours this afternoon, just to sort out some files (incidentally being taught something by the other design guy that will cut my time in half when putting the main magazine together). Then it was meeting up with the mentee to watch him eat enough cake to kill 5 diabetics, followed by tea and dinner with one of the girls from the mentoring program for a general catchup and chit chat. Very civilized day.

WORK

This week at work marked the first time I did our main magazine entirely self directed, and pretty much knocked it out flawlessly to boot. Given that my boss went overseas the very next day for a month, this was a Good Thing and gives her some peace of mind, plus I got high fives and slaps on the back which was nice. I've been doing the whole 'waaaah I did well at school why aren't I a fully formed magazine designer of amazingness' thing a bit after having to put up with the boss correcting half the things I do at work, so it's nice to receive positive feedback on improvement. Plus watching this really made me pull my head in a bit and stop worrying so much:

Really I think all creative types in any industry should watch that.

CARTOONING

There is one thing really that's been prickling my mind lately, and that's cartooning, and how much I'm not doing any. It weighs on me at various times when I'm not busy like a madman, and it's getting to the stage where I'm either going to get back into the comic idea, or take up a project that's maybe less intensive on the writing and colouring. I feel like I need to do something. Mainly figure out what's holding me back there, maybe.

Modesty aside, I look at various successful online cartoonists out there, and I know I could be as good as at least half of them, and better than a bunch too. What I lack is the drive to make that happen and the willingness to be drawing for a few hours every day to get better. It's probably a mix of laziness and fear of failure, but since this is 2010 and not The Year That Shall Not Be Named, it's about time I sat down and sorted that out.

Heh. I'd almost finished writing this blog post and I ended up talking with Mark and he's going to help me write the sci fi comic. Whoo! Time to dig up my notes!