Is Time… time is the greatest test for anything. I’ll admit, I never really knew that tell of late. I have been pushing myself for Heroes Con. Heroes con is a great measure of how I am doing as a comic artist, it’s one of my favorite convention each year. Heroes Con is a show in Charlotte, North Carolina June 3-5,2011. I would say it’s the biggest show in the south-east for comics. Just for comics, it’s a show I wanna go to each year and show grow each year.
I am working on this ash can (a minicomic made from paper printed at the house/office and put together by oneself.), which has turned into Murphy’s Law so much. If it can go wrong it has, but I’ll get into that later. I was at my old college (Scad Atlanta, I went to the Savannah Campus) I was printing these pages off, thinking to myself of how things have changed since I moved to ATL. I was sitting in some classes there at 2009 and thought I would be in a much different place then I am. By now I figured I would be a working professional, and well things would be sunny and rosy. The truth is I’m not there yet, I got a lot of work.
However, looking back over the last three years I can say this. I have grown, I have grown a lot. My art has come around to something I am proud of, not perfect but so much better. I am a better business person as well, thinking of coast and trying to make the best product. Not always come out great but trying new things and expanding on ideas. I have learned in my life, it is better to fail miserably, down in flames than to never try.
Moving here has rocked and change me to the core. This is the first time in my life that I don’t know what to do all the time. Don’t have the next grade to move to, the next class or assignment. It’s me getting up and making the most out of each day. Looking for better jobs, for better contacts, working on my art and Scotty. It’s me trying to take life by the horns and make it into what I want. “The true test of a man’s metal is time.” I’m not saying I am perfect however, moving here has put me under a lot of pressure and heat. Those two things can make or break anything. I don’t feel like breaking anytime soon, so better make then.
Have a good one folks.
Been watching this video every morning. Has helped out a lot.