The Hobby

So, good news. I finished the pencils and the inks for the first Prologue Short. It's just colors from here, which should be quick enough, and then a couple tests.

I've been working my ass off getting everything complete, researching how to move forward on the business side of things, and generally getting everything ready to make things move quickly once I release the first Short. But, most importantly, I've only been drawing two things. One, the pages. Two, practice sketches. The first is necessary for obvious reasons, the second is necessary to keep  me on my toes. There's a lot of time where I'm inking a page. I don't want my already limited skills to sag, and I've still got tons to learn, which I'm only going to do through practice.

I've been drawing from a script or drawing for speed for a while now. Tonight I decided to draw for fun. I figured I'd get bored or tired pretty quickly and put the pad down. Didn't happen. A weird thing happened that hasn't happened in about a month. I enjoyed myself while drawing. I didn't worry about a bit of a mess, I didn't worry that a single page is taking a few hours, I just enjoyed myself and drew.

I've been told by a ton of people to watch out about turning my hobby into a career. I used to think this was ridiculous. How could I get tired of doing something I would have done anyways? Well, I'm telling all the mes out there to listen to it. This doesn't mean don't draw for a living, or whatever it is you do. It means put some time aside to enjoy the hobby. I'm getting into this because I love super heroes, I love comics, and I love drawing. I'm going to make sure I keep enjoying those things.