Focused in 2020

I am focused on one thing. It took me 49 years to get to this point, but I am now dedicated to “My Walk”, a Christian comic book. I have felt guilt for being scattered for so long. But now I see how it is all coming together for this project. The graphic design work, the photography, bad poetry, painting, drawing, bad relationships and poor chooses, falling away from Christ and rebelling, story telling and day dreaming, all building up to this book. And God is tugging on me to do it.

Once again, I have been writing a story that has gotten out of control. When this has happened before, I had been overwhelmed and gave up. I have discovered a few techniques to avoid this disaster on “My Walk”. I am including some links and descriptions below.

Art Parents: This is a way to polish your art and look more professional. The idea in brief is to adopt your art parents, choosing three artists of different styles, studying them then merging them all into your art. I picked Charles Schulz (Peanuts) for the shapes he uses in his comics, Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) for his line work and Mike Mignola (Hell Boy) for the color used in his books.

https://youtu.be/vxJOjvsj3j0

Finished, Not Perfect: Complete your work!

https://youtu.be/lRtV-ugIT0k

You Need A Product, Not a Project

https://youtu.be/ZZLzI0CwhkA

The 4 Lines: Draw a line. Write a line. Read a line. Pray a line. This is something I developed myself to keep me motivated. The idea is even when I don’t feel like drawing, if I get my pencil, eraser and sketch book out and draw a line, the momentum pushes me forward. I guess what? I’m drawing! Then I write a line, and bam! I just wrote for an hour. Then I crack my Bible open to read and pray.