A "small" story

The piece above was the first page I made when I started this whole thing. 

Titled "Maybe this is Something"

One year ago to this day, life for me was very different than it is now. I wanted to draw comics more than anything else in the world and the only thing stopping me was my own self doubt and hating everything I had ever drawn. Each time I attempted to draw pages the end result made me hate my own hands so much it made me stop drawing for months or years on end. I would spend hours a day staring at a blank canvas and fear that when I started drawing I'd just feel like that every time I put anything on paper. I drew maybe 7 or 8 presentable pieces a year for the past 10 years. This year was different. In one year I have drawn close to 300 pieces and nearly 250 of those pieces are comic pages. That feeling didn't go away but now acts as motivation to get better. I do critique myself quite harshly but I believe the beauty of art is that I'll never truly be satisfied with anything I ever draw but the effort of improving is my true joy. The pages I post here is a happy byproduct of the act of me striving to be better. I say this cause I set out to do 2 things. the first was to keep drawing and keep getting better. The second was to try and inspire others to try and do what makes them happy. Drawing makes me happy and the only thing that was in my way was a lack of belief in myself. I don't want to ramble anymore so I'll just say this last thing. The thing that makes you happy has always been in your life and it's just a matter of looking back to see what was the constant in all aspects of your life. The thing you want changes but the thing that makes you happy will remain the same. People are just amazing like that.

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