Endless Circle
Ok, so I think everyone goes through this every once in a while.
Sometimes a baker looks at his bread and says to himself, “What am I doing here? Why have my life experiences culminated in me standing over a hot oven?! What does bread mean in the grand scheme of things and why am I making Rye when French bread is the obvious superior?!”
Often this leads the thinker dazed and confused. Obviously the baker wants to be good at his craft but every once in a while he’ll get out of the shower and see his reflection in the mirror and become petrified with the reality (or apparent reality) of infinity and the self. I’ve often caught myself stepping back off the brink of madness when contemplating a bit too much on the cosmos and existence and how my perspective is so narrow when compared to the span of time and location and… well, I better stop while I’m still with you.
Perhaps it’s best to narrow the beam from a flashlight to a laser. Why do I do this comic? It started as a way to get better at art. But why get better? Why spend that kind of time? Maybe it’s to comunicate with others. Not just to communicate en masse, but to communicate on a deeper, more personal level. I think we are all separate beings and we long for connection, for connectedness. And for so many people that connectedness never comes no matter how many Facebook friends they have or parties they go to. Just getting one person to really connect with you is incredibly rare and I think the way connections are formed are through expressing deeper thoughts and questions that aren’t the general topics of conversation because they’re “too personal.”
Well screw it. I’m 100 comics in and have talked about medical problems to bowel movements to mental breakdowns so I’m not quitting now.
-Sean
Discussion (3) ¬
First: Congrats and kudos on your hundred comic milestone!!! Not an easy task! I’m really proud and impressed by what you’ve accomplished thus far. Can’t wait to see what the next hundred comics bring.
Second: What is that wacky little half-glove you’re wearing in this comic? I think I need one. Linkage?
Thanks a lot Ryan. It caught me by surprise when I realized I’d have to add another digit on my original save files. As for the glove, it’s a glove to help your hand glide easier on tablets. When working for hours on a comic my hands tend to get a little sweaty and they start to stick and drag on the tablet.
I also have an Intouous 4 which was notorious for its sticky drawing space so it’s a double whammy for me. They let us use these Smudge Guard gloves at work to help with that and it was so great I picked up one of my own here: http://www.smudgeguard.com/color.htm
I usually just use it when drawing and inking and it’s been able to speed up the process a bit but took some time to get used to. It’s one of those things where if you don’t have the sticky hand problem it’s not really worth it but if you do it’s a godsend.