inkpuppy: rufftoon: faitherinhicks: nagranowrimo: @faitherinhicks tweeting a little pep talk for &ld

inkpuppy:

rufftoon:

faitherinhicks:

nagranowrimo:

@faitherinhicks tweeting a little pep talk for “older” aspiring artists/cartoonists (funny to call anyone in their late 20s “older” but that’s how it feels in comics and many other creative industries). That last tweet is important, you are not an athlete where typically your prime years are all but over by 30, if you’re consistently working on your art, you should only be improving with time and experience. 

I wrote a thing on twitter yesterday. Glad to see people found it encouraging.

What Faith said. A career can be a lifetime, so be ready to be creating and growing artistically for the next 30-40-50 years or more! 

Different artists, different paths, different pace. Heck, I am a turtle compared to a lot of other artists out there! 

I needed this. I’m “too old for the internet” according to a lot of people, and that hurts that I’ve never “become” something. I feel like I need to pack it in, give up, walk away. Stop doing things, stop liking things, start being a “business professional” whatever the hell that means. I changed my art tumblr tag to “Stubborn Fool” for that reason. This helps.

This really helps.