Query for you: Why are you doing #OneWeek100People?

I’ve spent most of my grownup life simply getting good at drawing – for no specific purpose. Apart from the explanation, ‘I really like drawing’. That’s the very best purpose to do something, isn’t it?

I’ve labored as a sport designer, and naturally taught artwork – however to be completely sincere, these weren’t actually *objectives* of mine, simply issues which paid me to get higher at drawing.

If I needed to give a purpose why I needed to attract, there’s one factor – nicely, two issues.

One was as an instance ebook covers. Once I was a child, I used to be hooked on studying. My dad labored at a bookstore for a giant chunk of my major education, and I had entry to free books.

Technically stolen books I suppose. We had this ongoing rip-off the place he would purchase books from prospects, and we’d each take no matter needed off the highest earlier than coming into them into stock. Although – I don’t really assume that they had *stock* as such. They only had books, and so they had cabinets. That they had house, or they didn’t have house. When the Okay shelf was overflowing with Stephen King, they stopped shopping for King for a few days. It wasn’t rocket science.

So – I constructed my first library of Star Trek novels and John Carter of Mars with petty theft. Not so nice, however, A: my dad’s lengthy lifeless now so I can inform the story, and B: that bookstore continues to be performing freeway theft day by day – providing pennies for used books for over 50 years. So it didn’t appear to harm them in the long term. I hope the proprietor doesn’t learn this, however I additionally doubt they’re too shocked to listen to it. However I additionally doubt they’d care: they’re most likely millionaires twice over, all constructed on the again’s of individuals’s leftovers.

However hey – I’ve spent loads of my dad and mom cash there too! I’m making my household sound worse than it was 🙂 Dad solely labored there for a couple of years, and I shopped there till the day I left for faculty. I didn’t have an allowance per se, however on factor my dad and mom at all times mentioned; I might purchase as many books as I needed.

So sure; I at all times needed as an instance pulp-fiction novels, however I’ve by no means actually executed it. Video games was an acceptable distraction I suppose. I did write a fantasy novella final 12 months, however that’s a protracted story. I’ll speak about that one other time.

So by now I feel you may guess the second factor.

Comics!!!

I really like comics! Bande dessinée in French. Graphic novels for those who’re being fancy.

I don’t assume there’s a single one which isn’t a labor of affection. A lot drawing! It’s actually a loopy proposition. The artist goes to do actually hundreds of drawings to make a narrative, after which hope they’ll appeal to sufficient consideration to allow them to afford to make the subsequent one. If there’s a author and a writer concerned, then good luck – you’ve three individuals to pay! I don’t understand how anybody does it.

However I do assume it will be a wonderful theme for a future #OneWeek100People. What about #OneWeek100ImaginaryPeople? OneWeek100Characters? Anybody ? The exact opposite of city sketching 🙂 You may’t draw something from actual life! Haha!

I feel it will be a great undertaking for myself. See if I can actually draw quick sufficient to make it in comics. Perhaps it’s one thing price doing in September? SketchbookSeptember?

Undoubtedly drop me a line for those who’re !

~m