5 Zeros

I dedicate the first strip of this comic to a feeling I often get while looking at my art. The "OH MY GOD THIS IS AWFUL HOW AM I THIS BAD AT SOMETHING I LOVE SO MUCH AND DO EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE?! I SHOULD JUST GIVE UP AND BURY EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DRAWN BECAUSE IT'S SO BAD!! AN INSULT TO ART ITSELF!!" feeling. Recently I realised this may be less about my art's objective quality, and more about my view of myself. This groundbreaking revalation that absolutely no one saw coming came to me a while ago. Still, I haven't been able to shake it off for long. If you feel like everything you make is horrifically bad and deserves to be thrown into a bonfire, then my advice for you is to keep going, because if you stop while your art is still "bad", then you'll never give it the time it needs to evolve into something you love. Practice and keep going even if you hate it. Once in a while you'll draw something you can't stop looking at and thinking "wow I can't believe this came from my hands" and use that motivation to continue. That's what I did and that's what I'm still doing. Damn it I'm making myself tear up. Adrian out.

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