For about a week there I was really good about drawing all the time, and getting a page finished every day. And then I lost it earlier this week. I actually know exactly what triggered my loss of focus this time, and it's a dumb reason. So it's definitely time to get back my groove. Which is easier said than done... Fortunately, I also know what was responsible for my burst of productivity in the first place. 24 Hour Comic Day. A day where I sat down at my drawing table at 10:30 am, and did not stop working until 7:30 the following morning. There was a ridiculously ambitious goal and a strict time limit. It got me in the mindset to draw with a minimum of breaks, and I held onto that mindset for awhile. So it finally occurred to me that I could perhaps do a miniature version of 24 Hour Comic Day to get me in a productive mood again. A strict one hour time limit to draw and ink a whole page. (It's also the perfect opportunity to practice inking with a brush, without the pressure of it having to look good.) So I did one of those this morning, and after doing so, found I was finally able to sit and thumbnail today's page. So after I get some sleep, I will work on the page and it will be up as soon as I can finish it.

So, goal met in one respect, and failed in another. I did in fact, create a half-way decent comic, and it only made my hand hurt for half a day. I did not however, finish within the 24 hours. But I can still say it was entirely conceived, written, and pencilled in 12 hours. I began inking that night, and I have since been working on the pages, posting one a day here. It's about a little dude in a tuxedo, who has a flower.

Today I'm doing a 24 Hour Comic. 24 pages in 24 hours. Very exciting. This'll be my third one. Not sure yet how I'll go about it. The first time I did one my hand was out of commission for about a week afterwards, then the next year I took better care of my hand, but the comic wasn't any good. So we'll see if I can get some kind of balance. A half-way decent comic that will only make my hand hurt for a day or two perhaps? This year will be different mostly because I'm not in school anymore. So instead of hanging out in the school building, drawing with all the other art school kids, I'll be drawing at home and my friend will come over. Should be fun in any case.

Nah, I got nothing. Welcome to the first page of the comic. There's an explosion.