I really want to get in the habit of posting at least once a week to the site’s blog, so as to have more involvement in making the comic strip happen. So, here are the highlights from this last week:
First, I got the website back up! I know, just a Squarespace site, but it’s a start, and I hope paying the fee every month will be just that much more motivation to get involved.
Second, I wrote at least 20 to 30 minutes every day this week. Again, I’m not even two weeks sober. As “sketchy” as I’ve felt this last week, managing to write that much was really tough. My emotions are all over the place, and I go between episodes of manic rage or depression almost every day. Most of the time I’m just irritable, but it did get pretty intense there, and I can remember at least two full-on panic attacks, a couple of times where I was out to pick fights, and getting a little pissy with my co-workers (who I kinda sorta like). I also stopped smoking cigarettes a few months back, and not having those to fall back on feels a little tough too. Staying focused on anything is very hard right now, but I am really feeling better… as long as I’m not around people. The new stories I’m planning are not like what I was doing originally with the strip. Before, I was basing my comic a lot on events in my own personal life. This time around I’m focusing more on… just jokes. Set-up and punchline type stuff. I don’t know how funny I actually am, but I’m gonna try.
Third, I did do some drawing. I’m mostly just sketching practice doodles on scrap pieces of bristol board and card stock paper. These little drawings are helping me a lot, and I’m back to studying cartooning and illustration. I’ll even post some of my non-Atomic Tails illustrations in this blog as they come up.
So, that’s it! Check out some of the sketches below, and hopefully I’ll have some more progress to show next week!
Cheers!
