Life since...
I don't know when the last time I made a journal entry, and it shows, as it's really hard to type this, as the muscle-memory I used to have just really isn't as prominent. Let's see... well-- My cats died; Jackson in 2020, and my baby boy Curtis in 2021. I never did any art tributes to them, because the love for those two cats outweighs my artistic ability to evoke it. I fell into a huge slump over the years because of their deaths, and haven't quite recovered. My computer died too, in 2020. All the work on that hard drive is still on the dang-blasted thing. I had most of my first comic done, lettered, colored and inked. I'm a bit salty about it, but I just decided to start over, hence me learning new art programs, first with GIMP, then Autodesk Sketchbook, then Corel Paint. Now, I've gotten Clip Studio Paint, and it's working out well, but it's like learning to walk all over again... It's exciting, but tedious. I just have to learn to NOT use paper as much, which will force me to learn the blasted program. (*thanks to my grandfather who gave me his old PC, which I'm currently using at the time of me typing this, and my homie-for-life, :icontonytorrid:, for giving me his old WACOM tablet. I wouldn't be making this journal entry, and digital art for that matter, without your help.) Getting older is fun. I'm rapidly turning into my old art teachers from high school, as there's a staunch learning curve in learning new things artistically, but it's overwhelming as there's all kinds of gimmicky bullsh-t out there in the art world now (goofy-ass NFTs, and the appearance of AI Art.), but a lot of cool things as well (anime is insane right now, new-ish platforms to publish art aside from this one). I have a better RL job which has increased my money-flow, which means I can afford to buy the things I need to draw the things I want. It's still an uphill battle, but I'm slowly-but-surely getting there. Nonetheless, I'm still drawing/sketching everyday! You'll see more stuff soon. Peace, y'all.
Much Closer.
Anyhow, thanks to all the new watchers and all my old buds. More stuff coming very soon!
I'm still alive.
I quit the job I had been working at for about 12 years, was out of work for the month of July, had to move out of my apartment and into my girlfriend's place.
While I've found a new part time gig, and I'm drawing a lot more, keeping the bills paid has been crushing my soul. I will be able to upload a shit-ton of new stuff, mainly ORIGINAL SHIT that I want to put out... It will happen soon! But I gotta get my life back on track.
But I'm still alive!
Thanks to all the new followers I haven't replied to and the old friends I miss. You guys are still rockin'.
Derailed.
I'm not gonna put anyone's business out there on the street, much lest my own, but I'll just say it wasn't the right fit for me. I don't proclaim to be the hottest shit on the comics front; Hell, I'm so off the radar because a lot of the art you can find online that I've done puts a lot of people off, because you know, bewbs. Regardless of how many people supported me, I never really got much feedback from anyone-- my friends, my family, and the three or so people that really like my art, and that kinda hurts. Also, I've never worked well with collaborators or with rules or under instruction, so I opted out as soon as things started feeling funny.
I still credit the writer to be a good one, and a great person to work with. But again, I'm not the guy for that job. I know this hurts me as far as my art career goes, I don't doubt that. So I've taken it as a loss.
(My collaborator never did upload the rest of the story I finished, however. That's not on me though.)But it's all good. With a lot of this free time, I've been doing a lot of reteaching myself some things, and am further working on my next comic steadily. I may not make any money or fame at it, but I know this next time I'll be better equipped to face the comics world with a stronger resolve (And a better grip on backgrounds, LOL).
Happy New Year!
Oh, and I will not be taking a poll for the letter "O", because there's only a scant few porn stars (I'd draw) whose name starts with the letter O. The letter "P" will be a whole different story...
I've also been working hardcore on my personal work. I hope to have my own self-written series up and running soon. It will star my OC's, Cookie Cutters, Joey Jacklyn and their friends as they live their lives on an island metropolis and get into all kinds of dumb sexy things.
Also, I just created a Facebook art page! I dunno why I did it, but eh, exposure is exposure.
www.facebook.com/theartofkenji…
Well, back the old drawing board, because my fingers are getting tired.