Day 8: Those are a lot of words (CC)

Tomorrow I'll post some story concepts and some art, but for now just a quick update.  Just finished reading some 100 pages of text from both google and facebook and (Btw we now have a facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zombie-Dinosaurs/116038565146168
once I get 25 fans on facebook I can change the url which is quite nice, and I'm considering paying their ad fees as well).  I'll have to re-read a lot of this because I got home late (9:30ish) from work, and the 12 hour shift has fried my brain. Reading techno jibba-jabba for almost two hours has not helped, but it's important for this Blog to prosper, and therefore the comic.

Which brings me to something very important, not just too those of us crazy enough to be interested in self publishing in comic, but pretty much everyone thinking about doing something more significant with their life. . .if you're going to do something, DO IT.

At face value seems basic enough, but the above statement really is about focus and dedication.  I have a lot of friends that read, draw, etc that love comics.  Many of them talk about how they are working on their comic, but if I show up at their house/apartment/cardboard box what are they doing? Usually playing Xbox.

Don't get me wrong, I have an Xbox, and boy do I love me some first person shooters, (especially Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 go figure) but do I play them when I have a project going on. . .rarely, if at all.

Look I'm not saying that you need to give up all free time; if you're working a day job and trying to do or produce something outside of that time-frame it's rough, but if you do HONESTLY want to achieve something, the thing you need to do is carve out the time and do it. If you feel you have a dream, you have to love it.  And love requires sacrifice.  It's a truth that a lot of people don't want to recognize, but it IS true. Ask any married couple. They may not like the way I phrased it, but if they think for a minute or two they'll most likely recognize the point.

Right now I'm sacrificing time I would normally have a) spent exercising and more importantly b) spending time with my wife.  Why? Because I'd like to think that some little bit of this blog is helping another artist with their process of creating their piece of art which will be better than mine. And then they will take what they've learning and help another artist, and so on.

You want to create your comic book, or write your novel, or paint that masterpiece, or even start that accounting company?  Then shut up and do it.

I love comics. They are a great medium with a lot to offer everyone. I had to sit at work during lunch and listen to two people state that comics had no future, after they talked about the Thor movie for 15 minutes, not knowing it was based on a comic movie. These people were in essence excited about a comic and didn't know it (they were also jerks, but whatever). It's one of the reasons it's such a great medium.

Sorry I got preachy. Must be the combination of Whiskey and Optimism.  And the migraine from reading Google's S.E.O packet didn't help either.

Tomorrow more zombie dinosaurs including a sketch with a zombie killin' Raptor.

"Never give up. Never surrender"
-Trevor