I’m going on break soon. And honestly I don’t feel like giving you a long lecture as to why some excuse is lame. Because they’re all lame. But it dawned on me today that I spend every “No Excuses” post telling you why your insecurities and excuses are invalid, but I’m yet to give you a good reason why you SHOULD make comics. This is probably because to me the reason to make comics is so obviously simple I didn’t think I had to tell you guys…. But I know how hard it is to see the forest through the trees.
So why should you make comics?
Because you want to.
Stupidly simple right?
And no this isn’t a cop out. This is the only reason you need to make comics. Honestly, its the only reason you need to do anything.
It’s this reason alone that makes every excuse invalid. Do you draw poorly? It doesn’t matter, because you want to make comics, so you’ll get better. Do you get alot of negative comments? It doesn’t matter, you’re doing something you love, the nay sayers can’t change that, no matter what they say. etc etc.
Whatever excuse you can think of becomes irrelevant because you’re doing something you want to do, and love doing. As long as you continue work on it you’ll see how absurd the excuses once were and you’ll find that there is no excuse in the world that will prevent you from experiencing the joy you get from making a comic.
So bottom line: Just do it. Because you want to. For you. Not for anyone, or anything else. No excuses. Just comics.
Tomorrow will be my last post for the year before I go on my christmas break. In the mean time check me out around the web:
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And remember: Make Comics! Not Excuses!
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