Levi's Blong!

This one is both based on the prompt word, and also not. When I dusted off the drafting table, it wasn’t a super simple thing to get myself drawing again. I’d tried several times over the past few months, and kept coming up with nothing. I had nothing to show, nothing to “say”, what was I even doing trying to draw things when there are SO MANY other AMAZING artists/creators out there?? Eventually, after a solid WEEK of trying, I came to the realization that I was overthinking it ALL too much. None of what I do HAS to “mean anything”. None of this is an “important” reflection of my daily world. There are people out there who do that, and do that VERY WELL. I’m not really one of those people. Yes, of course I’ve used my own experiences to “draw from”. (Just click through the Levi’s World issues for a six-issue example of that) I documented my years at the Print Shop in manic, angry doodles of myself yelling at, and being yelled at by Guilt-Bug… BUT not everything HAS to be that. Sometimes these things are just silly things that dance around in my head, singing and saying nonsense over and over and over until I draw them. Sometimes it’s just… FUN. If they mean anything, it’s usually an accident… Yeah, I’ve got deep opinions on things just like everyone else, but UNlike everyone else, I SEE STUFF… Stuff that most people don’t. I’m grateful for this “sight” or “insight”. I’m grateful to be able to make this silly stuff, and share it here. You can stumble over a political opinion almost anywhere these days. (Sometimes even if you don’t WANT to.) I want to provide the things that most people don’t see. I want to show you a small slice of what I see. These words are not used to their best ability in my hands. The doodles are.

See? Deep.

and also Not. 🙂