BorderBreaker

My wife and I went to a small convention in Wellington last weekend where we encountered a wild artist. We bought some of his work, one of a young future Trunks about to transform and another of Sephiroth. His handle is Ash Inked, he does some cool works, but I can't shake this feeling of envy. I've done conventions before, tried anyway, years ago. A cannot talk to people! This guy though, Ash, was not only selling himself but also articulating his thought and creative processes. I can't even come up with a synopsis for someone on the fly for a film I've just seen let alone explain what my comic is about. Ash -- I'm sure -- will be successful, with his good wisdom and charisma scores. I just wish I could word speak like him.

The worst part of injuring your dominant arm isn't not being able to draw for a while but actually having to break all the good habits you'd developed over the years. All the routine practice, the schedules, time management, let alone the developing artistic skills. All gone. Building all that back is the worst part of this recovery. And I hope this is recovery too. I really hope the niggly aches I feel in my arm is just from using the muscles and such that I've been trying to rest all these months and not a persisting injury that's been misdiagnosed. Lack of progress balances between a fear of my arm worsening and the procrastination habits

I've an intense stabbing pain and/or dull ache and/or icy chill and/or burning sensation in my right arm. I've been instructed to avoid drawing for a while along with anything else that might bring me some joy. The doc decided it's just some minor muscle and nerve injury so it should come right soon if I let it rest. Most likely caused when I crashed my mountain bike on a rainy day down a muddy trail trying to catch up to a friend. My bike slipped out from under me in a mud pool on a corner and I landed on my side pinning my arm. I didn't think much of it at the time because it didn't really hurt. A couple days later when doing the scrawl for