fixyourwritinghabits:

hbreckel:

faitherinhicks:

nagranowrimo:

@faitherinhicks tweeting a little pep talk for “older” aspiring artists/cartoonists (funny to call anyone in their late 20s “older” but that’s how it feels in comics and many other creative industries). That last tweet is important, you are not an athlete where typically your prime years are all but over by 30, if you’re consistently working on your art, you should only be improving with time and experience. 

I wrote a thing on twitter yesterday. Glad to see people found it encouraging.

This! When I was working at Starbucks and freelancing at the same time, I got to see almost every person I worked with move onto better jobs over the years. They all took more traditional career paths so it was really discouraging to see people that were often younger than me moving onto really awesome jobs while I was stuck in food service with a degree that seemed to not be getting me anywhere. It took longer for me to get my dream job and I did get discouraged along the way, but the point is that I got there.

Don’t expect success right away and never compare yourself to others.

YES GOOD THANK YOU