I was going to apologise for the lack of posts around here lately, but I’ve been beating myself up about it enough already.
Things have been pretty crazy ever since my daughter was born 3 months ago and getting used to life with a little one has been a rollercoaster ride (just to see her gorgeous little smile makes all the hard times and sleepless nights worth it though….ooops, sorry the doting daddy side of me kicked in there for a minute) Combined with the fact that since Mali was born, I’ve been lucky enough to be totally swamped with freelance design work, my illustration aspirations have had to take a back seat.
After going from the gung ho feeling when I launched the blog, to having no spare time and being too tired to do anything outside of my daily family and work commitments - it just felt like yet another false start and I was getting quite disheartened about this feeling of going nowhere with my illustration aspirations.
To make matters worse, because I felt I was going nowhere, I then didn’t feel I had anything worthwhile or useful to write about on the blog either.
That is, until a few days ago when I came to a realisation…it’s a marathon, not a sprint!
Here are a few important points to remember when we hit those low spots:
- It’s ok to build up slowly to reach you goals - as long as you’re moving forward then you are moving in the right direction
- Working hard in your day job is also working hard on your illustration career too - it’s the means to an end and providing funding while you transition to full time illustrator
- There is no time limit - no one is going to tell you that you must give up on your illustration aspirations when you reach a certain age. You will be hired for your awesome work, not how old you are (this may be me being naive, but I’d like to think this is how the industry works!)
- Re-discover your passion for illustration - thumb through books of your favourite illustrators, make a list of your dream projects, set your self achievable goals appropriate to your current circumstances so that you get that great feeling of ticking something off your illustration to do list
What’s coming up on the zero2illo blog:
I’ve got a few posts in the works that I think you’ll find interesting…
- An interview with amazing artist Nic Klein
- A series of posts about comic book artists
- News of a podcast interview that is due to be recorded at the weekend where little old me and this blog will be the subject (more news on this early next week)
Illustrator spotlight
Finally, I wanted to leave you with some art from 3 amazing illustrators that are definitely worth a closer look:
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