Wondering how to overcome perfectionism? You know you've done this... subscribed to oodles of newsletters. browsed countless How-to's on Pinterest. watch endless videos on YouTube. But you don't put pencil to paper yourself Why? Because you're afraid. You're afraid...
Ongoing creative progress... how do you keep making it? It’s Christmas time and with the festive season comes… a whole lot of decorating! I have a clear childhood memory of my brother and I creating two immense paper chains to stretch across our enormous living room....
It’s infuriating, isn’t it?
You find a fantastic new life hack and implement it immediately. Because embracing this practice will make you 20 times more effective at everything you do.
It works on the first day and you’re elated.
The second day, likewise, goes like clockwork.
Day three — even better.
And then, work pressure kicks in. You take your eye off your shiny new resolution and that’s it: immediately you’re bumbling along again in your old rut.
Your inner critic is like the anti-Muse. Not many of us cartoonists yammer about our Muses but to be honest, I’ve yet to meet the budding cartoonist who doesn’t have a deafening and persistent Inner Critic.
Would you recognise your Inner Critic?
Cartooning for adults? Imagine a child let loose to frost a tray full of cupcakes. It’s a messy business, not to mention sticky. And there are all those decorating possibilities to explore. Hey, there’s a colour I didn’t notice. There are twinkly star shapes and… oh my, is that glitter I see…?
Are you learning to draw cartoons? Get this: my kids LOVE going through my old photo collections. They pore over over our wedding album, and page back and forth through the early years of their lives looking at themselves as toddlers with Marmite* moustaches.
The year was 2011 and I was in rehab – recovering from a hip operation;) I wanted to return to running strength as fast as possible, but that seemed a very long way off, when bending at the knee – slowly and with control – was a tall order.