Maybe That's Just Me

 As always, click to embiggen any art you see...

 When I'm feeling dissatisfied with some aspect of my art I grab some photos, or art by creators I think got it right, and I trace.

When I dissect to see if I can sort out the construction that went into it.

Then I have a think. 

I consider what works for others and what isn't working for me and I "overlay" them in my head. It's just how my brain processes where I am versus where I want to be and it works. Once the gap clicks into place I become very aware of where I want the lines to be and become better at hitting it.

Is this how other people do it? I doubt it. But they're not me and I'm not them. If I had known that my brain doesn't parse information in the same as everyone else does back in when I was a kid school would have been a lot less stressful and depressing.

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Before you ask: No, I didn't get an adult autism diagnosis done. It's $2500 just to walk in the door and say hello to the shrink. Getting an expert to pin a scientific name on something I already know I have isn't worth the thousands of dollars at this point in my life. I got better things to spend that money on. 

 Maybe thirty or forty years ago when it would have helped. I figured out how to help myself in that time. Too little too late, Doc.

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I am wondering why I'm still trying to get better. I've already decided that making comics on a schedule is a drag and I'm not going to continue after Eternality is done in a few months. I might make more comics if I have a complete and compelling story to tell. But I think I'll just get back into my weird little comic illustrations.

They're more fun, TBH.