User blog comment:Slug-Drones/Not So Good/@comment-878100-20110924164415

Ah gee, I'm so sorry. Really. Although I've physically never been in that much pain, for one year in my life, it just didn't feel happy and I'm not sure if I would be considered depressed, but I just didn't enjoy my life and I thought everything sucked for some time. So, like you're trying to do, I went and did things and tried to think of happy things, encourage myself at doing things, challenged myself, and ended up a guy enjoying my life again.

As for sketching, please do keep on going with that talent. That is one of my great talents, and I pursue sketching like it's gold. Keep going with that, challenge yourself, try harder and harder, get to your goals (whether we're talking about sketching or not), and--this was something Disney had once said and told an animator that told me this--never be afraid to throw your drawings away. If you don't like it, keep moving forward. Try harder until you get what you want. It could take thousands of drawings before you get what you want. How many times was it that Edison attempted to make a light bulb? I forget what the number was, but it was a huge one. He wouldn't give up until he finally got it. So whether we're speaking in meaning of art or not, keep moving forward, challenge yourself, and never give up.

That is what I have to say to you. If you leave, it was really great knowing you, 58.

Oh, and, one other thing. An animator gave me the advice that (since circles are soooo important with cartooning) when he worked at Disney, they made him just draw circles on paper for 2 months before actually doing anything else. It's good practice. They would go on and on until they were able to draw a circle as perfect as they could get it. I'm sure you know about how important circles are if you do cartoons. ^-^