Sundays, as usual down here, are uneventful and filled with dead air after church. Usually I pull out my sketch book or 3DS to play on, but this weekend I finally finished my painting of one of my favorite comics I've drawn. It took me a few days over the last four years to make it, but I finally did it!
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| The final acrylic painting |
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| The original comic, drawn in my sketch book four years ago and just recently inked in |
For those who cannot read the poem on the pictures (in particular, the painting), here it is:
No matter how life changes,
How you act or how you grow,
You always seem to still have fun
With someone that you know,
And even if it may just seem
You both have fall'n apart,
It's really nice to know
You're still similar at heart.
The comic and poem is about my friend Gary and I growing up over the years and how even when we were not around one another we still end up doing virtually the same things.
Over the last week I've felt kind of sad because of the things I needed to face: quitting my job to volunteer at camp, missing those familiar faces at the work place, moving out of my apartment, and even sifting through old photos to find examples for the Photography merit badge and stumbling upon pictures of friends I don't see very often anymore. One thing after another stacked up on my back, and as I faced each one I had to realize hope was still there--hope that I could find the good in every day--and knowledge that we'd still have things in common when we meet again later in life. This hope and knowledge has kept me afloat, and I think this four-year-old comic illustrates that.
I miss you guys--yes, all you guys: old friends, family, teachers, coworkers, and even you friends out there whom I didn't see eye-to-eye with. I miss you, and next time I see you I'll have a sincere smile, and I promise to make it so.
Until next time, fellow mammals. Tootles!
