Hey, ducklings!
Sorry for the late update, but today was extremely busy and I wasn’t able to
get started on my post until late. Then, I decided to make a comic, and
naturally MS Paint made my life a living hell for an hour or two. However, that
being said, here is the “comic” I have been struggling to “create” for the
better part of my Monday evening.
Sometimes, I get
struck with a bolt of sudden, overwhelming inspiration that motivates me to
type furiously into the wee hours of the night. Most of the time, I sit at my
laptop, slack-jawed, until I realize that my fingers aren’t actually typing the
next Harry Potter series, then I close Microsoft Word and watch Adventure Time for
the rest of the evening. This is my life, kids.
See you Wednesday.
Hello, ducklings.
Guess what? Today, you get to see some of my digital “art!” I hope you like
seeing cartoons that look as if they were created by the trembling hands of an
inebriated nine-year-old, because that’s basically what you’re going to get.
Why, you wonder? Well, here’s why: my poor three-and-a-half-year-old HP laptop
is on the verge of breaking down any day now and cannot run my super bulky
Corel and Photoshop programs, I don’t have the money to buy the Mac I desperately
need, and MS Paint is a cruel, sick joke invented by someone who delights in
seeing would-be graphic artists rip their hair out in anguish.
Below is the first
cartoon I have ever attempted to draw using MS Paint and my graphics tablet.
Yes, I am aware that it looks laughably bad. I’ve decided to just roll with it.
I know that with better programs I can create better art, and surely this MS
Paint phase will 1) refine my ability to draw with any given media regardless
of its quality and 2) increase my tolerance of the terrible obstacles fortune
so lovingly sprinkles across my path.
Until I have the
money to purchase a Mac, I am just going to suck it up and use MS Paint. At
least I have the tablet, which helps marginally. What really bothers me is the
fact that I can actually draw much better than this with actual graphics
programs as well as traditional media. However, if all anyone sees are my MS
Paint creations, then the entire Interweb is going to think I am either a
talentless moron or I am slightly retarded (possibly both).
Well, whatever.
Without further ado, here is the first cartoon I’ve drawn using MS Paint.
Ta-dah…
See y’all
Wednesday with a new cartoon. DON’T MOCK ME; I’M DOING THE BEST I CAN UNDER
CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
