Tag: art

Cartoon blog day 8: Texting

I am not the first person this happens to, nor is it the first time that it happens to me. I go meetups in Bangkok where I meet new people. We have interesting conversations, then whether it’s a man or a woman they give you their contact. Then you ask them whether they want to go for a beer, or hangout and talk about stuff. And then SILENCE. I tried to find out why in the beginning but now I gave up I just move on because now I have a lot other things to do. Like my daily cartoons, my monthly webcomic series and my Youtube videos on my channel. What do you guys think, do these people realize they made a mistake? Or were they drunk at the event when they gave their contact details? I wouldn’t mind if it was an e-mail because sometimes people forget to check their e-mail but now everybody has their smartphone on them and the notification must appear on their phone.

CBD8 Texting

Cartoon blog day6: Fear and Art

I’ve always gravitated as I got older to independent filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith. I just dated myself by mentioning those guys. But for me those guys are still great especially Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez who have always been motivators to ask people to create and express themselves.

I don’t think she was the only one who said it but I heard a Carrie fisher quote from a friend:

“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”

– Carrie fisher

CBD6 Fear and art with Dracula

As an artist who thinks he has interesting ideas to share, I hope this little drawing will help anyone who needs a little smile on their face to continue on your risky journey you have undertaken.

Robert Rodriguez talked about a book called ART AND FEAR by David Bayles which is on my to read list but when he talked about that book he said something that helped me a lot, I want to transfer it here hoping it would help you. If you are scared it means you are doing the right thing, especially if you are an artist.

And to add to that I don’t believe in luck, I believe in preparation and acting like a professional even before you become one. Which is why I gave myself this challenge to come up with a new drawing, new cartoon I would put online everyday as long as I can. If you are a writer, WRITE, if you are a musician, MAKE MUSIC and if you are a cartoonist, DRAW.

Bonne journée.

Bobo

Cartoon blog day5: Peace and love

Apart from my daily cartoons I also publish a webcomic series every month which you can read for free on webtoon (https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/tech/list?title_no=183794)

I also make videos about movies on my Youtube channel MOVIE MESSENGER (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMqjiqRtbj3eAifYlWxOisA?view_as=subscriber)

On this channel you can listen to me and my friend talk about something that he came across which he shared with me and I have been thinking about it a lot which is:

LOVE EVERYONE, TELL THE TRUTH. (Ram Dass)

This was something that  I didn;’t know I needed but since I have heard this sentence it’s organizing my previous theories I have about how to live into a nice pile. Think about it for a moment and let it sink in until I catch you next time.

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Peace and love piecing the world together

 

 

Cartoon blog day4: Fall in LOVE with LIFE

There is too much cynicism and making fun of everything to the point one can get confused about what’s important so it’s time I got cheesy on your ass:

CBD4 Meaning of life.jpg

Not once but twice i was asked to draw something for a freelance job and didn’t get paid. I was furious at first but then i came across an interview where Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite people in the planet) told a story about when he was starting as a writer, and he made a very simple argument for doing what you love.

I don’t remember the story but the lesson I got from that is if you decide to make a living doing what you love, something you enjoy, if you get paid you have the enjoyable experience of creating the work and as a bonus some cash. If you feel like doing something just for the money, if you don’t get the money, you have nothing.

Which brings me to today’s cartoon as cheesy as it is, as an Artist I am learning more and more to fall in love with the process and as a guy who is vaguely interested in spirituality, mindfulness, buddhism, I see the pointlessness of depending purely on results after results. Of course if you work for a company you are expected to pull in results but in ART it’s all about the way you felt when you create and if you are honest the person enjoying your art will feel it as well.