For those who don’t already know, drawing use to be a big hobby of mine. When I wasn’t sketching characters from Dragon Ball Z, I was drawing something off the top of my mind. But that has been years ago. For some reason, I just sorta fell out of drawing. I doodle every now and again, with stick figures and the like, but I never really committed myself to projects like I use to do. As of late, I have been meaning to take back up the hobby. Over the years, I have got some experience with programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and PaintShop Pro, and I wanted to use them to tweak my future drawings. But I was a blank, I didn’t know where to start or what to draw. And whenever I had the sudden hit of inspiration, I usually got an equal hit of procrastination. It wasn’t until one day when I was listening to one of my favorite podcast, Just A Gintama Podcast, when they mentioned they were having a logo contest. And I think one of the host said, “if you are an artist and looking for a chance to show off your skills, then we want you to design our logo.” After hearing that. I was like “You talking to me? Are you talking to me? I don’t see anyone else here, so you must be talking to me. Oh yeah, I’ll design your logo.” I took it to myself as a challenge to myself to get off my ass, and get back to drawing. Fast forward a few weeks of drawing and designing, and this is what I made:
My entry, along with many others were winners of the logo contest, and were included as logo’s for various episodes of the podcast. The most recent episode of the podcast was the one that featured my logo, and I also guest hosted with a few other fans of the show. I had a great time, and would gladly join again if they ever needed me. But the main reason for this post is because I just wanted to thank the hosts of Just A Gintama Podcast, for in a way helping me out of that artist funk I was in.
Currently, I am back to drawing… Kinda. I’m taking small steps. I recently made an account on Deviant Art, and I plan to put all future work on there. I have also created a direct link to my Deviant Art page at the top of this website. I also plan to put up a few of my old works there. Some things I drew while I was in highschool, and some while I was in college. I welcome anybody to look around there, and feel free to leave a comment or two.
And if you’re a fan of the Gintama anime or manga. You should check out the Just A Gintama Podcast.
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Read on viewers!