Drawing as Gifts
and escaping my apartment
Hello.
Man oh man I have been busy at work this past week (and the current week). It’s been tough to find energy or time to draw for myself lately so the work I’ll show will have to be from the distant past… but I’ll get to that later.
This year is my “heads down” year. I decided this as my New Years resolution. I am focusing on my creative craft and my career, specifically by locking tf in. This means staying at home as often as I can, to draw, research, read, email, daydream, manifest. It also means saying “no” to more things and seeking external validation less.
I am taking my work more seriously and mending my daily rituals around this pursuit. It’s been going really well. I’ve been making progress and feeling more in tune with my creative brain.
But this past weekend I was desperate to socialize. I yearned it hard. I was burning out from work and it felt as if my apartment walls were swallowing me whole. I was so desperate that I spontaneously left my house and walked to a nearby bar. I had never done that before.
I went straight to the pool tables and played for three hours. I met a buncha guys, but two of them I became close with: Kevin and Cam. Both were 6’ 4” white skaters that towered over me. They smoked me out, we talked about random junk (mostly pool), exchanged instagrams, and then I walked back home.
I felt ALIVE !
Drawing as Gifts
Some people are gifted at gift giving. Not me.
I am getting better though. I pay more attention to what Yvonne says she needs or what she says she likes when we go out window shopping. I take better notice of what kinds of clothes she buys herself. I really try my best.
Although she’s always appreciative, it seems that none of my gifts really impress her. In fact, I don’t think a single gift I’ve ever gifted anyone has ever impressed them.
That is, except for my drawings.
When we first started dating, Yvonne told me that rather than me buying gifts, she prefer I create them. Her logic being that “anybody can buy something, but what you can make is unique.”
After noticing how much Yvonne cherished my work, I started drawing gifts for my family members. This model served me well over the past few years. It’s definitely saved me a lot of money, given me opportunities to practice drawing, and it has impressed my loved ones. Since they are gifts, I normally don’t post them online to share. I drew the illustration for one person so it feels weird to share it with everyone else. But… these illustrations have long been drawn and I would like to share them publicly somewhere so here they are!
Although these gifts save me some money and spare me of the burden of traditional gifting, they cost me a lot of time. But it’s always worth it in the end, when I show what I’ve drawn and I see the smiles.
REX
I also recommend picking your nose and eating your boogers hahaha tastes so salty yum!
Thanks for reading! May all your dreams come true <3