Dad Turns His Sons’ Doodles Into Anime Characters, And The Result Is Amazing (Part III)

Do it, Flo! Don't let those boring insurance dudes drag you down!

I feel your pain! My friends and family still see me as this super creative and imaginative person and I just feel like that well has ran dry and I don't know how to fix it.

Imagination and dreams are humanity's final hope.

About 10 years ago I was in a very down point in my late 20s. I was an artist who hadn't made anything beyond occasional sketches since college, moved back in with my folks, and had developed Rheumatoid Arthritis around 25. RA made me think my identity as an artist would soon be gone as I developed the ravaged permanently swollen joints of most patients and depression set in. Then fate set in. I was apartment sitting for my brother in Cambridge, MA when I saw an ad for a local improv comedy meetup. I always loved comedy and theater too so I went. Little did I know how life changing I,prove would be for me. It recharged my creativity, gave me opportunities to meet and act with inspiring creative people, and I had so much fun. It was like being a silly, weird kid again. Now I am a happy 38 year old with my own arts education center. I owe my artistic survival to improv.

I feel just the same, to the point of admiring and hating some of my past work, thinking about recreate the pieces I like the most. But every time I try to do that, interestingly, I fail. I ether fail to get those lines right or the mood. That's because I created things out of inspiration and motivation, but now I figured out, my subconscious is striving for evolution and progression, it does not get excited that much by recreations or remakes.

omg get your s**t together, crying like a 6yo

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Yes. He's been doing it for awhile now.