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#sequentialartistsworkshop #FreeFriday #artjournaling #comicsjournaling #Confidence #Pride #facialexpressions #hope #makingcomics #mentalhealth #patreon #turtle #tortoise

...At least, I trust myself to keep going *most* of the time. So, yay! Shit is hard, but right now I'm gonna celebrate this one good thing I (usually) believe about myself. There's so much hard stuff inside that feels intractable so much of the time, and that's frustrating. But even just believing this one thing is a good start, and something to be proud of. And I AM proud of this.
I was raised to believe that pride was synonymous with arrogance, and my parents made a point of tearing down any pride they suspected my sister or I might feel, lest we get "too big for our britches". Such an awful thing to do to kids! So that's one more reason why I'm flipping the bird to all that & sharing this with you. Because for me, this one belief is a big goddamn deal. And it's an even bigger deal to admit to it.
What are YOU proud of? I wanna know!
❤
P.S. - The short Patreon post that goes along with this is mostly about art supplies and the cool Sequential Artists Workshop event that inspired this drawing - you can read that here if you wanna:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/slow-steady-wins-66030510

#saw #sequentialartistsworkshop #FreeFriday #artjournaling #comicsjournaling #Confidence #Pride #facialexpressions #hope #makingcomics #mentalhealth #patreon #turtle #tortoise

...At least, I trust myself to keep going *most* of the time. So, yay! Shit is hard, but right now I'm gonna celebrate this one good thing I (usually) believe about myself. There's so much hard stuff inside that feels intractable so much of the time, and that's frustrating. But even just believing this one thing is a good start, and something to be proud of. And I AM proud of this.
I was raised to believe that pride was synonymous with arrogance, and my parents made a point of tearing down any pride they suspected my sister or I might feel, lest we get "too big for our britches". Such an awful thing to do to kids! So that's one more reason why I'm flipping the bird to all that & sharing this with you. Because for me, this one belief is a big goddamn deal. And it's an even bigger deal to admit to it.
What are YOU proud of? I wanna know!
❤
P.S. - The short Patreon post that goes along with this is mostly about art supplies and the cool Sequential Artists Workshop event that inspired this drawing - you can read that here if you wanna:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/slow-steady-wins-66030510

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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A drawing of a turtle smiling triumphantly as they run on their two hind legs across a grassy area, breaking through an orange ribbon indicating the Finish Line of a race. The turtle's body is mostly green, and their shell is covered in swirls of mostly reddish-brown. Their eyes are closed in pleasure at their triumph, and their smile is huge and open-mouthed; their front legs are raised up over their head in victory. Pink swirling ribbons and multicolored bits of confetti rain down around the turtle in celebration. A speech bubble below the turtle shows them to be announcing "I can TRUST myself to keep going!" The drawing is signed "Akire Bubar" by the artist]