Starting

Starting is an interesting problem That I am faced with on a regular basis. It is by far my favorite part of the creative process, but it ultimately means very little.

Lots of people can start something, and lots of people do start things. Starting is not what makes someone a famous or renown as an artist, think of all the artists that you follow, what is the one thing they have in common?

They finished something, not just one thing but multiple things. Success is attracted to productivity, not talent. Meaning that you could be the greatest draftsman in the world but if you never finish anything, no on is going to know. And no one will care that you are a master draftsman because they have nothing to admire.

A lot of this has to do with work ethic, and how much you really want to succeed, If I ask any artist what they want to do with their career, if they have given it any thought, chances are it is going to be a lofty goal. Not many people have the life long goal of being a storyboard revisionist, people want to be directors or Show Runners, writers.

 But if you follow up that question with "What are you doing to make that dream a reality"

 you will probably get vague answers and a lot of "umm..drawing?" Although practice is mandatory to success, it alone will not bring you success, If you want to achieve your goals you have to start something and then finish it, and do that over and over again until you develop your voice.

Eventually people will start to listen.

I am partially writing this for myself, and for anyone it may help.