Greedo [a minor Star Wars character] feels not only like something I shouldn’t draw — “Copying!” “”but like I shouldn’t even acknowledge that I know about him. [‘Cause that’s geeky and not cool? Too commercial? What?] But this is my culture, this is what I grew up on.
I’m finding that since I took on this idea of doing an art show it’s hard to think of what to show — that classic thing, just like writer’s block, of getting stuck on what other people would think.
The hardest thing is that there’s just room for four drawings. If I could bring twenty, then there wouldn’t be pressure about any one of them — I could have some serious ones, some funny ones — but since there’s just four, they have to count! I know I have to forget about this, and that I do have to make a decision about some point…
A-ha! I need to just draw a bunch of stuff first, then decide later which I’m bringing to the show, rather than putting on all this pressure before even starting a picture.
I wish I knew where I got this paper, ’cause it’s perfect for drawing on.