Really wanted to post this one much earlier but the cleaning up process took longer then I expected (I usually clean up the eraser marks and white ink with photoshop). Also, I'm in the middle of my national service. Since my last reservist, I had a little idea for a strip about my experiences in camp, might work on that soon.
I'm really starting to enjoy making these Sorehead strips, went jogging today and came back with so many ideas. I'll probably do a lot more before I get back to painting. When that happens the strip will come out infrequently.
Along with the strip above, I thought it would be nice to attach this image I made of a couple that I drew in my sketchbook. The sketch came in handy as a reference for the couple in my strip above.
I've been thinking about this strip I made recently and my opinions and views as expressed in the strip are very different now. I realize that I can never look at a single person and 'figure them out'. People are a constant mystery for me and that includes myself. I'm a constant mystery to myself and can never predict the mood I'll be in, or the way I will react to sudden situations. That said, the validity of this strip still holds up in a certain way because most times I find that people do behave in ways that are predictable as as if their actions were scripted. I find it constantly disappointing when the obvious presents itself to me, and that is probably what this strip is about, a lament over the 'predictable'. How much of it is the fault of the given situations people are subjected to? How much out of it is just the person/s' willingness to be subjected? This un-ending mystery presents itself daily.
27/07/2011
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