Yeah I know the email subject got a bit deep there lol. I don’t think I’m gonna write much, but I did wanna update on how I’m doing.

I still want to keep creating, but I got a bit dry for the past couple of months. Probably because during college I was so passionate for art because it was the only career I saw myself doing. It was basically how to survive. But then I graduated. I got a non-art job. Despite not making relatively much, I sadly have much better job security than if I was working in the animation industry in the big 26. It kinda shocked me a bit that the thing I loved so much ended up actually not being sustainable. It was like all our parents were right >:(

But you know what, that’s okay. This past Sunday at my church, the sermon was basically about how the devil can try to cause all the harm to you, but God can make it all work for good in the end. I’ll admit though, my situation is actually more boring* than harmful, but this sermon actually inspired me nonetheless. Like yeah, I’m not where I wanna be right now, but I can be at a different place eventually! I just need to wait.

Heck I’ve been getting that a lot from God lately. I just need to wait. I just need to wait for His purpose in my life.

Okay so obviously I’m a Christian, but I feel like this has got to make sense to anyone. It’s a real “life gives you lemons” situation. Anyway, I got inspired to get back into animation. My original plan was to do the traditional route of getting into the industry and then being so smart I end up being able to make my own (probably) indie cartoons like all the cool guys now. But it seems like that might not be the route for me.

So in the meanwhile, I’m not looking for the industry; I’m considering just making cartoons on my own for the foreseeable future. I don’t know yet what exactly is coming next, but keep an eye out for me, okay?

Also uhhh this will probably further delay JumpHero coming back. I still can’t help but not feel guilty but like yeah…damn…I was hoping to get a new chapter out this year but like this animation idea I got rn is kinda fire??? And I made a schedule for this project that is expected to end sometime in August????? Well, I barely made any money out of JumpHero, so I guess yall can wait longer lol. And hey, unless my idea wildly changes from now until then, I think JumpHero fans will like this upcoming project.

Okay so that’s it from me. Keep making stuff. Never give up on your dreams!

*PS: Okay me calling my situation “boring” is actually unfair. In reality, I’m very thankful to God for the situation I’m in. It was pretty miraculous for a disabled, graduated art student like me to get the certain job I have right now. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Like the only thing I can be sad about is that I’m not making art with it, but as I learned there is still a time and a place for that. So I’m forever grateful to God for the situation I’m in and the future that will become.