Everybody needs a good catch phrase nowadays.

Something short and catchy. That John Malecki guy has “Let us spray” & “Get squirrely”, and many other Youtubers and tv personalities have theirs. I need one of my own. Like “Here’s looking at you kid” or “Cowabunga!” Or maybe something a little more niche like “Nice grin shit teeth”, you know. Something universal. That everyone can get behind. I am however, at a loss for words.

I have been prepping book two to go up on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited. Which involves copying it all over to a Word doc. Formatting for a smaller page size, adding a table of contents for all of the chapter headings, and making it bookmark able/ready/enabled. Something like that. I have the series cover artwork done up, to be in line with the first book. So that’s all well and good.

I have at least eight backgrounds illustrated for my childrens book. Some of which I really like, and others I will need to redo. Tried my hand a designing my lead characters, and not getting very far with that still. Oh well, not a big deal. There are far worse problems to have in life beyond not having a grasp on your two lead characters design.

It is at times like this where I feel as though I should never have stopped drawing with pen and paper. I enjoyed that so much as a kid, teen and early adult. It wasn’t until a couple of years into doing graphic design full time that I stopped. I gave up on drawing and painting too. I kept wanting my design work to feel like pen & paint, which wasn’t what I was paid to do, so I dropped it to get better with doing art with a mouse. I have stacks of canvas from paintings I’ve done over the years. So good, some bad, mostly derivative of other better artists. Had fun doing them though, which was what mattered to me. Now I kinda kick myself for letting “the touch” go. Add another daily thing to the list. Writing, exercising, and a daily doodle. Add in some guitar/piano/sculpting/wood working, and I have a pretty full day before I’ve even done any paid work! Ha. To think I’d like to do some leather working and sewing too, if I can swing it. Building model kits too. Playing with my kids is a big one. Teaching them sports and dance and music. I’m all over the place. I get that, I really do.

So here we are, on a Friday morning. The sun is shining, and we have a few days of nicer weather to look forward to. Glad to have it.