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January 7th, 2013

Back to the drawing board

Gatwick

So, my New Year’s resolution was: ‘For 2013 I am going back to the drawing board, and back to the blog’. A week in and I have, in one way or another and in a limited sense, managed to blog, so here’s an update on the drawing side of things.

So, yes, I’m planning to do more cartooning this year. In January this means taking on three freelance cartoon jobs, which means it is going to be a quite a busy month as they do tend to take me quite a long time. There are a variety of topics, one church, one cycling, and one environment-related, so there will at least be some variety.

Today, my first proper work day of the year, I went to meet clients for one of these jobs near Gatwick Airport, where this entirely-peripheral-to-the-blog-post picture was taken as I ate lunch and watched people. I’ll be getting down to working on two of the commissions tomorrow.

I often find the pressure of freelance work a struggle and I can, at times, be paralysed into inaction, feeling that everything I do must be perfect. It comes from not wanting to ever do second-class work, but I need to find better ways of dealing with it. Perhaps writing this on the blog is a good first step.

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11 Responses to “Back to the drawing board”


  1. JCalver says:

    Oh no! In all your requests for office space etc I knew we were too far south of the river. Today you were just by our home and kettle and we only realised too late. If you have more meetings down this way and grow weary of people watching at the airport, do ask for sanctuary. After all, you once drew an accurate likeness of my husband’s study; you may as well see the real thing!

    January 7th, 2013 at 10:38 pm
  2. Grandmère Mimi says:

    The interiors of all large airports look pretty much the same. You could have been in Anywhere Airport.

    January 8th, 2013 at 2:11 am
  3. chris clark says:

    Be more like me – everything is second best……

    ….but God is love!

    January 8th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
  4. Phil H says:

    Dave,

    Do keep blogging, it will be good for you and for us who read it. When you don’t want to blog, post a haiku.

    Phil

    January 8th, 2013 at 3:35 pm
  5. Serena says:

    Dave, it’s great to hear that you’re picking up new work in the new year! Best of luck with the three freelance jobs :)

    January 8th, 2013 at 3:49 pm
  6. Jo says:

    Great resolutions, Dave! You sound like me: working slowly into the New Year’s resolutions — keep up the good work. I enjoy your cartoons.

    January 8th, 2013 at 6:07 pm
  7. Grada Schadee says:

    I agree with Serena adn Phil H. and also, your bog helps me to keep au courant with the CoE. Living in the Netherlands your blog was the first that alerted me to the gay bishops celibate but living together permission from the CoE. Your comment was apt (why is everybody talking about the gay bihop relation thing) adn joy, spot on!
    Grada Schadee

    January 8th, 2013 at 6:08 pm
  8. spiritedcrone says:

    Well, I don’t this pic is peripheral to the business of the blog. It seems to me it’s about the stuff of life, the toing and froing of ordinary people finding their way in the world and that’s exactly what you blog and cartoon about …. strange how we often photograph the stuff that means the most!

    January 8th, 2013 at 7:45 pm
  9. Chorister says:

    Go for it!

    January 8th, 2013 at 11:35 pm
  10. Rev andy Gray says:

    You cold just ask people to contribute ideas, jokes…I generate word mashes, forcing stupid ideas together. Out of the chaos comes the useful. The only problem with your work is I can’t stop laughing once I start reading!

    January 8th, 2013 at 11:40 pm
  11. Margaret says:

    Your work is 99% inspiration 1% perspiration. It is the time taken for the 99% which nobody realises how long it might be.

    It is not just a few hours thought now – you have had years of experience which all play a part in coming up with a great idea.

    January 9th, 2013 at 12:36 pm