Originally planned to do some volunteering in the afternoon, but the fai chun making session with the elderly was cancelled due to cold weather.
With the freed up time slot, I took a stroll through the Old Master Q exhibition at the mall near my studio. Saw some of the hand drawn comics by the late artist Alfonso Wong done in the 60s-70s, still very much admire his craftsmanship and dedication. Went back to the studio afterwards, read a little Old Master Q comics, dug out and skimmed through some of my old cartooning works, one of my dreams of starting a comic strip got stirred up again.
While doing some calligraphy practice in the evening, I did a little cartooning with brush and ink and copied Snoopy from a book cover nearby. I still very much remember one of most famous quotes in the comic world by Mr. Charles Schulz – A cartoonist “…is someone who has to draw the same thing every day without repeating himself.”
Do I have the imagination, craftsmanship, dedication, and grit to be a cartoonist?
