I had done quite a bit of traveling this winter. Two trips, and both times to a familiar place. In December I was able to see some old friends in New York, where I went to college. None of my friends wanted to go see the ball drop with me in Times Square on New Year's Eve so I went there by myself. It was as cold and as crowded as everyone said it would be, but I stuck with it and stayed in below zero degrees Fahrenheit for five hours and saw the damn thing drop. The ball-dropping was totally disappointing, yes, but I followed through with something I set myself out to do, which leads to my 2009 resolution. In 2009, I am going to follow through and finish what I started in 2008 - namely my comic book "Dear Letters".
In late January and late February I was back in Taiwan where I grew up, and back there for Chinese New Year for the first time in ten years. I was glad to spend some time with my family, especially since it's been a while since our family got together. It was a very comforting feeling.
I had done some drawings on location this winter, but they were pretty much all for my comic book. These drawings are mostly executional, meaning that I have a pretty good idea of what I want to get before I started the drawing, as opposed to going out playing and experimenting and figuring things out along the way. I need to get out and do some of those, especially now that the weather is getting better!
Images from the winter coming soon.
