“It's much more liberating as a artist to feel like you can approach each page and each panel with the way that inspires you the most. I think the thing that bogs down a lot of artists is that you're kind of stuck drawing in a style you've developed.” ThinkingWayFeelsKindArtistStyleInspireLike YouApproachPagesDrawingStuckLiberatingBogs Author:Daniel Clowes
“I've felt that in the past, where I just felt like I had to keep drawing in the same way to maintain this sameness and rhythm throughout an entire book, and it was not really necessary.” WayBookPastFeltDrawingRhythmSameness Author:Daniel Clowes
“I actually start drawing things. Usually they're abandoned before I commit too much time and effort.” EffortToo MuchDrawingCommitAbandoned Author:Daniel Clowes
“Alfred Hitchcock talked about planning out his movies so meticulously that when he was actually shooting and editing, it was the most boring thing in the world. But drawing comics isn't like shooting a movie. You can shoot a movie in a few days and be done with it, but drawing a comic takes years and years... That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every morning and get to work.” WorldWantYearsDoneStuffMorningBedBoringDrawingPlanningComicShootingEvery MorningEditingHitchcockBoring Things Author:Daniel Clowes
“I started drawing at a very young age. Writing a story wasn't satisfying, but to actually draw our own world - it's like controlling your own dreams.” WorldWritingStoriesDreamAgeYoungDrawsDrawingSatisfyingYoung Age Author:Daniel Clowes
“I can look at my early work and see what a pained struggle it was to draw what I was drawing. I was trying so hard to get this specific look that was in my head, and always falling short.” TryingLooksI CanHardFallStruggleDrawsDrawingTrying So HardEarly Work Author:Daniel Clowes
“I think there was a point that I realized I could do what I wanted to do in terms of the drawing. I used to run around a lot of things. I would shy away from certain things that I realized would be horrible for me to draw, and just wouldn't be fun.” ThinkingWould BeRunningWantedUsedCertainFunTermDrawsDrawingI RealizedHorribleShy Author:Daniel Clowes
