“It is more important to me to make art that is an honest expression of my life than it is to make pictures people think are well drawn” PeopleThinkingArtImportantHonest Author:John Porcellino
“The way I grew up, I had a lot of personal issues with art. It's an individual thing, but I also think it's kind of Midwestern: You do your thing, but you don't talk about it. You make sure it's not such a big deal, and keep it very low-key.” ThinkingKindArtIndividual Author:John Porcellino
“Tom Hart, David Lasky, Ed Brubaker, Megan Kelso, Julie Doucet. These people lived comics. The people in Seattle got together every week to draw and critique each other's work. Outside of art school, I never did that. When I came back from that trip, I had a physical, palpable sense of being self-conscious. It was the first time I'd drawn where I was like, "Holy cow, people are going to read this. They're going to like it, or they might not like it. Maybe I really should make my drawings a little more solid, or really think about what I'm doing. Maybe this shouldn't be so sloppy."” PeopleThinkingArtSchoolTogetherWeekHolyFirst TimeWork OutCritique Author:John Porcellino
“Through my life and my experience, I believe getting "positive mental attitude" is true. Your brain has certain pathways in it, and if you feed those pathways with certain types of thoughts, the blood goes to those neurons and nourishes them, and they grow and develop. That's how you build habits. Physically, I think that's how your brain works. If you have certain habits that are negative and causing you problems that you want to change them, you can actually change the blood flow and stuff in your brain by thinking a different way.” ThinkingBelieveDifferentProblemI BelieveBrainAttitudeHabitNegativeMental Attitude Author:John Porcellino