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Message from artist Igor M.
Hello :)
My name is Igor and since few years I work as a building caretaker. What it means is that I have to let the right people in, keep the wrong people off the property. Like security, with the twist that I actually occupy the buildings I take care of. Needless to say, self-isolation is my bread and butter.
It took many turns for me; liberation, depression, bliss, apathy, etc... All in all, turns out that self-isolation is one of the greatest tests of our self-discipline and an opportunity to discover ourselves and work on our daily routine. Once you don't have to do (virtually) anything, everything is totally up to you.
In my case, across these years I had better and worse moments of self-disciplining and creativity. Due that time I started to work on my own comic which is supposed to become more of a comic book franchise with many crossing plot lines. I'd love to invite other authors to participate, because the story is based on an idea for a book that I used to write before I switched the medium (too make this long story short) and there's probably enough content for a loooot of comics. So contact me somehow if you like to know more and participate :)
Ok, I'm done plugging my project here, let's get back to the relevance of this content to what the Quaratasia is about. It's simple - this is what I do now during the lockdown. But wait, there's a twist to it! See, as I mentioned I had many ups and downs with my discipline and thus my creativity. My comic went through many hiatuses and the last one finished recently after many months of me trying to just get on with it (yeah, I know, phrased this way it's not a very good motivation to do anything xD). And what actually made me stopp being a little crybaby and do my thing? All these amazing people that suddenly found themselves in a position similar to my day-to-day routine, staying at home all the time and showing me how to handle your shit like a badass mofo! It's thanks to YOU being put in such extraordinary circumstances that I finally found my misplaced motivation ('cause it's not like I lot it completely... I still had plenty of it for procrastination xD).
Anyway, hope you're staying safe people, keep being awesome end expressive and make art no matter how big or small, it all matters!
Contact Igor on: tricksteratops@gmail.com