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Purposeless work, Absolute Buffoon, Simon Hanselmann

I've had an energy spurt and been doing lots of fun drawings. Not specifically for anything in particular, it's just fun to draw.


I also don't have a job so that helps with too much free time.

I did these pen drawings:


I have also come up with a new name for (you know it) the rebirth of my Etsy store. I did a big text file with a bunch names, and think I'm gonna go with Absolute Buffoon because that's something I say a lot when I think someone's being dumb. I also like it because I think it would serve me well across comics and illustration. It sounds like a great name for a business!

Tax man: "Business name?..."
Me: "Absolute Buffoon."
Tax man: "I beg your pardon?"

 Keeping tabs on what inspires me right now, Simon Hanselmann just finished his new book Bad Gateway. He put up his stats on insta, and supposedly he's really good at time-keeping his work hours, which I think is pretty awesome. "3764 hours plus an extra month of 14hr workdays on the endpapers" (covers, intro, he does all of that too).

3764 / 8 hour workdays = 470.5 days / 22 working days in a month (excludes weekends lol) =~ 21 months, 1 year 9 months. Which is to say, masterpieces or good works don't come quickly.
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