Others and things. Creators, consumers, pitfallers, brawlers (ballers), teachers, birds, a weird pinging sound on the plane.
Books, movies, music, architecture... these things transcend time, connect us to each other, and provide a thrill for the future. Live for the thrill y'all y'all, heck yes.
I have a partner in this so it helps to keep us motivated as we're working with and for each other. Most of the time though it's just sheer stubbornness. We've had a few unsubs recently and, won't lie, that is really demotivating when we don't have a lot to begin with. But the habit of doing this comic paired with being stubborn is helping with pushing through it.
My motivation... For now is, to make sure that one day I have earned enough to quit my day time job as a telephone receptionist and to be able to draw all day!
Dear lord I would do anything to get to that point in my life. Be able to sustain myself and to draw everything my dear heart desires! To make art for others. And to just enjoy my life! <3
That I'll be able to soon tell all the stories I want to WHILE making money off of it all.
My dream job - I will get to you soon.
That, sometimes, my comic could make a difference.
If I get one person that relates or feels emotion from what I drew, then it's all worth it.
...that't the hope, at least.
A very relatable aspiration. My wishes concerning my writing are the same as yours(I wish others to experience the emotional world of my story).
The urge to make stories and cartoons around what I enjoyed about them before the stuff that came around in 2013 and beyond is what motivates me to keep creating. Also the fact that I've made characters that represent what I like in cartoons and the storytelling possibilities that come with them.
Because there's a summit I want to reach. So I keep going back, keep enjoying what I'm making so I could reach that summit.
What motivates me is the that I still have so many things to achieve. And I want to earn those achievements.
I mean I don't really have anything else to do.. it just keeps me busy and makes me less aware of the fact that I don't have a social life. it kinda seems like a job to me even though I don't get payed to do it, but it's my responsibility.. (plus my mom likes my comic....)
Jealousy, to be honest. Definitely not the best type of creative fuel, but seeing how other people's series skyrocket in popularity and how they get to earn money off their hard work making comics/ manga just makes me want to get to that point as well - a huge part of me is telling me to quit altogether, but then this other very, very small part of me tells me to keep going. I know it's very unhealthy to envy other people, and there are other more positive things that keep me going, but jealousy is probably the key factor - I just want to make a living off of creating comics/ manga, just like the people I look up to and envy.
Instead of calling it jealous. call it inspiring.
I also want to be at a point to what others are, But I also grant them the same succes. I suppose you dont want to deny them their own succes? You just want to get on the same level?
I'd never deny anyone their success if they worked hard for it. Anybody who works hard for what they want deserves respect and success, unless their methods for achieving said success are questionable and undermine other people.
When I see artists and authors being successful with their series, it most definitely is inspiring but I'd be lying if I said it didn't spark an ounce of jealousy within me, so I use that jealousy as fuel and say, "If they can do it, then everyone - even I - can do it, too!" In the end, yes, it's all about getting on their level and having all that hard work pay off someday and turn this whole comic/ manga-making thing into a full-time job. I don't need to earn five figures - as long as I can pay the bills and put food on the table doing what I love, I can live as a happy man.
I have a little story for this:
The other month, I was looking through my room and saw an old notebook that had a whole story written in it. So I sat down and read through it. About a girl who fell in love with a soldier who lived on the opposing side. I laughed a bit because my 12 year old self was so serious about this story.
But I was fond of it because my 12 year old self was so serious about this story.
I saw all the little notes and pictures and character sheets I drew for the story. I saw all the eraser marks and pen scratches to get it just perfect. I could see myself again, sitting in my room, excited and needing to write that story because it was something I knew I wanted to read.
I keep that book close to me, on my shelf. I do that with a lot of my old art and stories.
At the end of the day, I've always wrote for myself. I always wrote stories because they were the kind I wanted to read and maybe share with others. I wanna keep going through with those stories and make 12 year old me proud.
That's what motivates me 
