You made it!! Happy New Year guys!!!
First, here’s
some behind-the-scenes artwork featuring Mya Funke Inaki from the DSNG Sci fi Series!
Mya is actually a former villain linked to the faction known as the Mega
Wolves, but she has a loyal heart and a motherly soul.
She usually sports two afro puffs, but sometimes she just lets her afro
sit on her head. In some other pics, I draw her with her sci fi combat gear.
In the DSNG tales, Mya is currently linked to a group of mercenaries,
who often show up to get gritty jobs done – and they work for the
highest bidder, so they can either be classified as good or bad guys. And as a
super-human being, Mya has a powerful secret morphing ability, which
can transform her limbs or her entire body. And Mya has extremely
powerful legs, so she can fracture the arms and legs of her foes via
a few direct Muay Thai strikes. Her kicks are as powerful as those of
Tezmona the gladiator [aka Tezzy, who was featured in the four-part ebook
DSNG War Games storyline].
I'll post the two finished pics of Mya later in this blog and at
Facebook &
Instagram. And There's more colored art of Mya over
Here, and her custom 6-inch action figure is
Here!
All right, now that the new year is kicking off, I’ll give you some
brief tips to motivate you. Consider them as 7 pointers, brief and
incisive, to guide you on your new journey.
1. Leave the past in yesterday – The new year is new beginning. Don’t
let the old failures or old relationships hold you back. Press on.
Yes, you can do it. This year, you can make it. You will win if you don’t
quit! Hard times come to those who are carriers of great destiny. And
you, my friend, are Great! You must believe that you can succeed
against all the odds, because I guarantee you that there’s someone
else out there older than you, maybe in a foreign country, who has
succeeded in the years past, and they had less than what you have!
2. Write down your goals – This sounds basic, but it serves as a guide
/ road map for you. The list doesn’t have to be long. Just do your
best this year to get the written things done. Print them out and put
them on your mirror, or on the inside of your bedroom’s door. And even
if you don’t get them all done, at least they will be a measuring
stick for your progress.
3. Forge new alliances & break the bad ones – Some friends are worth having, while others
are best to let go of, especially when they don’t motivate you to
be better. Some friends actually don’t want you to excel in life,
lest you become too big / successful for them to mentally handle.
Beware of those who Never say: “Well done!”, when they see your
exceptional work.
I’ve had to cut a lot of people off because of
that stuff. I was always congratulation them, yet they could never do
the same, even when my art clearly outclasses theirs… turns out
that they were jealous. And jealous people are really not your true friends.
4. Find a mentor – If you’re a technician, an engineer, a doctor, a
lawyer, a student or an artist, make sure that you have a mentor that
you observe and emulate at school or at work. You don’t have to be
exactly like them, but you can certainly learn from them, especially
from their mistakes. For instance, anyone who wants to be as great as the late Stan
Lee should carefully study his work, his creative style and his
personal character. Remember that Spiderman’s popularity was tied o
the fact that he was a friendly neighborhood kind of guy, whom a lot
of people could relate to…
5. Be more than a spectator – These days, we're all bombarded with a
ton of social media offerings, from Twitter to Facebook and
Instagram, and even sites like Twitch and Discord for gamers.
Beyond watching others perform, you can also have a social Youtube page of
your own, or something else on another site with your own creative
posts. You don’t have to be popular. Just do something of your own,
which will keep you creative in your free time. If your hands are
weak, then speak and record your voice, while reading stuff that you
like, or making jokes on your channel, as commentary for life or the
news. Or you could talk and give commentary, for the movies that you like.
BTW, if you have a family, then spend time with them, since that's more valuable than
being a star on Youtube ;)
6. Forgive and press on – Honestly, not every past year ends on a good
note. And if someone hurt you last year, please forgive them. I don’t
know what they did to you, and I’m sorry that it happened to you;
but it would be wise to let them go. Maybe they were completely
wrong… maybe you were both kinda wrong. But please, drop the grudge
and let it go. What they sow, they will reap, at the right time. You
may have to cut them off completely, if they are toxic. You may even
have divorce them, I dunno.
But you may also have to keep talking to
yourself, anytime they enter your mind; and just keep telling yourself:
“It’s over I have forgiven them and moved on!”
If you keep saying stuff like that, even when you don’t feel like it,
your mind will start believing it. I know what it’s like to record
my voice saying stuff and play it on my computer as I work, just to
force negative / depressing thoughts out of my mind. It worked…
after many months of talking to myself… so don’t give up!
7. Laugh, damn it! – When you have the time, seek out humor and brief
funny vids online, and if possible, do so every day! Look for
comedians from other races and diverse backgrounds, and observe their
culture and what makes them laugh. I’m sure you’ll find out that
laughter is one of the things that every person around the world can
share, regardless of their cultural heritage. Laughter also helps to
fight depression, because a joyful mind can’t stay down for long.
On Youtube, look up the classics of Def Comedy Jam and BET’s Comic
View [some of that stuff is raunchy / raw, but it’s funny as hell]. So if
it’s funny, then laugh! And have a great year!
