I'm fortunate to know several great arists. Jamie Diaz, who I'm working with on another project, and Jessie Justice, someone who's helped me along greatly. At the same time, they also give a sheer case of "geez, their stuff is so much better than mine...". I think a lot of artists or would-be artists have this problem. They draw something, they compare it to some of the commercially available stuff and they just think to themselves... this sucks. I can't do this.

Intellectually, I know it takes time and practice and effort to become a better artist. Sometimes, though, I admit it can be difficult to look at one of my sketches of Zoe, then compare it to the one Jessie did for this week's vote incentive and think to myself, "I need to give this up. I'm just not good enough."

Don't worry. I'm not giving up. 2nd Shift will continue and it will improve. I just thought I'd share with you guys because I think you've all had your moments like this, too. I hope you don't give up, either.