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 Final inks. Now I had off to Adam Harris for the colors.

Final inks. Now I had off to Adam Harris for the colors.

If

September 7, 2017

As the years passed and I grew into the man I am, one poem I came across in my youth that has stayed with me and has resonated a chord in me every time I read it or hear it, is this one:

If— BY RUDYARD KIPLING

Because of the absence of a father in my life, I sometimes envision that these would have been his words to me, and I have been trying to follow every word.

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If you can keep your head when all about you   
    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
    But make allowance for their doubting too;   
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
    Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
    And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;   
    If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;   
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
    And treat those two impostors just the same;   
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
    And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
    And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
    And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
    To serve your turn long after they are gone,   
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
    Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,   
    Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
    If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
    With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,   
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,   
    And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

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My name is Harold L. George and I’ve been drawing since I was about 6 years old. Loved recapturing the Sunday funnies with my own hands and on my own ruled paper. I was introduced to comics at a very young age by a cousin who just discarded them. Lucky for me he did. Read more...


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Artist Inventory Challenge featuring Me
Mar 8, 2018
Artist Inventory Challenge featuring Me
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Mar 8, 2018
Sketchtime with Haro: Drawing Yogurt from Spaceballs
Mar 1, 2018
Sketchtime with Haro: Drawing Yogurt from Spaceballs
Mar 1, 2018
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Mar 1, 2018
LIGHTBOX: Micah Mate
Feb 22, 2018
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Feb 22, 2018
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Feb 22, 2018
Sketchtime with Haro: Drawing Lobo
Feb 8, 2018
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I Hate My Kids
Feb 1, 2018
I Hate My Kids
Feb 1, 2018
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Wrestling Demons
Jan 18, 2018
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Jan 18, 2018
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What's my goal?
Jan 11, 2018
What's my goal?
Jan 11, 2018
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Dec 28, 2017
Character Sketching
Dec 28, 2017
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Dec 28, 2017
A Turlock Toon Skwad Production
Dec 7, 2017
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Nov 23, 2017
Storytelling
Nov 23, 2017
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Voices in my head
Nov 16, 2017
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Not So Sweet September
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Draw Something Everyday
Sep 20, 2017
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Drawing is a movement...forward
Sep 14, 2017
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Sep 14, 2017
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If
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If
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Laugh A Little
Aug 31, 2017
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Aug 31, 2017
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That Damn Belt
Aug 24, 2017
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What's Missing?
Aug 17, 2017
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The Dynamic Duo
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