Twig
Completed on May 29, 1998

There were other drawings I'd made in my life before this one, but something happened to me in May 1998 that made me look at everything differently. Consequently, I dug deeper than I ever had before, and somehow came up with this. It's not that detailed of a drawing, and you might look at it and not really think much of it, but I let me tell you, the entirety of my graphical style stems from this drawing. In other words, this is the first image relevant to Demiforce, which is why it's the first in the archive.

The story goes like this: Back a few years ago I was frustrated, seeing people all around me who could draw stuff that really moved people. I knew I was one of these people - I had so much inside me I wanted to tell. But, I felt as though somehow missed the boat and never really got into drawing. So, one day I sat down and told myself I wasn't getting up until I drew something good. And within five minutes, there it was. It really shocked me; I was prepared to sit a lot longer than five minutes.

I drew like crazy after that day, filling up a notebook which I still have today and flip through now and then for nostalgia. Ever since then, my drawings seem to have stemmed out in all sorts of directions, but somehow I could always manage to spot a connection to this drawing in every one of them. It's as though this drawing poked a hole into something mysterious and my subsequent drawings were able to be made made because of that window.

To this day, I stand firm on the belief that confidence is the biggest thing that holds people back from doing things in life. Drawing this picture enabled that transition for me, and I'm pretty sure it's going to take nothing less than an equal experience for anyone else who wishes to become an artist. However, realizing you're an artist has its own set of downfalls, as well...