Comic for you. This might have to be two weeks’ worth of comic as it took a while and now i have a lot of work to catch up on, but we’ll see.
PS
I finally joined the 20th century [sic] and got a digital camera, so here for no particular reason is a picture of this week’s comic (click to enlarge):
And here is a picture of it with a bus driving on it:
That is all.
-WR
[EDIT:]
Good timing with the poster requests (and a big Thank You as well)! The poster store has now launched, and this comic is one of those available.
Virus Comix News 
July 6, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Get out of my BRAIN
July 6, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I want a poster of that! Now!
July 6, 2010 at 2:19 pm
“Maybe you should have been a potato farmer instead.”
Haha so true! (not that YOU should be a potato farmer, of course) I feel like musicians go through a similar thought process every time they are to perform in front of the community (at least I do). Hours and hours spent grueling over classical viola have made an occupation in agriculture seem very appealing, and at many times, more satisfying.
Great work as always!
July 6, 2010 at 2:53 pm
I’m also pushing for a poster! Thanks, W.
July 6, 2010 at 3:17 pm
I’m gonna need a bigger monitor. 😦
July 6, 2010 at 3:39 pm
How do I get out of indolence?
I can’t find the exit.
THERE’S NO EXIT.
July 6, 2010 at 3:43 pm
On my way to the motivation station! Love this! I would buy a print.. 🙂
July 6, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Is it just me, or is “Overthinking” just another metaphor for “Highly complicated TrackMania stadium track”? 😉
But besides that – it’s sooo true.
np: Klimek – Pathetic And Dangerous (Movies Is Magic)
July 6, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Seeing the comic inked on paper just makes it even more impressive. The drawing is the tip of the iceberg, and everything in the comic is what lies below.
July 6, 2010 at 4:57 pm
When I finished high school and went into college, I pretty much gave away my entire portfolio…
and I did it again after my 2nd year in college.
Now, I don’t even remember if I was still any good in comparison to what I did in the past.
At least I knew enough that my stuff was shit.
It’s nice to know I’m not alone doing this stupid merry go round.
July 6, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Good comic. You forgot the route whereby you get out of creativity and enjoy yourself doing something that doesn’t require overanalyzing everything.
July 6, 2010 at 5:32 pm
True, so true. And fun, so much fun! =D
July 6, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Love this
July 6, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Novel: Half finished
Art: Huge canvas of Totoro-No colour.
Game projects: In bits.
College work: Un-written
Yes.This comic applies to my life.
Carry on.
July 6, 2010 at 7:25 pm
I CAN’T SHAKE HIM!
July 6, 2010 at 7:35 pm
You’d think motivation would cost more than $0.00. Maybe they’re out.
July 6, 2010 at 8:46 pm
This one is excellent and I salute you.
@Crisp Flows:
Luckily (or unluckily) I have taken to posting my finished work on Deviantart, giving people an instant way to ignore my pictures. Every so often I like to go right back to the beginning and work my way forwards, going “Oh, Gods, I thought this stuff was good?”.
Strangely, though, I always do better stuff quicker when I’m pathetically trying to impress people.
July 6, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Oh PLEASE make a poster!
July 6, 2010 at 9:22 pm
This is utterly brilliant.
July 6, 2010 at 10:15 pm
I really liked this. Especially the fallen over ‘It’s just art’ sign.
So much truth. Thanks for making it.
July 6, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Dude, trolls aren’t critics.
Sick cartoon though, I think I’m currently in the long term storage lot.
July 6, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I’m stuck in the Overthinking loop. Since it’s all in my head, the centripetal force is real and making me slingshot to higher and higher speeds, and the impossible geometry of it has left me trapped.
July 7, 2010 at 12:31 am
This is all actually really motivational.
July 7, 2010 at 12:45 am
wow… awesome!
July 7, 2010 at 1:22 am
This comic is much better than the Smiths.
July 7, 2010 at 1:29 am
YES. Insomuch as it is possible to buy things ‘hard’, I would buy a poster of this so hard.
July 7, 2010 at 1:34 am
HO-kay…
First off, I haven’t done more than glance, but seriously, dude, please don’t make a habit of drawing comix that are damn near impossible to view on a screen of <21". kthx.
One more creative pitfall for ya. 😉
July 7, 2010 at 1:48 am
once again…a comic i would like to see as a poster on my wall -_-‘ (i’m beginning to think i’ll make one by myself :x)
as a pseudo-writer and a fan of d.y.i. i see myself in this comic…i guess everytime someone try to create something they go trought some of those steps…you’ve really done it, it’s a really good way to explain the creative process…
oh…and why is the PHG almost being run over?is this comic her creative process?is this a clue for future development on her character? 😡
July 7, 2010 at 1:57 am
that’s just choice.
July 7, 2010 at 2:05 am
One more vote for a poster version! In fact, (for when I tank up on motivation … and cash …) can I ask: Winston, would you have any objection to individuals taking the image file to a print shop to print up big for personal use?
What I like about this is that you, Winston, produce so much honest and beautiful art to share, and yet reveal your own struggle to do so with this comic.
For me, this comic is hopeful. And helpful. Thanks, Winston.
July 7, 2010 at 2:27 am
Rah!
July 7, 2010 at 2:29 am
Pink haired girl!
July 7, 2010 at 4:29 am
Mr Rowntree you are a genius.
As a writer myself I felt very identified with your comic.
July 7, 2010 at 4:30 am
I don’t buy prints but I think this is a great candidate for a poster. This is a fresh, charming and insightful take on a motivational poster.
July 7, 2010 at 5:19 am
smashco. makes a lot of bucks in the process
July 7, 2010 at 6:22 am
Once again, a lovely metaphor for something we all share and that you still manage to make look new and thouroughly enjoyable.
Good show, as per bloody usual, old boy.
Now get back in the cage…
July 7, 2010 at 6:55 am
Now here’s a wallpaper to remind me…
Salad
July 7, 2010 at 7:31 am
“deytukrjerbs Says:
This comic is much better than the Smiths.”
BEST COMMENT EVER.
seriously though, this is one fantastic piece of art. many thanks.
July 7, 2010 at 7:31 am
So basically what you’re saying is believe in yourself?
July 7, 2010 at 7:43 am
the art stile reminds me of your “circle of life” comic.
…and believing in your self is easier if you have talent
or can develop some step by step.
July 7, 2010 at 8:15 am
I would absolutely buy a poster of this. I feel it is mandatory for my creative process. Along with a sticker or magnet that says “YOU ARE HERE.” Sometime to be moved at will.
Not kidding, this actually makes the process seem clearer. “You are here. Get it together, girl!”
July 7, 2010 at 8:25 am
Great.
I miss the option “Notifiy me when the poster is available”.
July 7, 2010 at 8:57 am
PHG should for this comic be called ‘Meta’ just so you can say ‘Meta girl on the road once…’ and also so you can use Meta three times in a comic about making comics. Comics. Yum.
July 7, 2010 at 9:03 am
Poster! Poster! Poster!
July 7, 2010 at 9:07 am
Also, I love how of the three boxes Schadenfreude has the most people.
July 7, 2010 at 9:45 am
Love the comic as always, Can’t wait to see how you’re going to work in the Artist redo after publication, or series art reboot later on! Not having it in the first publication is soooo meta!
July 7, 2010 at 9:56 am
What a piece of crap. 😛
Seriously though, you have an impressive talent in grasping, crystallising and communicating situations and thought processes that we’ve all been through but seldom realise. You get the big picture while the rest of us just go through the motions.
You’re a great artist.
July 7, 2010 at 10:44 am
What size do you work in, Winston? The working version looks surprisingly small. (I’ll admit that I though you worked with a tablet)
July 7, 2010 at 11:03 am
Another brilliant one.
July 7, 2010 at 11:38 am
Self-taught graphic designer here, and yes, you’ve pretty much wrapped it up. I’m gonna show this to my boss in the morning.
July 7, 2010 at 11:40 am
Wait, what? You draw with sharpies? Next you’ll be telling us you colour by hand. Damn it man, sell some merch and buy a cintiq.
July 7, 2010 at 12:12 pm
So ridiculously true, it’s sad. But a happy sad. And funny, too. Well done!
July 7, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Great shot kid, that was one in a million!
July 7, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Poster, NOW!
July 7, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Excellent!
The only thing missing is an alternative end; a large dark warehouse labeled “for private consumption”. That’s where the few ideas I’ve had that survived the demolition derby ended up.
@Amanda: Woo! A fellow violist!
July 7, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Very excellent!
I seriously need this in a full-sized poster.
July 7, 2010 at 1:18 pm
can I print this for my wall?, do you have poster sales?
July 7, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Throwing in another vote/plea/beg for this as a poster. I’m teaching in theatre in September and I *require* this for my office.
Just brilliant.
July 7, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I don’t know how many times I ended at the track of “compare to others” and the Tragic end of “Doubts”.
July 7, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I love this please sale as a poster
July 7, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Fantastic! Brilliant! So reflects my attitudes at times. A poster is ncessary
July 7, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Another request for a poster.
July 7, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Aaaand another poster vote.
July 7, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Frapping awesome! That’s TWO posters now. You’ll bankrupt me at this rate!
July 7, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Very, very true. +1 poster…
(First time writing here, but big fan.)
July 7, 2010 at 9:20 pm
amazing…
July 7, 2010 at 9:29 pm
I liked this a lot!! And it’s terrible how true it is, It made me laugh.
July 7, 2010 at 11:46 pm
What a piece of crap.
^
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See wut I did thar
July 7, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Winston, as a sometime POSTER, I was wondering if you’d noticed that some of the POSTERs on your comments recently increasingly POST ERratically about a certain request that doesn’t say in Latin what it should: I POST ERgo send me a POSTER from your shop.
I think people want coffee mugs or something, so they can get their SphynxDrynx on.
July 8, 2010 at 12:37 am
Fretting about PHG crossing streets keeps me up at nights. That and the devil clowns under the bed.
July 8, 2010 at 1:28 am
As an author and filmmaker, I cannot express just how true this is better than Winston. Well done.
July 8, 2010 at 1:33 am
wow…i think i love you. im just saying. haha
i want a print, yesterday if possible.
July 8, 2010 at 2:27 am
I love it. Painfully true! All of it.
Wonderful! This goes next to the writing desk.
Steve
July 8, 2010 at 6:49 am
ingenious – glad self doubt didn’t hold you back…
July 8, 2010 at 10:57 am
Love this one!
July 8, 2010 at 11:47 am
Alex: I was not aware there was such a route…
D Hue: I SAID STAY ON TARGET!!
Ayn Rand’s Queef: Ah, but are critics trolls??
deytukrjerbs: Thank you for…The Highest Praise. I am more pleased than the smiths!
valy: Naw, she’s just a magnet for misfortune.
Eth-Zee: Typically i use 11″x14″ bristol board (with extra panels on separate paper if necessary), but this was two of those taped together so 22″x14″, which is i think the largest one i’ve done and which was an unbelievable, gigantic pain in the ass to scan and assemble with my meager little 8.5″x11″ scanner.
simon: No, i don’t color by hand, but i ain’t buyin’ no fancypants tablet, i likes me pencils and paper!
Questo’s Dad: Yeah, i used to live in that warehouse. Oh, and i’m pleased that Subnormality is #1 among violists! #1 I SAY!
AND TO THOSE REQUESTING A POSTER:
Okay, i have heard you, and a poster will be made available. Posters are in the works right now, and will hopefully be available in the next few weeks, so stay tuned for an announcement. The wheels are in motion! YOUR PRAYERS SHALL BE ANSWERED!! And so forth. And thanks for the enthusiastic requests! The more people request something the more likely it is to materialize i reckon.
July 8, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Why does the internet have such a reputable office building? I was thinking a cluster of seedy steel shacks.
July 8, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Its like the artist’s version of Pilgrims Progress w/o the religious bs.
July 8, 2010 at 2:33 pm
I love it, really great insight into the glory of the creative process. Keep up the amazing work!
July 8, 2010 at 4:20 pm
As a fan of maps and being creative myself, I must say that I love this.
Mr. Rowntree, do you mind if I recommend this for the blog Strange Maps? (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/) They’ve had allegorical maps in the past, such as entry 406 (http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/406-caruso-cant-touch-you-a-road-map-to-success/).
July 8, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Oh my goodness, I would LOVE this for a skin for my computer… It would be fantastic!
July 8, 2010 at 11:24 pm
You and your comix and art are an inspiration to all other creative-wannabes, Mr. Rowntree.
July 9, 2010 at 1:22 am
STOP BEING AWESOME!!! It is horribly frustrating to the rest of us in the trade. As with everything here, this is beautiful and true and horrifying and wonderful all at the same moment. It’s things like this that make Subnormality without peer in the webcomicverse!
Now if you’ll excuse me I have a date with Indolence that is crucial to my Process…
July 9, 2010 at 3:34 am
Alt text feckin’ killed me. Well played!
July 9, 2010 at 6:13 am
This is a great work of art!
July 9, 2010 at 6:28 am
All you social media type people please don’t forget to Tweet/Facebook/Digg etc this most excellent comic at this direct link:http://www.viruscomix.com/page523.html
Also, would it kill you to donate once in a while? Maybe WR could afford a proper scanner then!
July 9, 2010 at 6:38 am
And doing a little math, I don’t think there’s anywhere on Earth where it’s 6:38AM when it’s 11:38PM in California. The reality distortion field has claimed WR’s real time clock chip. All the more reason to chip in a few bucks, you tight bastards.
July 9, 2010 at 6:42 am
Unless that’s 6:38AM tomorrow, in which case that’s somewhere in the Atlantic ocean. Maybe it’s GMT?
July 9, 2010 at 9:37 am
Great job! I love to think where we are just now… 🙂
July 9, 2010 at 9:37 am
Awesome!! That expresses it exactly!
July 9, 2010 at 9:52 am
absolutely brilliant.
July 9, 2010 at 9:56 am
Fantastic! I wanna buy a poster of it!
July 9, 2010 at 10:26 am
I’m agreeing with the comments here – not only is this scarily accurate, but I reckon creative folk like myself would benefit from having this as a poster.
July 9, 2010 at 11:12 am
I want a BUNCH of posters! This needs to be huge and glossy, and come in packs of ten. I will pay, cheerfully. It’s not the only one, but really if a line of merch is going to start, start here. Everyone I know is allegedly an artist, writer, musician, or just unemployable loon, they ALL live this and talk about this every day. NOW thanks to the miracle of comics, we can just go point at the picture, say everything at once.
July 9, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Please, please, please can we have a high res version to make posters!
July 9, 2010 at 12:23 pm
This is fantastic! I love it! I want to send it to people. Yes, make a poster. And greeting cards. And T-Shirts. And paper placemats at arty cafes. (Do they even use placemats at arty cafes?)
Thank-you for creating this.
July 9, 2010 at 12:54 pm
OGM, how many times have I been round and round that merry-go-round….love it and shall distribute it around my cyber-haunts.
Yes, poster and skin, I’ll have two! ;0)
July 9, 2010 at 12:56 pm
that is gold.
July 9, 2010 at 1:27 pm
FIVE LITTLE WORDS (NorthEast) ?
NO ! NO CRAP !!!!!
Focusing on the vibrant, cutting edge colours of these great sunflowers, I almost swore this must be a van Gogh art collection.
However, upscaled 300%, the signature of the displayed painting looks more like “W’onR.” than Vincent..
Also, there use to be at least one baker’s dozen of flowers in the Dutch’s paintings.
PERHAPS, though, you could add some “pure suffering” loops, like starvation or .. GPS malfunction ? Dunno…
July 9, 2010 at 2:21 pm
The funny thing is that this comic probably went through this same process while making this print!
I love it! Everyone keeps saying what you should add, but I think it’s perfect because everyone’s process is differnt. I used to be stuck in indolence. Now, it’s not even a part of my process…overanalyzing, however, is and probably will always be. I particulartly love the last part where is says something like, “Seriously, is this any good?” Classic.
shameless plug: check me out at http://www.willwriteforlove.com
Thanks!
July 9, 2010 at 2:45 pm
So. Much. “YES.”
…and I probably *should* have been a potato farmer.
July 9, 2010 at 2:46 pm
You’ve said it all. Have you seen what they’re getting for potato farming these days?
July 9, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Horribly, horribly plausible.
Thanks.
July 9, 2010 at 4:24 pm
[…] July 2010The Creative Process by Virus Comix – a huge, scroll intensive comic commenting on the painful process of making stuff. […]
July 9, 2010 at 5:13 pm
did the process of making this go through “self-doubt”?
my favorite part is the peer support.
July 9, 2010 at 6:45 pm
@Winston
Neither.
Trolling = OMFG WURSTEST CARTOON/DRAWING/STORY EVAR!!!
Critic = Ok, I don’t like this here’s why…
This might be a generalisation, but then I suppose you have to treat each comment as a unique snowflake of unique specialness.
July 9, 2010 at 7:31 pm
It’s funny because it’s true. I’d buy the poster.
July 9, 2010 at 8:28 pm
I love this
July 10, 2010 at 3:25 am
Very cool man, I loved it.
July 10, 2010 at 5:57 am
Think I’ve been on most these roads.
Love it.
Goin’ up in my office – if that’s OK.
Come visit some time.
July 10, 2010 at 7:20 am
Very funny.
July 11, 2010 at 2:08 am
Please, please, please let there be a poster. I’ll order at least two.
Thank you so much for this.
July 11, 2010 at 3:03 am
i neede posters for EVERYTHING YOU’VE DONE
so, um, yeah. sign me up
July 11, 2010 at 5:09 am
My god that’s so true it’s scary! Please make a poster or even better, a shirt!! This sums up every artist’s life in one way or another..and sums up mine far too closely.
You are 100% pure genius!
July 11, 2010 at 5:33 am
You have captured it all! Been there myself:)
July 11, 2010 at 5:34 am
Yes, I so agree about the poster!
July 11, 2010 at 6:21 am
Hilarious! I keep pointing out all the spots I’ve been… love the infinity symbol in the rework/revise area, and the potato sign, and the peer support cheering section.
July 11, 2010 at 7:36 am
I teach screenwriting. I write screenplays. And I actually grew up on a potato farm in Ontario.
This brilliant diagram has made me laugh out loud for over an hour.
Well done and congrats.
Elliot
July 11, 2010 at 7:44 am
That is the most gorgeous thing I’ve yet seen here. That was just above and beyond.
July 11, 2010 at 5:26 pm
As a writer, this hits home like Doom’s double-barreled shotgun. Add my vote to a poster, I would buy one. Excellent comic, as always.
July 11, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Brilliant. And yes, people definitely need potatoes. 🙂
July 11, 2010 at 9:29 pm
“Okay, i have heard you, and a poster will be made available. Posters are in the works right now, and will hopefully be available in the next few weeks”
Good to hear that…. again. Will stay tuned for the next such announcement in the infinite series.
July 12, 2010 at 7:44 am
Wow, as an artist, this is so completely true…. I too shall buy a poster!
July 12, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Love it!
July 12, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Poster. Yes. I want one.
July 12, 2010 at 2:12 pm
I know it’s been said before in the comments for this comic, but this is definitely my favorite Subnormality work yet. Just wanted to say my thoughts is all, it’s a really incredible piece of art.
July 12, 2010 at 4:45 pm
TRUE! LOL 🙂
July 12, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Pstr pls k thnx by!
July 12, 2010 at 8:56 pm
NICE!!!!
July 12, 2010 at 10:08 pm
I’ve started the research for my Ph. D. Thesis a year ago. That’s my mind map you’ve got here!
Congratulations! Excellent work!
Let me know if it becomes available as a poster!
July 12, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Very well: It is now available as a poster!
July 12, 2010 at 11:51 pm
It’s now on the stumble twitter feed! https://twitter.com/StumbleUpon/status/18391170081
July 13, 2010 at 2:18 am
I really enjoyed mentally tracing routes throughout this; and it’s all very unfortunately true. (I love that the schadenfreude crowd is the largest one.)
Someone teach me how to get onto that express lane! Although I guess that approach is more likely to annoy other people, hence why the schadenfreude-ists are so pleased when the overconfident fail.
July 13, 2010 at 2:30 am
adrian: Damn right it did. Plus it’s usually a batttle to not add to the massive pile of wreckage at the end of the overthinking cloverleaf. So much needless destruction…
Richter: As a Doom fan, that my friend was a winning simile.
Acquired Pessimism: Lucky for you this was the one time i actually meant it.
Lindsay: Hey, thanks!
frankwolftown: Freaky. Whoever’s responsible for linking to my comix on that site, i owe you a coke. Or SOME coke, y’know, whatever you prefer.
nkholmes: Yeah, overconfidence can definitely blow up in your face, speaking from experience. The example i always keep in mind (fictional though it may be) is the “urban sombrero” from that one episode of Seinfeld. Confidence and then…disaster. I’ve made one or two urban sombrero comics in my day, i know that…
July 13, 2010 at 4:09 am
Nice one. Detailed and takes time to get through, i love it.
Also, i’m finding it so weird that a month after i start bitching about wanting these in posters, it happens..
Am i GOD?
July 13, 2010 at 7:39 am
thanks you thank you thank you! I love it and it helped me so much. keep doing one of the greatest webcomics ever, ok? THANKS AGAIN!.
July 13, 2010 at 4:44 pm
This is awesome! I passed it along to my twitter and FB friends. Great job!
July 13, 2010 at 8:54 pm
POSTER!!!! It’s great!
July 14, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Yeah! Finally!
My bare walls will get some nice decorum in the next months.
o/
Jenz
July 15, 2010 at 12:17 am
Great poster!
July 15, 2010 at 1:02 am
Right! Potato farmer it is.
July 16, 2010 at 3:42 am
I can’t begin to describe how flawless this is.
July 16, 2010 at 2:37 pm
genius.
July 17, 2010 at 4:53 am
Brilliant as ever of course but speaking of merchandise, any chance of getting Captain Estar published soon? Now there’s something I (and many others judging from the comments) would buy in a heartbeat.
Seriously, don’t even bother changing the art just print it into something resembling a book and I will pay for it.
July 17, 2010 at 9:45 am
I LOVE THE IMAGERY…A lot of ppl dont realize the effort that goes into creative works…n that it more often than not it has to be viewed 4m a creative angle…n believe me there r ppl in this world wth no creativity or imagination…do urself a favor n dont let them get to u…the worlds greatest artists were never appreciated by their own time…
July 17, 2010 at 10:49 pm
I wish it was really that complicated and hard to display art!
Reality proves it is way easier.
A visit to most modern museums would make you question yourself for – Why those artifacts on display shame those beautifully designed architectural buildings.
Answer would be – It is too easy to define art today! Even though our appreciation of it is purely sentimental and based on collective values we still see every scribble as twisted manifestation of our own individuality.
July 17, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Hi,
I was led here by some text from Cracked. I’m not normally one to post on first visits but I wanted you to know (if you even read these) that clicking back through the comics was a fantastic experience. It’s rare to find web content that is thought provoking, observant, humorous, and well-drawn all at once and consistently. I feel like this is what could have been if Ryan North or Randall Munroe had taken art classes. Keep up the fantastic work and welcome to my bookmarks!
-A Fan
July 18, 2010 at 1:21 am
@Fan Where on Cracked did you see it?
July 18, 2010 at 7:44 am
the comic is very interesting. give me motivation.
July 18, 2010 at 2:11 pm
@frankwolftown – I’d hazard a guess it was the link to Subnormality on any of Winston’s articles on Cracked…
July 19, 2010 at 4:28 pm
As a part time potato farmer and full time freelance eschatologist, I’d just like to say that TEH POSTRS R AXESOME!!!eleventy!!!
July 23, 2010 at 7:36 am
Genius!!
July 25, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I’m so glad I stumbled onto this, this is exactly what I’m going through know- it’s like a map of my brain, even the little people burning and bailing their vehicles.
Simply- amazingly brilliant. Thank you for this.
July 26, 2010 at 11:44 pm
By any chance, do you study DBT (Dialetic Behavior Therapy)? This great poster could be a whole chapter in their book!
July 27, 2010 at 10:34 pm
that was kool
July 31, 2010 at 1:27 pm
nice! x
July 31, 2010 at 6:47 pm
one might think:
“what’s the big deal; we all know how it goes anyway.”
BUT
it always helps to see the big picture.
now i know that express way is the one to take! and the picture itself says the motto:
Stay On The Target!
Thank you so much for the map!
August 1, 2010 at 7:50 am
Love this! -Great
August 1, 2010 at 10:00 pm
love it!
August 17, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Great job. Love it!
August 19, 2010 at 4:21 am
It’s really great! Well done!
August 21, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Soooooooooooooooooo True!
Fantastic!
August 22, 2010 at 2:19 am
Just amazing…. Great thinking. Good work
August 29, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Intriguing…very.
September 1, 2010 at 10:59 pm
you left out the part where you can sell your soul to the man on the fast track to hell…
i love your comic. only discovered it two days ago. have read to this point…
September 3, 2010 at 2:44 pm
eeexcellent!
September 9, 2010 at 8:48 pm
You are a genius.
No seriously. You are a genius.
September 10, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Love this poster! It is a perfect description of a writer’s life.
September 13, 2010 at 3:48 am
I am so getting a poster.. I need to have this right beside my computer to remind me to avoid the fiery pits! haha brilliant!!! I love it!
September 20, 2010 at 2:23 am
Simpsons did it
September 20, 2010 at 2:35 am
Right on! You hit every nail on their funny, truthful little heads.
September 24, 2010 at 4:22 pm
love the schadenfreude section! lol
September 24, 2010 at 9:39 pm
I love this!
September 25, 2010 at 6:29 pm
I love this! Definately going to look into buying a poster, but I have a question. The blue sign across from the “I forgot to fill up!”
What does it say?
September 26, 2010 at 4:23 am
“Why not try Brevity.” Kind of a common suggestion around here…
September 25, 2010 at 7:53 pm
good one ..
September 28, 2010 at 7:26 am
LOL – Love it! As a creative professional it’s hard to stay positive sometimes – thanks!
September 28, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Very well thought of! Excellent execution.
September 29, 2010 at 4:13 am
good one =) Thanks.
October 11, 2010 at 2:39 am
It’s so true it hurts so bad
October 19, 2010 at 10:15 am
Now I have an easy post to Facebook when it ask what’s on my mind. I think I’ll re-post this daily. Hilarious, painful and true. Come to think of it, maybe you could add a special black hole for Facebook. Thanks.
October 23, 2010 at 2:13 am
Your poster on the creative process is almost exactly what i have experienced in my work on my novels. One detail I especially enjoyed was immediately after the ramp off over thinking there was a truck marked “salvage”. Keep up the good work!
October 25, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Just got my poster in the mail! It hangs above the desk where I write. ^_^
October 27, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Dude: This strip is freakin’ AWESOME.
(I wish I had something intelligent to add to that, but you’ve got one too many comics about artistic self-doubt and whatnot so I figured I’d throw in my two cents’ worth of positive feedback. Ummm… Yeah, that’s really all I’ve got to say.)
(Except, oh, one thing: If the Sphynx ever starts taking requests regarding who to eat next, let me know, alright? First suggestion: Dick Cheney. Next stop: Keith Olbermann. Also: Lady Gaga; just add enough salsa and I’m sure Sphynx will hardly notice that sour after-taste of hairspray, cocaine, and over-inflated ego.)
November 17, 2010 at 2:39 pm
just want you to know that I’ve mentioned your great Creative Process poster on the monthly eblast for my online course, Radical WRiting, and on Twitter and Facebook. COngratulations on a great piece of art.
November 27, 2010 at 7:07 am
I recently discovered your comic and I love it. I posted a blog entry with this panel in it, linking to your website so that some of my friends might find their way here too. Hope it’s alright. (And I’m not going to make a habit of posting your pictures in my blog, it’s just this once).
November 27, 2010 at 7:09 am
here’s the link to the post in question: http://illustrius.se/en/2010/11/27/den-kreativa-processen/
November 30, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Sorry, I took the post away. I felt it was awkward since I almost exclusively posted my own images before. Because of that people might make assumptions. Anyway, I decided not to post any pictures but my own unless they’re creative commons stuff.
January 24, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Filled with win . . . and angst, and self-doubt, and schadenfreude, and hilarity, and . . . just about perfect.
January 31, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Have this as a desktop wallpaper at my job. at least once a week someone ask where I got it.
March 22, 2011 at 2:09 am
This… is truth. So amazing.
Also makes me very nostalgic for OWL and MAD magazine.
May 2, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Awesome, just awesome 😀
May 4, 2011 at 12:24 pm
I just “completed” a four-year project yesterday for my master’s thesis. Please make a poster of this and sell it to me so I can put it on the wall of my studio and my classroom. It is brilliant! Definitely not a “piece of crap.”
May 4, 2011 at 12:29 pm
I found the Get the Poster link. I will be buying one.
May 27, 2011 at 9:26 am
Damnit! We’re out of potatoes!
July 4, 2011 at 6:49 pm
This is excellent I think ive done it all ha ha except the end bit
September 19, 2011 at 12:08 pm
fucking awesome
October 6, 2011 at 10:36 am
Love this one. Only problem I see is that the infinite loop of revision seems to not be so infinite XD all the same, the message is quite clear and surprisingly accurate =3 (hell, I go through this one every time I’m making a game =P)
November 10, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Loved it man good work. glad you didn’t crash into pits of self doubts.
February 29, 2012 at 11:09 am
I can’t see procrastination anywhere? or is the whole piece on big piece of procrastination. Good show Sir.
August 31, 2012 at 10:40 am
love it
September 8, 2012 at 5:32 am
Heh! I’ve been to quite a few of those places, quite a few times!
November 1, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Thank you for this! As a writer, I have not found anything better to capture all of the thoughts and emotions that run through my mind as I’m working on something. Brilliant!
July 14, 2013 at 2:51 am
Okay, so I’m not as completely nuts I had originally thought…
February 11, 2014 at 1:30 pm
WONDERFUL 🙂
We innovators and innovation enablers love it
March 17, 2015 at 6:59 am
Brilliant.
April 18, 2016 at 12:31 pm
Awesome!
March 31, 2017 at 10:58 am
This poster is strangely comforting.
September 28, 2017 at 4:40 am
how can i get a large size of this image?