#personal comic

[charishcherish]

how it feels to have no social media presence as an artist

[porcelain-rob0t]

on identity, healing the inner child, fursonas, and cringe culture

[wildbasil]

things haven't been great but i think they will be. eventually 🌻🌼🩷

[eldhuug]

Some people have such a wonderful way with words

[spacerockband]

spiritually laios and i are hanging out in the school library reading the entire encyclopedia of mythical creatures together

[juniperarts]

Bit of a personal one for ya 🥀

For those curious as to what religion, I grew up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints, aka Mormon.

I was IN IT. I'm not exaggerating when I say that religion was apart of my life almost everyday single day up until I left at 23 yrs old.

I sketched this comic a year ago before I came out to my parents. I hadn't yet processed why simply thinking of doing so upset me so much, despite knowing my parents would be supportive.

I did end up telling them soon after sketching this. It went better than I thought it would. They told me all that matters is that I'm happy 😭

I'm almost 30 now. Left the church 5+ yrs ago. It's been wild seeing how 'the world' is, how normal people are. Everyone isn't a degenerate like the Church made non-members seem. There's a lot of de-programing I've had to do and boy does it make me realize how weird I grew up, how odd some of the teachings and mindsets are.

Like I said in the comic, the faith taught me good stuff too ... but I'm glad I left ... I never felt like I truly belonged in it. There was always this part of me that never meshed, no matter how long I'd been in it.

Thank you to anyone who read this far. I could go on and on about this topic but I'll leave it at this. Let me know if this resonated with any of you. I'm curious how common it is.

[foeyyz]

Oops im projecting onto that old man again

[brntmilk]

it's rough

[jack-o-phantom]

Personal Comic, not sure if there are those who understand what I portray. To those who do, I wish you the best of luck .

[seabeescribbles]

For Valentines day I redrew this comic of things people have actually said to me

[charishcherish]

A conversation I overheard from the booth behind me in the dining hall

[jeansvoid]

Circles

[juliavaccina-art]

One Day with Art Block

[spacerockband]

Legend tells of the carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate at the crest of a river and became a stand up comedian.

[blueroses707]

Dinner in America