Just trying a new look out on the site (mostly just the initial landing page). 🙂 www.rejenasmiley.com
How do you like it? I mean, I hadn’t changed it much since 2011, lol, so I felt like it needed a change. Plus, the old one was inspired by someone else, so I wanted this front page format to be more attuned to what works for me, individually. I felt silly to keep updating here, as well as on the site AND FB, Instragram, etc, sooo…
Hopefully, it works out. I am also hoping that this helps me want to update more. We’ll see, haha! But I DO need to get back into drawing more; and moreso, perhaps more short stories too?~
Some good news! I have some perspective local comic book shops which are interested in selling my work! So there’s that. 😀 We’ll see what happens!
Sooo many inspiring artists I’ve seen, lately. I think I’d just been in an art funk because I didn’t know how to integrate my spiritual life into my comics. I kept feeling like me, doing art, was always for selfish ambition purposes. I am working more on how to find the right balance in my mind, because… I still do want to do comics for a living. Perhaps I’m just afraid of the unknown?… It’s very possible, indeed. Balance is the key to everything.
I’ll leave you with some Ecclesiastes verses:
Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 (NIV)
16 Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself?
17 Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool— why die before your time?
18 It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.
Ecclesiastes 3 (NIV)
A Time for Everything
3Â There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2Â Â Â Â Â a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3Â Â Â Â Â a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
4Â Â Â Â Â a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5Â Â Â Â Â a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6Â Â Â Â Â a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7Â Â Â Â Â a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8Â Â Â Â Â a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.