9. MARK TWAIN: No regrets
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9. MARK TWAIN: No regrets

February 8th, 2012

Mark Twain (1835-1910, real name: Samuel Clemens) was an American writer and humourist. He was known for his sharp intellect and wit, and was possibly the first ever stand-up comedian. I’m sorry to admit I haven’t read Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn … I know, I know – I’m hopeless! I found this quote in an ebook from the Location Independent site, which provides tips on how to be your own digital boss and work from anywhere in the world (sounds good to me!). Twain is a great source of quotes, and I plan to use more of his in the future.

A friend who saw this comic said the main character looks exactly like me. I guess I could really relate to this quote so I put myself in the cartoon. One of my goals this year is to set sail and do more travelling. After spending most of my twenties working for The Man it’s time to go exploring.

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  1. Bearman
    Bearman
    February 8, 2012 at 11:17 pm | # | Reply

    Love the coloring of this one. Esp the water.

  2. Trev
    Trev
    February 9, 2012 at 2:28 am | # | Reply

    Love it bro – the water is very reminiscent of ‘The Great Wave’ woodblock to me…

  3. Alex
    Alex
    February 10, 2012 at 12:13 pm | # | Reply

    Where’d you get the inspiration for this one mate? Haha. Love it.

  4. Neelesh
    Neelesh
    March 1, 2012 at 1:05 am | # | Reply

    Hi. I have become a great fan of your work in one day! I am a student and am starting out with making comics myself, and have a question. How do you get the textured effect in the coloured areas in your comics (like in the sky in the final frame)? Thanks. And keep the quotes coming!

    • hanswurst
      hanswurst
      March 1, 2012 at 7:09 am | # | Reply

      Just in case you haven’t found out already, I guess this could be of help: http://www.slrlounge.com/post-production-how-to-apply-textures-to-images-using-photoshop

      • Gav
        Gav
        March 1, 2012 at 9:25 am | # | Reply

        Great tutorial and that’s one way to do it. For this particular final frame I just used a grunge brush over the blue sky and the sun rays are on a top layer set to overlay blending mode.

        • Neelesh
          Neelesh
          March 1, 2012 at 6:55 pm | # | Reply

          Great. Thanks for the link Hanswurst, and for the tip, Gav.

  5. Jason Morrison
    Jason Morrison
    March 2, 2012 at 5:55 pm | # | Reply

    Love it! I left my job in November and am spending the year traveling Asia with my wife and reading and thinking about what I really want to do in this world.

    I wasn’t even unhappy with my work – I just wanted to embrace the ability to take off and travel spontaneously, and to take more responsibility to structure my own time and work. I’d lurrrve to travel by my own boat someday.

    – From Bangkok, via India, previously from Boston.

    • Gav
      Gav
      March 3, 2012 at 1:39 am | # | Reply

      good one – i hope to do some travelling soon too

  6. sam
    sam
    March 5, 2012 at 6:06 am | # | Reply

    can I leave my “zenpencil” site? http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sam_broken_heart/166472763403865?sk=photos :-) is similar but more dark. I love this website and I hope You answer me…

    • Gav
      Gav
      March 5, 2012 at 1:46 pm | # | Reply

      no problem Sam – yeah much more dark.

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      April 15, 2012 at 10:58 pm | # | Reply

      HO
      LEE
      SHIT
      that stuff is intense Sam, it’ll take a little while to translate the Spanish, but your comic looks like pretty powerful stuff. I’ll let you know what I think on facebook after reading a bit more

      • Kevin
        Kevin
        April 15, 2012 at 11:24 pm | # | Reply

        Sam tells me apparently that’s Italian, not Spanish, which might take a bit longer.

  7. Zun
    Zun
    March 6, 2012 at 8:21 pm | # | Reply

    May I post it on my wall, GAV?

    • Gav
      Gav
      March 7, 2012 at 9:45 am | # | Reply

      U mean print out and stick on your wall? sure, but the quality won’t be great – high-res prints are coming soon

      • Euphy
        Euphy
        May 30, 2012 at 4:24 am | # | Reply

        I guess you’re cool with people pasting your strips on facebook walls, since you provide the links to do so!

  8. Marco Berrocal
    Marco Berrocal
    March 14, 2012 at 4:11 am | # | Reply

    Great illustration.

    I worked for almost 11 years at a place and got fired due to power struggles. I was left behind with a lot of bad stuff, and had to shift my life completely.

    I have to say that all in all, despite being hard on the economic side of starting something anew, the feeling of freedom and doing the things you like has no price. Every day I wake up and still feel I need to craft my skills even further. Where I worked, none of that mattered.

    I wish i had planned this sooner and with more resources.

    • Gav
      Gav
      March 14, 2012 at 10:00 am | # | Reply

      Thanks Marco – i wish i planned this site sooner. Good luck

  9. Natalie
    Natalie
    March 20, 2012 at 5:52 am | # | Reply

    ?

  10. Dodi
    Dodi
    March 30, 2012 at 11:36 pm | # | Reply

    This is so inspiring.
    Thank you, Gav.

  11. Kevin
    Kevin
    April 15, 2012 at 10:54 pm | # | Reply

    For me, I interpret this as just getting out there more, and not being so shy – which is why I might be littering your comics with posts more frequently. The whole idea of this website, what you’ve done, and this quote coincides with inspiring me to not be afraid to express myself, creatively and as a person even, to friends, strangers, and random inspiring internet folk. Thanks Gavin – this totally made my Sunday.

    • Gav
      Gav
      April 18, 2012 at 9:15 am | # | Reply

      Thanks good to hear Kevin

  12. Calibur
    Calibur
    June 3, 2012 at 6:57 pm | # | Reply

    I love almost all of your (currently 51) comics, and the quotes behind them.
    I only wish I could find a true passion in order to put them to use….

  13. Madfishmonger
    Madfishmonger
    June 7, 2012 at 2:35 am | # | Reply

    I love Mark Twain! This is the best site I’ve found for his work – http://www.twainquotes.com

  14. Charringo
    Charringo
    June 22, 2012 at 5:00 am | # | Reply

    I love your work, ive been sailing without a course for a while now, but watchin this, gave me a whole different perspective of life.

    Thank you!

    Greeting from Mèxico

  15. varun khandelwal
    varun khandelwal
    June 28, 2012 at 11:49 pm | # | Reply

    dude…love ur stuff!!
    Awesomeness written all over it!!
    Brilliant!

  16. Anthony @ eachpesocounts
    Anthony @ eachpesocounts
    July 19, 2012 at 6:32 pm | # | Reply

    Hi Gav! I love your work! I guess your dream will soon be realized. Go travel some more! and for sure, you’ll be back with even more amazing material. Thank you for your work!

  17. Susheel
    Susheel
    August 25, 2012 at 3:54 pm | # | Reply

    This is really cool Gav, I am digging on to your page, wonderful, so though provoking…all the illustrations, giving life to others thoughts, ain’t it a crime? worth doing that crime

  18. xanadian
    xanadian
    January 27, 2013 at 12:30 pm | # | Reply

    *sigh* … If only. But, a lot of us have responsibilities. To our fellow man, to our friends…to our children. Maybe in 8 more years…

  19. poccio
    poccio
    April 24, 2013 at 7:36 am | # | Reply

    really cool, although it might not be mark twain’s quote. still excellent work!!
    http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/09/29/you-did/

  20. Dam
    Dam
    May 15, 2013 at 12:30 am | # | Reply

    I’m glad I found your website – love your work and the inspiration that comes out from the quotes and the graphics!

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