REMINDERS (MESSAGE!)

SO, BACK WHEN WIZARD MAGAZINE WAS STILL AROUND (I DON'T KNOW IF IT STILL IS), I USED TO BUY THEM ON A SEMI-REGULAR BASIS.  I ALWAYS LIKED COMICS, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE STORYLINES, BUT ACTUALLY FOR THE ARTWORK.  I WAS INSPIRED BY DIFFERENT ARTISTS, LIKE JIM LEE, TODD MCFARLANE, AND J. SCOTT CAMPBELL.  I LIKE THE PEN AND INK STYLE OF THE COMICS, AND OFTEN TIMES, I WOULD ATTEMPT TO MIMIC THAT STYLE.  SO, LONG STORY SHORT, WIZARD DECIDED TO DO A COVER CONTEST IN HONOR OF THE TOMB RAIDER MOVIE, STARRING ANGELINA JOLIE.  I GOT HELLA EXCITED, AND THOUGHT, WHY NOT?  SO, I STARTED DRAWING, AND I CAME UP WITH THIS.  THE THING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN PENCIL AND THEN FINISHED, WITH THE WIZARD FOLKS WITH PEN INK AND COLOR.  EASY ENOUGH.  I FOLLOWED THE RULES.  I FINISHED THE DRAWING.  I GOT THE ENVELOPE.  WROTE OUT THE ADDRESS.

HOWEVER, I NEVER MAILED IT.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT, I STARTED SECOND GUESSING MYSELF, AND STARTED THINKING THAT MY ARTWORK WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.  I STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD, WOULD BE IN THIS CONTEST, AND THIS WAS THE BEST I COULD SOME UP WITH.  I STARTED HESITATING, AND KEPT TELLING MYSELF I WOULD ENTER THE CONTEST, BUT, I DIDN'T.  I MISSED THE DEADLINE.  THIS IS THE REMINDER I HAVE.  I STILL HAVE THIS DRAWING, AND IT ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF WHAT AN IDIOT I CAN BE AND ALSO WHAT NOT BELIEVING IN YOURSELF DOES TO YOU.  I KICK MYSELF IN THE ASS, EVERY TIME I SEE THIS PIECE, AND I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT IF?  DON'T BE "THAT" PERSON.  THIS WAS THE WINNER (BELOW).  I DON'T THINK I WAS BETTER, BY ANY STRETCH....I JUST OFTEN WONDER, HOW I WOULD HAVE DONE.  - 925