Inspired Ink #29 - Tanya Dorph Mankey - The Reality Of The Aspiring Creative Life

We have artist and creator Tanta Dorph-Mankey joining us today! We talk about what it means to have a day job as a creative person, managing expectations as you work towards a creative degree, and how finding your community can help provide you with confidence in your projects! All this and so much more on today’s Inspired Ink!  TIMESTAMPS 01:00 Managing jobs versus creativity 14:00 Introduction to comics 19:20 Wrestling talk 24:20 Family influences 26:15 Schooling experience 32:18 Artistic goals and finding community 39:30 Stories as escapism 44:45 The other end of tough trials 50:00 Make what you like 53:40 2024 Outlook Find Tanya online: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/minacoleta Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minacoleta/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/minacoleta.bsky.social Check out Tanya’s websites: https://www.tdorphmankey.weebly.com https://www.minacoleta.storenvy.com Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://comixwellspring.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e258b072e5a0a7421989f7f42&id=1aa9c3bacd&f_id=00b2e5e0f0 Find Comix Wellspring Online: https://linktr.ee/comixwellspring Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comixwellspring/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comixwellspring Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ComixWellSpring Check out the Comix Wellspring Website: https://www.comixwellspring.com/ Comix Wellspring Global Comix: https://globalcomix.com/a/comix-wellspring-2 Check out our Blue Lined Paper! https://www.comixwellspring.com/cws-blue-lined-paper/ Use our prepress templates: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QxSC4XkpjDFD_dOmWOW9Xu8nG5FoNUZh For any print questions, reach out to [email protected] Brandon Bloxdorf is the creator of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics and an indie comic book creator of titles including Teenage Babylon, Fake Your Death, various anthologies and more! Find Brandon online: https://linktr.ee/apollocitycomics