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2 and a half years ago I quit art. Yesterday I got into Spectrum.

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2 and a half years ago I quit art Yesterday I got into Spectrum "Shrine Guardian" - Chris Knight - 2018 May 2016: I just landed an assignment from a company I had been courting for years and was working for an art house doing concept art and illustrating for “dream” companies. One day I was putting the final touches on my final character illustration and my computer crashed, corrupting several files*. My Art Director was a sweetheart and despite missing my deadline by 2 sleepless days, all was cool.  Except I was in terminal burnout. I was at the height of my freelance career at that point but was working constantly alone in the dark. I would regularly peek through the window blinds, preoccupied by the memory of men kicking down my front door a year previous while my girlfriend and I barricaded ourselves in the bedroom. Professionalism was keeping my life together and missing that deadline tore me up. My father had a weird lump in his neck. I finished my assign...