It takes endurance to finish what you start. It takes tenacity to believe that it will amount to anything.

You've probably heard the saying, "don't start what you can't finish" before.

Earlier this year, I became interested in pixel art. I've always been artistically inclined and creative, but it wasn't until recently that I thought it might be fun to try.

I decided to start working on a couple of projects to learn the ropes. I had done a bit of pixel art with Mario Paint and other game development software in the past, but this was the first time in a long time that I had done anything with it.

I often find that you start to figure things out pretty quickly when you dive in the deep end. The first project I did came out way too small, so I learned that I would need to make subsequent projects larger in scale.

My second project was of course larger, but the thing you have to realize with pixel art is that it is very time consuming. This project was taking a long time, and therefore sat in a folder on my desktop for a long time.

Fortunately, I finally got around to finishing this project in the last few days. I believe that if you finish what you start, it can really simplify your life. For whatever reason, this pixel art project was the first thing that came to mind when I thought about things I hadn't finished yet.

It's easy to start a million projects, but it takes endurance to see them through. When the initial excitement wears off, it's easy to talk yourself out of it. Even if you do carry through with it, you don't know if there will be any reward other than the satisfaction of knowing that you completed it. It takes tenacity to believe for more.

The image you see at the beginning of this post is the pixel art project I completed today. I realize that it may not be much to look at, but at least I finished it, and I know there were a couple of people that showed some interest in it.

If you would like to view some of my better artwork (I promise it's better than this), please view my DeviantArt page.