[mynameismad]

I've been getting back into comics while I wait for more info from my concept job, and I thought I'd make a post about something very important to me, which is COMIC PANEL VARIATION and HOW TO THINK ABOUT IT.

Also, yes, before you ask, these rules can absolutely be broken. I strategically break them to create a noticeable shift or flow in the storytelling, like so:

You can also probably make your own set of 5 IN 5 rules! I like to draw facial expressions and backgrounds and hands (like a masochist), so my 5 in 5 is definitely geared towards that. If you like to make more quiet, introspective comics, you could throw in a panel with NO DIALOGUE every 5 pages, or a mood panel with no characters, for example!

[cheaphalloweencostume]

oh god. i just learned that you have to finish the art you’re making in order for it to be done

[teomodo]

art books on the internet archive for you

morpho books

figure drawing for all it's worth (+ creative illustration)

framed ink

will eisner comics and sequential art

will eisner graphic storytelling and visual narrative

understanding comics (+ making comics)

folder of various animation production art

burne hogarth drawing dynamic hands

perspective for comic book artists

michael mattesi force drawing

the animator's survival kit

color and light james gurney

be free

[bedupolker]

I've recommended this one before, but for all the non-human vertebrate likers out there... the art of animal drawing

[abeandraws]

Say hello to Tizzy!

[abeandraws]

Two cosplays I made for Undertale over the years.

My grandpa helped me make the Sans helmet. It utilizes two foam hollow half-circles, metal mesh for the eye sockets, and magnetic interchangable/movable eyes. The glowing eye was a modified bike light. The texturing was accidental; the spray paint partially melted the foam, but it came out pretty neat!

[abeanblogs]

10 YEARS of Undertale. I'm taking a look back at what it has inspired me to make over the years. (Ordered newest to oldest.) I was 15 years old when it came out. My friend gave me the game on a flash drive to play, and it became one of my most intense hyperfixations. It was also the first RPG I ever played. It stole my heart in the best ways.

It carried me through so many experiments creatively, from my first (and one of my only) animations, a clay sculpture, paintings, my very first digital art pieces, my first comics, early cosplays, and even some of my first art prints that I've sold to other fans. I read fan comics, drew fan art of AUs, made my own AUs and fanfics. I attended the Undertale Symphony TWICE, once with my best friend to let her experience it.

This is only a small sample of the creativity Undertale inspired for me, and I hope the love that I poured into my art can convey its meaning far better than words can.

[abeandraws]

Your Soul For Mine.

[koritea]

I WORKED FOR THIS.

[thetailsguy]

do u have any tuts on how u do ur rendering? i adore ur style!!

Yes!!! Sorry for the long wait. I got super caught up with many things.

HERE ARE THE LONG AWAITED TUTORIALS!!!

[proxycrit]

FAMILIAR FAMILIAR MASTERPOST

If you want to see my general info (and also which tags to look at my other art, click here)

FAMILIAR FAMILIAR is a self indulgent TOTK AU where Link and Zelda traverse the wild lands of Hyrule together. There are ruins to be discovered and monsters to be eaten.

This project is a linktober challenge that will extend past the month of october. Please be patient with me as this is entirely being funded by a hyperfixation and the support of beloved patreon backers (ty patreon backers). Pls note fanart, fanfics, and spinoffs are perfectly fine as long as credit is due!

Chronological Order (updating as we go!)

1. Blood Moons and Headaches

2. Basement Adventures

3. Basement’s Adventures Haunted

4. Basement’s Extra Haunted

5. Lost (and found)

6. World’s Endin, Purah’s Stressin

7. Concern about Death Mountain

8. Goron City

9. Death Mountain vs Oversized Railgun

10. The Sage of Fire

11. Interlude

12. Goodbye Eldin!

13. Rained In

14. Skyview Towers

15. Close Call

16. Welcome To The Swamp

17. A Guide Named Yona

18. Sidon’s No Good Very Bad Two Months

19. Authority Issues

20. Lab in the Sky

21. The Water Sage

22. Reprise

23. Century Idol

24. Safe Travels

25. It’s Free Transportation

26. Song of Perseverance

27. Crack in the Maze

28. Looking for Lunch

29. Pirates, in MY Hyrule?

30. Ghost Ships

31. Great Fairy Cotera

32. Arm Collection

33. Mushrooms and Cheese

34. Three Headed Public Menace

35. Back into the Basement

36. Spider Jumpscare

37. It’s Free Spine Residue

38. Song of War

39. Wet Sand

40. Fight or Flight

41. Flooded Desert

42. Gut Conductor

43. Riju’s Bug Zapper 9000

44. The Shroud Bringer

45. Weight of Responsibility

46. Ghost Nap

47. Restless Dead

48. Lightning Sage

EXTRAS:

- Link and Zelda Reference

- Spotify

- Oneshot ficlets

[rivriderart]

I was asked by a friend yesterday if I could offer basic tips about comic paneling. As it turns out, I have a lot to say on the matter! I tried breaking down the art of paneling using the principles of art and design, and I hope it helps you out!

[iniro]

bgs are hard but at least this makes it easier T_T

[jmercedesd]

Okay, but this is SO SMART?? That's not cheating, that's using SIMS as fucking BLENDER! KUDOS for this brilliant move!

[abeandraws]

I doodled an innocent merchant, nothing to see here.

Hap birth to my favorite Pokémon game!

[Text: “What’s under my hat? Nothing! Ha ha! DEFINITELY not religious trauma and malicious intent!”]

[knighthearts]

i watched one (1) video on how to draw hands that changed my life forever. like. i can suddenly draw hands again

these were all drawn without reference btw. i can just. Understand Hands now (for the most part, im sure theres definitely inaccuracies). im a little baffled

[knighthearts]

for those of u asking for the vid!

[thesmartpaladin-deactivated2024]

[dotsz]

art takes so long and its so tiring but if i dont make art for the rest of my life ill die

[catsdelightful-deactivated20240]

Hey artists, C. Spike Trotman, founder of Iron Circus Comics, just posted an invaluable thread on depicting different types of black hair. I’d do the thing where you screencap the whole thread and post it but it’s just too long (which is great because it’s a whole lot of useful information!) Give her a follow while you’re there.

Anyway, go check it out. I just wanted to save it and share it because I didn’t know how much I didn’t know!

[misslunarose]

This is an amazing resource, not only for artists, but for writers too! I love this!

[poikaboo]

{ID - tweet from @/Iron_Spike that reads, “Black Hair for Non-Black Artists: a Cheat Sheet Thread. Hi, folks! Just spur-of-the-moment decided to put together some reference for folks who want to draw/model black characters in their work, but arent confident they won’t make simple, obvious mistakes w/r/t black hair. END ID}