Dymarob

Cartoonist, Some guy trying to make you laugh. He/Him. Check out my webcomic "The Adventures of Penny and Judge"

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Welcome!

Hello. Welcome to my Tumblr blog thingie. My name is Dymarob, but you may know me as "Who the hell are you?"

.....Yeah, I'm not that popular.

Anyway, I'm a cartoonist from Canada. I got my hands on a graphics tablet back in Christmas of 2017 and I've been drawing ever since.

I have a webcomic series called "The Adventures of Penny and Judge" that, while you can see some of it here as I post them, you can read the series in its entirety on Tapas or Deviantart. It's a wholesome slice-of-life-style comic about a fun-loving 7-year-old and her more cynical father who wants the best for her.

If you like what I do, I have a Ko-fi page that you can donate to if you'd like. You'll get access to the original sketches of the comics I make, as well as time-lapses of me drawing them. I also have a merch store on Teepublic if you're interested

I hope you enjoy what I have to offer.

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Rolling In The Mud

Good thing they have a hose. I've had this idea in my head for a few years, and I'm glad to finally have it drawn. If Penny were an animal, I have no doubt in my mind that she'd be a dog. Her rolling around in the mud with Buddy is absolutely something she'd do.

I'm really happy with how this comic looks. I wasn't sure how to draw Buddy in the first panel at first, and I ended up using a 3D grid. Normally, I just eyeball it (Which I should really knock off) so I felt pretty fancy when I pulled this off. The first panel still looked pretty empty, so i added Judge's legs. I'm so proud of that panel.

I tried to keep up using some construction tricks for panel 2, but I can't help but feel like Judge looks off. He doesn't look bad, but….. I think he's too big. It could just be the angle of the house. I could have done a better job with the backgrounds. It had been a while since I drew them in the backyard.

But all in all, I'm pretty happy with this one.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IW4B723RA1C

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Ransom

Now they fucked up.

AI has made a lot of strides in the last few years alone. I think it has its uses, but it needs to be heavily regulated right goddamn now! The fact that strangers can make a fake copy of your voice and use it to extort money out of loved ones is simply fucked up, no matter how you look at it. So, it unfortunately happened to Judge. Thankfully for him, he always knows where Penny is, but others aren't so lucky.

I'm pretty happy with how this comic looks. When I was doing the line art, I accidentally started doing it in a colour that wasn't black. Oddly enough, it made all the flaws more noticeable, so I feel like the line art for this comic is pretty damn good. I'm also pretty happy with the shading in panel 3. Whether or not the kidnapping was fake, Judge has every right to be pissed about that call, and I think it shows.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IG5S623L12U

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Sitting In A Tree

Not much to say here. We all know the rhyme; I hate the rhyme; I wanted to make fun of the rhyme. That's about it. I mean, realistically, what do you do when you're sitting in a tree? Make out? Nah. Enjoy the view. Enjoy the breeze. That's what Penny and Summer are doing, and they love it.

Since this was just a 2-panel comic, and panel 2 is mostly a copy-paste, I had a lot of extra time on this, so I decided to shade using the airbrush tool. Normally, I cel shade everything, but I wanted to try something else. Of course, since I don't normally shade with the airbrush, the finished job is a bit mediocre, but I like it.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IQ0M823CEJT

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Great Timing

Yup. Jacob's still doing that.

It's been a while since I did a comic with Jacob in it. When I first added him to the comic, he was just meant to be a stupid kid who passes out whenever Penny does something revealing, but after comic 108 (The Best Suit), I figured I shouldn't try to top that and retired the joke.

But yup. He's still doing that. I actually came up with this joke many years ago.

I'm pretty happy with how this comic came out. The last time I drew Penny wearing that towel was comic 244 (Q-tip), and I think I did a pretty good job recreating the wet hair look. I'm also really happy with the backgrounds.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IY2X52368YI

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Airflow

Judge cleaned an old fan and found out it was more powerful than he thought.

As you may have guessed, this is based on something that happened to me about 5 years ago (minus flying away; the fan wasn't THAT powerful). I have a box fan that used to be absolutely caked in dust. It had dust in the shape of a big circle on the back. When I finally cleaned it, low suddenly became more powerful than high used to be when it was dusty. It was crazy. I always assumed it didn't blow much air due to its age, but it was the airflow.

Ever since, I've wanted to draw this exact comic, but never did. Five years later, here we are. Since this is an inside joke, I'm not sure how funny this is to everyone else. I assume that's part of why this took me so long.

I'm pretty proud of this comic. When I draw something in perspective like this, I feel proud. To anyone getting started in art, know this: perspective is a bitch! Even this has many flaws. I could not figure out how to draw Penny's arms. Her sleeves are so wrong. I also feel like I could have exaggerated her face more, but I wasn't sure how. I feel like Penny looks a bit stiff in the air and that I should have had her legs a bit more dangly, but again, I wasn't sure how. I've made a lot of progress drawing in perspective, but that's pretty advanced.

The final thing that bothers me (though this is small) is that the fan has a back to it that blocks any airflow. Had anyone asked, I wanted to "Oooh, I have an explanation for that… SHUT UP!" as a joke, but the truth is that I was worried that having the fan just be a mesh would look weird. No matter what I did, I wasn't sure how to pull off that fan.

But still, I dabbled in drawing a lot of things I don't normally draw, so I'll take what little victories I can with this. I'm still proud of it.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IK7G222VJOO

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Being

Penny tried to get rid of her want for material things…… Tried.

I came up with this a couple of weeks ago, and I knew I had to draw it. It tracks, since they did try meditation before.

I was sick for a few days before I drew this after meeting extended family for a get-together. I didn't draw anything during that time, and I was running late with drawing this, so when I first finished it, all I could see were the flaws, and I went, "Dammit, I suck!" I drew no backgrounds, and Judge's arm in the last panel is kinda short. I didn't notice that one until I was almost done, and I just didn't have the energy to fix it.

Looking at it now, sure, this comic could have looked better, but I don't think it's inherently bad. I mean, yeah, that arm still bothers me, but I think it's still a good comic with a decent joke. It's really cute, and I love how the two of them are acting in this. I added the FX in the final panel, and I think it really added.

So, yeah.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IH1S322VAU2

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All The Thing We Can Do

Forgive me, but I'm about to trauma dump quite a bit here.

So, for quite a while, I've been trying to come up with ideas for comics that utilize the fact that it is Summer vacation. I mean, what should I do with that? Should they go out? Where should they go? Should they go to a water park? Should they have a picnic? Should they go camping? What jokes could I even make with these situations?

Anyway, last month made one year since my father died, and 4 and a half years since my Mother passed. I've been dealing with that and processing my feelings about my childhood.

I'm not gonna beat around the bush: My parents were emotionally abusive.

I look back on a lot of things they did to me and realized I didn't deserve it. They didn't really know how to raise me, and instead of trying to figure it out, they stuck with the same old methods and blamed me when it didn't work.

I've recently been replaying old PS2 games I used to play, or wanted to play, as a kid. It brought back good memories, but that also made it worse because I realized my best memories as a kid were of sitting on my ass watching TV and playing video games. My best memories should be of my parents, but it isn't. My childhood memories of them were of them watching TV in their room and complaining about work. When we hung out, we always did what they wanted to do, never really caring enough to join me in any of my hobbies.

More often than not, I was alone.

I've said this before, but Penny and Judge are both based on me. Penny is the childhood I wish I had, while Judge is the parent I know I could be. After processing all of that stuff about my childhood, the idea for this comic popped into my head, and I realized this was all that was needed. This is all Penny and Judge really need to spend their Summer vacation. And this was what I wanted when I was a kid.

That's it… This was all I wanted.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IO8D822HV5D

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Forever Action

Penny finds something to watch that makes her think.

I have a whole assortment of thoughts to go with this one. I came up with the idea for this comic when I remembered the Pokémon "Spoink". It bounces all the time, and the shock pumps its heart. If it stops bouncing, it will die. I remember when I first learned that fact, I thought it was pretty morbid for a children's game, but I liked it. It made me wonder how annoying it would be to have to do a specific action all the time to live, and then I went, "Oh, right. Breathing."

So…… Yeah.

If I'm being honest, I'm not entirely happy with this comic. I'm in a bit of a rut in coming up with comic ideas, and I can't think of much to go with the Summer Vacation. I pulled this one out of a list of comic ideas I had. I thought it was fine, but as I was drawing the TV, I thought, "This feels uninspired." I feel like the silly face Penny makes at the end is what carries this, but I am pretty happy with that face. I feel like I finally mastered the puckered lips look.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IE7H022BI3G

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I recently watched through Ted Lasso. I always liked how, when a reported for The Sun asked something at a press conference, everyone groaned.

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Summer Plans

Penny and friends plan out their Summer Vacation together, but only one thing is on their minds.

I feel like this is a common thing: people planning out all sorts of grand things, then just not doing any of that and just lounging at home. I do it all the time. Some of the best moments in my childhood were in front of the TV, and some of the worst were away from it. That's all the trauma dumping I'll do today. Anyway, case in point, there's a lot of pleasure to be had in the little things. I've seen videos of people eating $100,000 meals, and I always think to myself, "I bet it doesn't compare to a street vendor hot dog."

As I was drawing this, I was bummed out that I didn't make any backgrounds, except for the thought bubble. I wanted to add something, but I knew the comic didn't need it. Also, I draw all three of them in nearly every comic, and I do it twice in panel 3, so even without backgrounds, this took a while. I'm sure you can understand.

Backgrounds or no, I'm pretty happy with this comic. And I love that I'm finally showing a happier, friendlier Cree. A year ago, she would not have been making that face when gaming with them. I feel like, after her character arc back in April, I've barely shown her since, and I'm not happy about that.

Hopefully, she, as well as others, will show up more during the Summer. We'll see.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IW7D32230PH

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Smells Like Hot Dogs

Penny and Judge have quite the miscommunication. This happens more than you think. I feel like this is one of my more relatable ones. This feels like something that happens with parents and their kids a lot.

There's not much to add here. I like this one.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IQ2H621YUE5

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Aren't You Forgetting Something?

To anyone concerned: my goal with this comic is not to sexualize, but to normalize. I am a nudist, and this is the best way for me to show people how wholesome and healthy it can be. I understand and respect any concerns, and as long as you are civil in the comments, I am happy to talk about it. For more on my thoughts, see this post.

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Another Summer vacation, another family trip to the nude beach. Penny was a bit too excited this time, though. This has been something I try to do every year. I didn't last year for obvious reasons, but the tradition resumes this year.

I had this idea in my head for a while, and I knew I had to draw it the moment I imagined panel 4. Something about Penny covering up her pants, reacting as if she wasn't wearing pants, made me laugh. I mean, who else but Penny? I also like how the text balloons censor everything. I've said it before, but when I draw nudity, it's usually butts. Butts are funny.

I'm proud of this comic, but I don't think it's drawn very well. I drew this on the same day as "Doing My Business" because I wasn't drawing in the days before my birthday. I had to make up for the lost time. Even so, this could look better. I wasn't sure how to draw the area they were in at the beginning, and I still can't draw cars. I also feel like Judge is too tall in the final panel, and the proportions are just off.

Well, I'll try to get in more practise for next year's trip.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IH5Z121O8ER

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Doing My Business

It's Summer vacation, and Penny is looking for ways to entertain herself all day. This is one of those ways.

Okay, so I have never liked the phrase "Doing your business" as a euphemism for going to the bathroom. It just feels…… vague. And I get that's the point, but…. I don't know; It just feels off to me. I thought it would be funny to make fun of the phrase and actually have Penny pretend to do business. Welcome to her office, guys.

Anyway, I've talked about it before, but this is the first time I have shown the upstairs bathroom. Different wall, different floor, different toilet, and it has a shower instead of a bath (Though you can't tell in this). It is right across the hall from Penny's bedroom, so she normally only uses it when she's upstairs.

Not much more to add here, other than I love the final panel. She's using a cardboard box for a desk, and a banana for a phone. I wanted to draw her using one of those plastic cell phones that have candy in them, but I don't know if they sell those anymore, so banana it is. And of course, the profit chart is sideways. Whoops! 😜 It's a business owned by Penny. What did you expect?

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IO5Q121NV44

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Keep Your Pants On

It's Summer vacation here in Ontario, Canada (I checked), and Penny is all sorts of excited. I've done a joke before where Penny was so excited for Summer vacation that she got naked, so this tracks.

I've always wanted to do a joke like this where Judge asks an undressed Penny to put her clothes on, only for Penny to ask if they were going somewhere or if they were having guests. I didn't because it was too obvious a joke, and the comic reached a point where Judge accepted that Penny's a nudist. I love how the joke flows in this one. It works really well.

I think this is one of my best-drawn comics in a while. I recently swapped out my pen nib and cleaned my tablet. My pen was practically gliding as I drew. Drawing this was a cinch. My only real complaint is that the hands are iffy, but if you've ever drawn hands, you understand.

Hope you all have a great Summer vacation. Penny definitely will.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IP8Q5218V1V

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Spoiled The Joke

Dammit, Judge! Penny wanted to tell the joke!

I feel like this was a common thing in childhood, where a kid wants to do something, only to be thwarted at every step. It definitely happened to me a bunch.

Not much to say about this comic, but I'm pretty happy with how it came out. When I first came up with this, I knew I had to exaggerate the pout on Penny's face. It's not perfect, but I think it gets the point across.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IK8N8212P6A

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Post Party Depression

Judge comes home from a party that some of his friends set up….. He does not like parties.

A while back, someone asked me how Judge's autism is different from Penny's. I gave a few examples, but nothing huge, and I realized I needed to look into it more. One thing that quickly became obvious is that, unlike Penny, Judge doesn't like talking to people. But when a friend invited him to a party, he couldn't bring himself to say no, so here we are.

I'm pretty happy with this comic. The only panel I have issue with is panel 3, when Judge slumps down onto the couch. I wasn't sure how to draw him slumping down. I put his hands behind his back to help show he was leaning, but….. I don't think that helped.

Other than that, I do like this comic. I always love showing when Penny and Judge are there for one another. The moment Penny realized Judge was socially exhausted, she went straight for a calming hug.

See the sketch and timelapse for the price of a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/i/IX1V620RWKX