Did some art for my novel, not sure I'm satisfied with the toning vs. the sketch but it's something! Â I might end up playing around with it more, but wanted something at least a little finished to post and to put as the cover on 4TheWords. Â Been consistently breaking 1k words since getting into this thing, its nice. Â The "urgency" really helps clear the brain gremlins that make putting the ideas down hard.
I've got 2 ways I end up writing: either a "plotting" write up, which is a stream-of-consciousness flow of events and details that informs how I'll write it later; or the actual draft, that is the novel prose I'll proof and post eventually.
It works for me for this narrative, but this was also multi-year logn daydream I took from start to epilogue so like,,,, in a way I've already experienced this story, its already up there, now's just the strategic execution of getting it out in a way that someone else who reads is can watch these two fall in love despite life threatening odds the way I did.
Designed with webcomic blogs in mind, this doubles as a standard blog theme.
Static previews: index page, permalink | Code
Features:
Comic focused options: Comic navigation (option for image or text links), home/"read chronologically" buttons
Option for header image and two background images
Option for tall/fixed-on-scroll header
Custom colors, fonts (Google/Tumblr fonts), font sizes, and post sizes
Optional title/avatar/description, search bar, like/reblog buttons, tags, Archive/Random links
Responsive
Four special tag links, plus unlimited custom links (see my theme installation guide for how to add these)
Supports new post types/pinned posts
And more!
My first ever comic theme, and an entry for the Opposites Attract challenge! Features some special scripting to ensure chronological page navigation works smoothly regardless of your pagination choices.
See more about how to customize this theme (especially for comic usage) and theme credits under the cut.
Customization in general:
Use either all images or no images for page navigation (first/previous/next/last), as the styles for text navigation are only activated when no images are present.
If you'd like, you can change the four custom tag links to redirect to other non-tag pages. To do this, search for "TAG LINKS" in the theme code, and remove "/tagged/" from the href attributes (href="/tagged/{text:Tag 1 name}" -> href="{text:Tag 1 name}"). You will now be able to add any link in the "Tag 1 name" field; this can be repeated for Tag 2, Tag 3, and Tag 4.
Customization for webcomic blogs specifically:
For the page navigation (first/previous/next/last) to lead to the appropriate pages, set your blog to display only one post per page. Do this by going to Advanced options on the Customize page, then setting Posts per page to 1.
For the "First" navigation link, add the link to your first comic page under the "First comic page URL" field. To accommodate for future blog URL changes, you might want to write the link simply in the format "/post/1234567890", deleting all other parts of the URL.
Theme credits: Layout and design concept by kernelbastard, Tippy tooltips by atomiks, icons from Font Awesome, custom like buttons by Demirev, NPF photosets plugin by codematurgy, dark/light mode toggle by eggdesign, custom audio posts by annasthms, scroll to top script by Fabian Lins
Trial piece I did for a video project I’m working on. I actually really want to redo this for the video, this wasn’t a bad piece, but I could have done a lot more/better.
Its been a long time, but I want an art blog again. I can’t believe the last things I posted here were almost 5 years ago. Anyway, new theme, new posts on the way. Gonna be cross-posting a lot from my Deviantart and Insta, lol
Its been a long time, but I want an art blog again. I can’t believe the last things I posted here were almost 5 years ago. Anyway, new theme, new posts on the way. Gonna be cross-posting a lot from my Deviantart and Insta, lol
