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toxisyddy

can you do a pastel yellow 18+ banner?

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hi sorry this took me so long! i got busy with school and kinda forgot to check on this blog ;-;

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heavensgaze

do you have any tips for new comic artists looking to post their work? Any tips on work flow or avoiding burn out! I’m curious to see what personally works for you! also I LOVE your designs!!

WAH thank you so much TT_TT i'm always very flattered when people come to me for advice. I never feel particularly helpful, but here's what I've told folks in the past -

You HAVE TO be having fun. This is nonnegotiable. Unless you are planning on making some kind of income off of your comic, you are doing this for you. Fall in love with your work, with your story, with your characters. Make something YOU want to see more of, something YOU have to see through to the end. Cater the experience of creating and posting to yourself and your enjoyment as much as possible. If there is a step of the process you hate very badly, try to find a way of circumventing it or doing it in a way that is fun for you. Set boundaries for how people interact with you, and don't feel obligated to meet anyone's expectations but your own. I look forward to working on my comic, and when I don't I just... don't work on it. Because the moment this thing becomes a chore I know I'm going to hate it and not want to come back to it.

Be prepared for things to change and adapt as you go, and try to maintain forward momentum as much as possible. It can be very tempting when you discover something isn't working for you to look at your entire body of work and think about scrapping it and starting over so it can be perfect. THAT IS THE DEVIL TALKING. Your first pages are never going to be as good as the ones to follow. You will get better as you go, you will learn, and you will grow as an artist. You will look at something you drew 50 pages ago and go "what was i thinking? i could do that so much better now!" And yeah. You could !! So take that energy to your next page instead of dwelling on what is done. You can fix errors and mistakes, sure. But try not to fall into a cycle of endlessly editing and redoing your finished work. You can tweak your formatting, designs, and style as you go. Your art is going to progress naturally anyway, so you might as well adapt and embrace change and use what you learn to keep your story going.

When it comes to posting and scheduling, try to evaluate your output first. This is something everyone else does differently. I have a massive backlog, and I am able to knock out several pages within the span of a week. Because of that, I'm very comfortable posting many pages at a time for my updates. If you are trying to adhere to a posting schedule and keep a backlog, don't post more than you can reasonably replenish within that timeframe. I am a big fan of keeping a backlog. I think a regular schedule is better for engagement, but it's also nice to have a cushion so you know you can take breaks and give yourself time to rest between updates without feeling like you're running out. and you do HAVE to take breaks. seriously.

Try to establish a healthy relationship with engagement and numbers. This one is easier said than done. I find it very naive and disingenuous when people say you shouldn't care about numbers on social media, because I think a huge driving force of making art for many folks is the desire to be seen and connect with others over it. I think it is VERY normal to be frustrated when something you put a lot of effort into "flops," but I also think preparing yourself for that disappointment is absolutely critical. It takes time to build an audience, especially if this is your first project. The number of likes or asks or followers you have is not emblematic of the quality of your work. Try to remind yourself often that behind every like and comment is a real person who cared about your work enough to let you know. And always, always circle back to my first point - Make sure YOU are having fun. You are the most important audience you will ever have, and I sincerely believe that if you have passion for your work, there is SOMEONE out there that will feel that and connect with it. Likely many someones! At the end of the day, we are all playing an algorithmic slot machine, which means it may take some time to find your audience. But you will never, ever have an audience without putting something out there first.

as always, I apologize for how much I ramble when I give advice. I tried to really focus on workflow and posting here specifically. I hope it helps you in your future creative endeavors!!

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daisyclan

how do you start out with making a clangen blog? i wanna make one but i dont know where to start

like, what events do you decide are interesting enough?

how do you not burn out? so on

Long reply incoming! I hope this is helpful.

It's definitely different for everyone. I've been casually playing Clangen for like 3 years, and I've been reading Clangen blogs for a little less than that. I started taking notes on my Clangens for fun. When I decided to start my own Clangen blog, I found the document I'd kept on DaisyClan (I'd played and taken notes for about 50 moons at that point) and decided to continue with that one because I liked the stories and the characters that emerged, and I knew that the Clan wouldn't die out immediately (which sometimes happens with challenge playthroughs like DaisyClan's started as). I'd reccommend playing through a few moons and taking notes as you go before you commit to a specific Clangen save. This helps with motivation as well as story, because even if there's a lull moon or two, if you're always playing a bit ahead, you know what big interesting things are coming, and you can foreshadow or build up to them (in a plot way or with emotional beats) instead of having a totally random death, murder, etc.

My notes look something like this (no spoilers here):

I screenshot the cats when they join the Clan, and/or when they change appearance with age to remember their design, but also because it's easier than noting down their traits and age and names every time. There's probably a better way to do this but I'm quite technophobic lol. You'll never catch me delving into the code of the game, though lots of people do interesting stuff with that.

I also thumbnail about 15 pages ahead at a time. Here's an example from the last update:

As for what I think is most interesting, it's definitely easier the fewer cats there are because you can pay more attention to the relationships and dynamics instead of scouring for them when you have like 60 cats in the Clan, lol. I usually take note if a prompt or an event inspires an immediate image in my mind like the following:

Or a dialogue exchange (funny or serious or plot/character relevant) like the following:

But I also take note of prompts that reveal and build character or add to an ongoing plot thread.

And you can always take liberties if you want something to happen! Like, the second update for Moon 24 wasn't inspired by an event or prompt, but I felt it needed to happen for character development and to move the plot forward.

As for burnout, playing ahead definitely helps when you know there's big stuff to look forward to. And once you have an audience there's an incentive there. But I've only had this blog for three months! I haven't gotten bored yet but that's not to say I never will. I don't put pressure on myself to get pages out because as glad as I am that people are reading DaisyClan, I started this because it's fun for me. Once/if it ceases being fun, I'll take some time away or maybe stop for good (not unannounced).

I hope you go forward with your Clangen blog! The tumblr Clangen comic community is sooo welcoming and supportive to everyone, including newbies like me (though I'm not that new anymore lol).

#saving for later #:)#clangen #clangen comic #reblog

daisyclan

I can remember if i’ve asked already, but i’m planning on starting a new clangen comic while i work on my mini comics and was wondering if you had any suggestions on motivation ?

-Heeart

I made a longer post with advice (including the topic of motivation) here. But long story short:

Play ahead and take notes in various Clangen saves until you find one you like. Make sure you want to use it and that interesting things happen that you can look forward to, and foreshadow them in the comic.

Maybe don't let your Clan get too massive (which I know is hard lol) so it doesn't become exhausting to keep track of everything.

Use an art style that isn't super time consuming to draw so that you don't dread drawing pages.

Once you've been posting, if you lose motivation, reread either your own comic or other people's Clangen comics. This always make me want to draw pages.

Don't put huge amounts of pressure on yourself to get pages out or to keep going. If it stops being fun for you, there's no shame in taking a break or stopping altogether.

If any other comic artists have advice for Heeart, comment below!

#saving for later #:)#clangen #clangen comics #reblog

direclan

HazelClaw real!!! Heavy and Hazel really had the gen X gay experience (plus a messy divorce lol). Finally things are looking up for Bracken, right at the end of the year too!

Also, meet the guy ever Lionstripe! He barely squeaked in to year one, but I look forward to seeing more of him. He is fun to draw

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felderwin

Realistically I know “let’s all kill ourselves” is just as bad or maybe worse than “im going to kill myself” but in my head it’s like. ok but im establishing a sense of community and proposing a group activity? like are we really going to get mad about that

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ENOUGH WITH THE PROTEIN MARKETING! PROTEIN POPCORN THIS PROTEIN WATER THAT NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS 50G OF PROTEIN OK. WHERE IS THE FIBER. WHERE IS IT. WHERE IS IT?????