oshRED art

I'm an illustrator from the Philippines specializing in cover work. When I'm not doing illustrations for books, comics, and albums, I paint cute, macabre, and subtly erotic things for my portfolio. Send an email to [email protected] to hire me

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Hey, my name is Red and I’m an illustrator from the Philippines. ✨ oshredart.com Support:

Patreon (sneak peeks, rewards, wallpapers)

Ko-fi (tips, treats for my cats)

Stores:

Inprnt (art prints)

Gumroad (tutorials, past Patreon rewards)

Redbubble (other merch)

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"SKULL" acrylic shaker charms are now available for preorder!

"POMEGRANATE" and "RIBCAGE" charms are also up for backorder, if you were waiting for a restock now's your chance

http://store.corviday.net

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Commission for Ouroboros_Moon on twt

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It's 10pm, I'm hungry and want to make horrible decisions. I would like to eat something disgusting 🌸

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My variant comic cover for "Stake Presents: Jessamy #2" written by David A. Byrne

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Commission for Michael of their dnd character

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My variant comic cover for "Count Draco Knuckleduster #1" by Peter Goral & Joseph Schmalke, published by Black Caravan

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Thinking about Europe and how I always felt so guilty because I could never finish my food over there. Tiny sub-5ft 90lb asian girl trying to eat servings twice the size of her head

That wasn't a bowl of soup, it was a swimming pool

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commission for Agnes

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Wild Side

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Lovesick I might need a checkup.

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7 films to know me:

Oldboy (2003)

The Witch (2015)

Possession (1981)

Paprika (2006)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Mirrormask (2005)

Dead Ringers (1988)

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Tips for Non-Artists on Writing Your First Comic, part 1.

Learning to write prose is tough, and it can take years of struggle to grasp the basics. You have to understand construction, character, theme, pacing, the effects of word choice, the specifics of your subject and so much more.  Learning to write a collaborative form like comics just adds new troubles and traps as you run into the difficulties inherent in the medium, or specific to the people you're working with.

I've been the first collaborator for a number of writers on their first comic, and it's gone pretty well.  (I'll brag here: One project got an Eisner Award nomination, another got four Einser noms, and another made it into a Year's Best anthology and helped the writer land a movie deal.) And I've also watched as artists I know worked with first-time writers on collaborations that didn't turn out too well. So I thought I'd share some observations and suggestions that might be useful to writers new to the medium. I've got ten of these tips. Here are the first three:

1. Read a bunch of comics.

This is primary. You're telling a story in a complicated medium with its own rules, rhythms, and quirks. You should have a sense for what other people have done with it. Read triumphs, near-successes and outright failures. Read well beyond the genre you intend to write. There are valuable lessons everywhere. (I've noted before that one of the biggest influences on an adult crime comic I drew was John Stanley's Little Lulu.)

You can find plenty of best-of and must-read lists online. Librarians and comic shop owners will have good suggestions, too.

Read analytically. Look at what works and what doesn't and try to take the successes apart to see how they function. Like this.

2. Ask yourself: Why is this story a comic?

There are so many writers with an unsold screenplay who have decided that they could just "turn it into a comic." They're not aware of the contempt they're communicating for both their own work and for the medium they expect to work in. It's obvious when someone is treating a comic as a movie pitch, or trying to shoehorn filmic action and dialogue into panels. Respect for a medium means building your story around things the medium can do well.

3. If you aren't working with an established publisher, finding an artist will be tough.

The most common question I hear from first time writers is "How do I find an artist?" One answer is money. If you can pay a competitive rate, you can always hire a skilled artist to be your collaborator. This isn't cheap. If you've established yourself in some other medium, your clout from that can help you find someone who wants to work with you. If you don't have money, or a rep from outside comics, you'll need to network like crazy, in person and online, using every means available to make connections with artists, or people who could introduce you to artists. It will be slow and difficult.

Continued in Part 2, which I'll post tomorrow!

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Arrogance (2021)

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Hellraiser Exploration: Cenobites Part 1

I explored some classic cenobites along with some new ones. Lots of ground to cover when you explore the rim of sensation.

I hope you enjoyed getting to see something new from me :) This is my first-ever film credit but maybe not my last. I'd love to explore some more worlds in my spare time.

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