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June Ko-fi doodles (part 1): Let them cook!

#MDZS #Wen Ning #ATLA #Appa #Limbus Company #Ryoshu #Once again; thank you all so much for the support on ko-fi! I love making silly doodles like this.#Especially when some of them end up having a common theme.#This month we are thinking about cooking!#No dungeon meshi doodle requests (YET. Still waiting on a few people to send a prompt!) but in spirit...we are cooking.#Appa feels like he should be easy to draw but I couldn't quite get him right! Argh! Another time...#I don't think he's going to be in the new ATLA show/movie though...I hope I am wrong.#Wen Ning's apron is a reference to a fic (per request!) and says 'mandatory head kisses for the chef'#I think he would love the grill. It would give him purpose and fulfillment.#Also - since in PD-MDZS canon LWJ doesn't (YET) know how to grill - It would round out the party skillset.#Ryoshu...Well. She will cook a plate of F.U.L.G. (Fucked up little guys). It's art first and food second.

Do you have any tips for scanning traditional art to digital and making sure the quality is alright/looks good?

I have talked about some tips in the past, and I am planning on making a video to go over my process, but as general advice:

Use a flatbed scanner; Some phones can have good image quality but the angle and shadow distortions are inevitable!

Know thy Scanner! All scanners have quirks and benefit from setting adjustments to compensate for low contrast, artifacts, over saturation, or faded colours.

My greatest 'traditional to digital art' hack: Adjusting values post scan. Duplicating and multiplying the scan as a 'layer' in an art program (fading opacity based on need) helps fix 90% of issues with the ink looking ‘washed out’.

Paper/media quality matters: Some paper and pencils/inks just scan better than others...

Colour: There will be transformations in colour upon scanning. There is no tip for this other than to experiment and prepare in advance!

Visual example of the difference these tips make:

I hope this helps!

#art faqs #ask #I have memorized/written down my settings and values for different scanners that I have used over the years!#Sometimes I will experiment with different approches to see if I like the outcome.#I have one scanner that washes out the darks - so extra contrast and multiply layers are essential.#Another scanner of mine makes the colours very saturated and Leaves a ton of artifacts! So: Higher Brightness - Lower Contrast.#I only know this through playing around with the settings! It took a long time - and I'm still learning.#It does suck to have to spend so much time drawing and realize you still have more work to do - but it is worth it.#Colour transformation is especially wild. Fun fact; about 50+ comics of PD-MDZS has them with purple hair -#-Because it scanned as grey digitally! And I preferred the colour over my actual grey at the time.#Dead serious about making this into a video. I have a script written and examples ready to go.#I love traditional art too much to stand for the ways in which people do NOT let their work shine as brightly as it could...#Most important thing to mention at the end of this: This is merely *my* method.#Everyone will have their preferences and strategies! If taking a picture of your art and uploading it raw is what you have to do...#I can...appreciate...the value in your approach...I can hold the blood back in my mouth...Your art is still beautiful...

Love how you're named poorly drawn mdzs and then proceed to draw some of the most conceptually amazing and experimental comics I have seen. AND THEN do another one that is SO funny.

Love ya

I welcomed you into my little cave to show you berry fingerpaints of stick figures, only to pull out my big hammer of 'Drive to Improve' and chisel of 'Silly Jokes'. And I will keep swinging!

#ask #The curse of growth is that one day the container we began in will no longer fit.#I wanted to improve past stick figures and I did.#I am known equally for my art as my tag essays. So not even 'drawing' is accurate...#And I draw for lots of other stories too! Not even a MDZS only blog anymore!#It does haunt me! But not out of shame. Mostly just a 'How did I get from there to here?' feeling.#I mean it when I say I am going to keep swinging my hammer! Sometimes I miss! But I think it is worth it to keep going.#These stone walls are full of scratches and mysterious stains...But with time and the right tools...any wall can be overcome.#Art used to be a terrifying wall to me. Unconceivably impossibly to even approach.#I still feel like I'm in a cave. But one that has a nice sign that reads 'funny jokes' above it.#Occasionally peeling off to reveal underneath it says 'Overthinking in the tags'.#Thank you for the kind words and the ask anon! I wish I could have made you a silly cave doodle...but perhaps next time!

adding myself to the list of people asking you to sell printed/bound copies of the mdzs comic when it’s complete

Delighted to say that I have been looking into printing the comic!

It may have to exist as a free, downloadable and printable PDF to avoid copyright, but there appears to be a loophole with 'pay for production'.

I will likely do a 'soft run' and make a mini-zine with some comics, to see what the process of ordering and shipping is like first.

#ask #As always; it is extremely flattering to know that people want to have a physical copy of my art with them. Thank you!#I want to make it as accessible as possible. Any zine I ever make in the future will always have some digital version as well.#And you bet I'm self-sacrificing enough to pay a decent chunk out of pocket to keep costs as low as I can for those wanting a physical copy #At this current moment I'm very locked into the last stretch of making the comic.#But I have been activity chatting with friends who have zine and bookbinding experience. It's not just empty talk!#A trial run with something smaller scale is definitely what I need to do first.#Lest I get overwhelmed with the amount of shipping I have to do.#Though I am admittedly built different. I am a committer. I will not run.#And it would be one season at a time. 3 volumes total!

Un jour, je serai de retour près de toi.

(One day, I will return to your side)

#poorly drawn mdzs #better drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #wei wuxian #Kudos to everyone with a keen eye who noticed that these three recent pieces were connected! Full piece be upon ye!#My Non-MDZS knowing friends saw this piece and commented that it was 'A really poignant depiction of heartbreak.'#Which is a completely fair interpretation. Sequentially speaking...that *is* the most logical reading.#Of course the wonder of art is that the viewer can take whatever message they want to from it.#Regardless of authorial intent - if something speaks to you inside of someone's creation - then it is a valid reading of the work!#Perhaps I am gnawing on too many stories told with non-linear time...I will muse on how to communicate these ideas better...#The point here is that they are both holding what they think is the end of the line. A last vestige of what could be.#The middle is the present! The entanglement! It wasn't about reaching the end of the thread but meeting each other in the middle.#Most importantly...Finally I can use this quote outside of tags.#I truly *cannot* do this quote justice. The context in which you read it in Disco Elysium is essential to why it knocks the wind out of me #The scale of the melancholy is admittedly softened when applying it to a relationship like this but I'm going to do it anyways.#Because they truly do hold the spark that quote wants to ignite.#That the grief will not consume us. That the love was always worth it. Mourning with have a morning.#It isn't about waiting and being rewarded for your faith and patience. This is a defiance of loss.#One day I will return to your side. I will die and our spirits will meet again.#I will be close to you once again; At your side. I will not forget you in this life. I will not forget you in the next.#Love truly was possible in the next life. As new people. It is not too late to live.

#260: Sunshower Kiss

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #wei wuxian #I have been thinking about what to do for this scene for a very long time.#And one of the things I knew I wanted to capture was the feeling of 'Sunshower'.#Not just because it is raining in the scene and this moment is one of joy and elevation (like the sun peaking out during a rainstorm)#But more broadly speaking - There is something very special about the sunshower.#The downpour of cold water suddenly becoming so bright and golden.#The way the world looks so different. Despite there still being rain. Despite having seen it in both rain and shine.#A sunshower happens when there is perfect timing between the clouds and the gaps between them.#All circumstances aligning into a moment where you can see the world a little differently. A little more special and wonderful.#The previous kisses were misalignments. Dreary rainstorms of regret and scorching sunlight of unreciprocated desire.#And here and now - in this big damn kiss moment - This is their sunshower.#A moment where it all lines up. I see and hear you. I have and can hold you. I love you and you love me.#I have returned to your side. You have returned to mine.#Of course I had to do something a little extra as well. I couldn't pass up the chance to do a study of Gustav Kilmt's The Kiss.

Dungeon Meshi Season 2 is now offical!

Back to Dungeon Cuisine in October 2027!

#dungeon meshi #izutsumi #senshi #laios touden #marcille donato #chilchuck #It's been a while since I drew Dungeon Meshi fan art! After seeing the announcement yesterday - I was filled with inspiration once again.#(Less so that I don't have inspiration for more Dungeon Meshi art. More so I don't want to spoil it for those waiting for S2!#I have quite a few friends who are still reading the manga and have yet to catch up after all.)#This series will forever be dear to my heart and I am hyped for the next season.#...Even if it is over a year away...It is fuel to persist and hang on during the dark times ahead.#And I definitely want to draw more dungeon meshi between then and now.#I can already see that I'm rusty with their designs and body shapes...this shan't do...#This series is a eternal flame in my heart and the news has poured gasoline upon it.#Perhaps I'll do a re-read and do some additional comics of scenes I didn't get to during my weekly dungeon meshi art days.#Ah!!! I'm so full of excitement! It's hard to organize my thoughts properly!

A 2mm hole in the world.

#mdzs #wei wuxian #better drawn mdzs #Back at it again with the Disco Elysium quotes and crossovers with MDZS.#I suppose I can’t exactly untangle the two in my head and heart.#Both series gave me the engine to keep my life moving forward. And I will one day make that crossover story.#Stories about stories. Narritives about confronting narritives. Places and people that hold broken memories.#I will urge you again. If you have yet to play Disco Elysium and have capacity for a story that will rock your sense of self-#please play disco elysium. It’s so easy to play it for free (if that makes a different for anyone).#Pitching generational masterpieces aside; I once read a theory about the 2mm hole in the world #Specifically that 2mm holes were often associated with holes in the heart.#Be it metaphorical or litteral - there is something so devestating in the destruction a little hole can rend.#A tiny tear in the world. Tucked away somewhere nobody should go. A place that of rememberance that can only be seen as a place of tragedy.#Perhaps it can also be a person. Tiny and insignificant in the face of a world population of billions.#But you are the hole in the world. A ruinous thing #And in the heart…oh how large 2mm suddenly seems when it is a hole in the heart.#The first death is in the heart. It will always be love that drives us to our darkness.#(Something about this piece…feels familliar…doesnt it?)

The Confession

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #jin guangyao #lan wangji #lan xichen #jin ling #Apologies for wildly oscillating from serious to silly comics.#This is the big confession scene! We're finally here! At the crux of emotion and honesty!#And yet I just can't stop laughing at the sheer misfortune in timing of Wei Wuxian confessing his feelings:#Lan Wangji *just* walked into the room.#Jin Guangyao is hosting the most menacing tea party and using WWX as a hostage (via wire to the throat).#LXC is still emotional and a bit pissed off. Jin Ling is doing his best to not make any noise.#WWX does not care. He is going to have this damn confession! Right! Now!#It's a great confession. A messy but honest expulsion of all the feelings he tried to deny.#'I like you. I love you. I want you. I want a future with you in any way you will have me.'#The two of them are finally aware they are on the same page. In so far as they want each other as more than just friends -#But the attachement they have is 'I'll take anything - but let me be clear - I want you in your *entirety*."#It was fear and shame that kept these words coming out sooner. Fear to break what they already had. Shame for all the words left unspoken.#It's beautiful. And it has the most baffled audiance to witness it.#Poor JGY just wanted to have his 'at the precipice' monologue and this guy will not take his threats seriously.#(I have a full page of possible confession dialogue for this comic. Somehow it was not as easy as I thought...#I could have gone a lot more NSFW but I think I struck gold with 'saddle up ponyboy'.#And then I inked it incorrectly and wrote 'pony up saddle boy'. Which is objectively funnier and more accurate.#I just think that these two have the strangest psychic link when it comes to matching each other's freak. LWJ knows what he means.#No one else does. And that's beautiful.)

I love that on your latest LWJ art there is 33 red lines!! It’s such a nice detail 💖💖💖

Also I love your character analysis in the tags!!

Thank you for noticing! I do my best to include little details like that in my art whenever I get the chance. Sometimes I'll point it out in the tags, and sometimes I leave it up to readers to find B*)

#ask #Spelling and outfit consistency checking should probably take priority (Dear god. Do not perceive my errors. They are plentiful)#But when I lock into trying to make those small details matter...I like to think I can make the small details work out.#It was so important to me to have 33 lines. I had to count several times to make sure I wasn't making any errors.#Meanwhile I'm getting sniped from people pointing out mistakes in my spelling from older comics...#Which! I really appreciate! Please oh god PLEASE point out my errors as soon as you see them.#I am happy to be corrected! I'm also happy to listen and learn in the case of me making other mistakes.#I recently did an accidental whoops while making alt text and I appreciate the person who messaged me right away to point it out.#Thank you for the kind words on my comic and analysis! I can't believe were getting close to the end of MDZS...I have so many thoughts stil

Thirty-Three.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #The finality of Lan Wangji kneeling for his punishment...knowing he has failed every part of who he is an tried to be.#The whip is a punishment for the 33 elders he fought. It is also his punishment for not acting sooner.#And his punishment for not being able to reach WWX in time.#To have finally found the strength to stand against the current...and to be cast aside by both shores.#He's tumbling in the water now. Numb. Unable to find his footing to climb out from the current.#Of course he turns himself in (he always did...we saw it before in those youthful years at cloud recess).#What else is a leaf to do but go where the wind blows and the river flows?#I wonder if he also accepts this punishment as part of his parents lineage of shame.#For not breaking the cycle of recklessness in the face of love.#He's betrayed everything and everyone he once pledged loyalty to. Even himself. And he has nothing to show for it but the scars.#One day I will commit to my initial vision for this and make this scene into an animatic (set to Evaporated by Ben Folds)#I could talk all day about how well the lyrics match but I will save it for another day.#This comic instead has another ambitious aspect to it. Which will be revealed in a few days. Stay tuned!

cobbiest

Some 1-minute doodles of a few of my favorite #Shitty Eridians. I WILL be back for more and this IS a threat.

Chalkboard @redsea8me

Big Steppa @adsurgitvagus

French Fry @octahedral-chaos

Wet Floor @spades-of-ace--arts

Megaphone @wizard-thing

Merlin @idontknow-howtointernet

Inkycap @poorly-drawn-mdzs

#shitty eridians #project hail mary #project hail mary spoilers #fan art #Oh my goodness! It's Inkycap!!!#Thank you so much! I am so sorry I almost missed this!#Lots of amazing shitty eridians here; you're a gem to draw them all.#Thrilled to see some of my other favourites here too (Big Steppa and Wetfloor! I am also adding Merlin to the pile...)#In love with your colours and shapes OP. You're style fits these silly rocks so much.

Lan Xichen gets trolled

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#mdzs #poorly drawn mdzs #lan wangji #lan xichen #I'm not entirely sure what the exact nature of LWJ's violation is. The translation I've seen across adaptations vary...#Some of them straight up say “he killed those guys dead” while others translate it as “He *injured* the elders”.#So I Would love to hear what people's take and interpretations are!#Though it does come with different nuances - the main point of his action remains the same:#This is Lan Wangji breaking past his previous role.#This is the Lan Wangji who will not stand for inaction. The rules that he clung so tightly to in the past have been broken.#In beautiful contrast to several characters in MDZS (and frankly - a lot of other stories with similar character arcs) -#There is no internal rewriting of the rules for him. He knows it was wrong. He turns himself in. He takes the punishment and bears the scar #And I think that is what makes this moment so much more tragic and impactful.#LWJ stays true to himself even when going against his sect. He had this capacity from the start.#And it was too late to save the person he stood against the tide for.#Do you ever think about how this feels like history repeating for Lan QIren?#To see his brother's son once defending someone who has such a black stain?#Or to be Lan Xichen; aware of the love your brother has but unable to stop him from making what you see as a terrible mistake.#How cruel it is be be Lan Wangji and stuck in a cycle even as you attempt to break free from it.

My Recipes & MXTX Characters: Part 6

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

#mdzs #jiang yanli #jiang cheng #yu ziyuan #digitial art #recipes #I've been wanting to draw this trio out for a while.#Jiang Yanli's 'Hey; Don't cry' treat is legitimately my go to 'I am upset and need something to pull me out of crisis' snack.#The power of a little protein and sugar in your body is unmatched.#This is the best and only way I can make a little don't cry treat for you all.#It's okay to cry! It's very okay to feel overwhelmed emotions and need to release that energy.#Remember that you're also going to struggle with regulating if you aren't feeding your body and brain.#What better a character to attach that sentiment to than the goddess herself of 'have a little treat'.#JC's follow up's inspiration is probably obvious. Shout out to the parents who don't do 'emotions' but know you need a snack.#It's less about the words and more about the actions. He would peel your oranges and plate them for you. He would not say 'I love you.'#Anyways - I also added alt text this time! So the recipes are easier to read. Even if they are silly!#EDIT: That you to the brave souls who pointed out my spelling errors and alt-text mess up.#Only one person has actually commented about the alt text on the last one. A nudge here in the tags may be required.#This is likely the only time I am going to hide something in the alt-text. Unless I ever do a little ARG.

MDZS x Grand Budapest Hotel

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #Wei Wuxian #lan sizhui #wen chao #mdzs AU #grandmaster budapest hotel #f slur mention #I am once again spinning my printing press over the crossover potential of media i recently saw with MDZS.#Because the potential here is *seriously* good. Decadent even.#Monsieur Gustave's story being told through three layers of storytelling filters?#The way we know him only as he presented himself to people who loved or hated him?#The plot being about a murder mystery that the protagonists are entangled with due to others holding a grudge...#And so much more.#I also love the idea of using this AU to explore my take on the Lan Sizhui and Wei Wuxian Dynamic.#I can't and probably won't ever see them in a 'father/son' dynamic.#I understand the appeal and the popular portrayal of them as such - but it's not for me!#Having them be like a mentor/mentee situation - or rather a 'I see my old self in you and I wish to help you grow into yourself'#Simply has a better texture for me to chew on.#The reversal of this AU is also a funny concept to play around with.#M. Gustave's max charisma would result in so much chaos.#Instead of the song he plays revealing his identity - its the perfume he always associated himself with.#I think WWX could solve the GBH murders. I think M.Gustave would charm someone else into solving MDZS's mysterys for him.#I'm so tempted to make more of this AU...Let me see how I feel in July.#Note for the second comic: I personally lean towards demisexual WWX but this line from the movie gave me comic inspiration.#Something about making up facts about someone and then revising it on the spot to fit conflicting narratives...

I have started reading svsss and hit a bit of a roadblock. The novel makes it clear that by the part where sqq pushes lb into the abyss, a few years have passed since he transmigrated. Do you know how old Luo Binghe is when it happens?

He was the sweet age of 15 (edit, possibly as old as 17); the prime age for being pushed off a cliff.

If he were any older, he'd be the dancing queen, not the demon king.

#ask #Linked post describes the way that LBH refers to himself by 'nominal age' actually ages him down.#He's horribly young when all of these traumatic things happen to him...#I tried my best to give a kind of funny but helpful answer but other people are welcome to pitch in too!#I may be wrong!

Hello! I just wanted to share that my best friend at work has started reading MDZS for the first time and I am SO EXCITED to show them your comics!!!

I hope they like the story, and get a few good laughs from my silly comics now that have some context! Tis a high honour for my work to be shared B'*)

#ask #New challenge unlocked: Can I get to the end of the story before your work BFF?#There have been many people who have started and finished (and re-read) MDZS during PD-MDZS's run...#I'm slowly getting there! I am not abandoning this project!#I am also very excited for you to have someone you are close to get into a series you like.#May you have the most fun with getting their reactions and hearing their theories!

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