so many ocs art zone

resident vampire ✧ my art lives here ✧ they/he ✧ home to the titular “many ocs” that there are “so” of

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hey, it’s me, internet guy so many ocs, in a trench coat and sunglasses. wanna buy a watch?

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this blog is where i will store all of my art stuff. i’ll reblog some of it onto my main (so-many-ocs) but this is an archive, meaning i won’t talk a ton on here except maybe with asks and the like (?)

also my art account on instagram is starfallart so if it’s watermarked as starfallart that’s why 😼

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here are my Sorting Tags.! if you are looking for something specific, it’ll likely be under one of these:

🩸 my art - all of my art, nothing more nothing less

🩸 ad infinitum (now death goes on but i haven't changed the tags yet lol) - for art & references relating to my story about death and immortality (amara lives here)

🩸 abiosis - for art & references related to my fantasy webcomic project!! norric & theo live here

🩸 original characters - for unsorted oc art and general shenanigans (i may put characters from unpublished stories like ad infinitum here)

🩸 radio apocalypse - for art relating to my 2022 book about lesbian sci-fi/horror at the end of the world

🩸 the midland throne - for art relating to my 2024 book about murder and betrayal at a competition for a princess’s hand in marriage

🩸 ttrpg ocs - for characters i have played in tabletop role playing games

🩸 fanart - you’ll never guess

🩸 resources - for art tips and references and such that i would like to save

🩸 studies - for practices and warmups

🩸 asks - for q&a

i will also probably tag individual characters’ names (and for fanart, i’ll tag the property they’re from) if you wanna really go ham

i use medibang paint and clip studio :o)

thanks, welcome, and enjoy your stay!

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of course it goes without saying that I am hopelessly dependent on the amulet

oc: Amara (they/she/he)

alternate version of the second slide + reference under the cut:

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comic I made in: 4 days

MIRA MIRA!

she can be all yours for FREE/PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT here.

[zoejayw]

[ Download Link ]

As promised, it’s finally here! Thank you to all of my patrons for not only the support that made this possible, but for giving me the confidence to work on a big project like this.

Rather than providing any drawing instruction, what this writeup aims to do is help you learn to unpack the decisions being made in a given composition, and articulate what elements in a piece are responsible for its impact. Being able to isolate these qualities in your own art and art that inspires you opens up avenues for improvement regardless of medium, style, or technical skill. This is the first of hopefully many PWYW art ‘tutorials’ from me. 

I hope you all enjoy! 

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norric design update

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[ocs] evil married (like when ur married but evil)

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worked on TLK all morning yesterday and he's been on my mind a lot. please accept this carter

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I was asked by a friend yesterday if I could offer basic tips about comic paneling. As it turns out, I have a lot to say on the matter! I tried breaking down the art of paneling using the principles of art and design, and I hope it helps you out!

EDIT: uh uh there are a lot of people reblogging this, so i figure i may as well append this now while i can lol

This whole thing was very much cranked out in a few hours so I had a visual to talk about with a friend! If this gives you a base understanding of paneling, that's awesome! Continue to pull in studies from the comics you see and what other artists do well and don't do well! You can tell paneling is doing well when the action is flowing around in its intended reading format.

Here's the link to the globalcomix article from which I pulled the images about panel staggering! Someone sent in a reblog that it wasn't totally clear that the 7th slide mostly covers what NOT to do in regards to staggering, and that is my mistake!

I saw in a tag that someone was surprised I used MamaYuyu too, and I don't blame them lol. If I had given myself more than a couple hours maybe I would have added something else on, I just really admire MamaYuyu's paneling personally.

uh uh, final append: I am by no means a renowned master of paneling, so if you find anything off base here, by all means, counter it with your own knowledge and ways you can build upon from here! Art is always a sum knowledge of everything we find. 💪

[marotovara]

LINKS(aka tutorials by ppl who make better tutorials):

Paneling 1

Paneling 2 (text heavy)

Crossing the 180°

Simple comic panel Tutorial

Guide to comic panels (+OTHER LINKS)

Comic strip artists kit

LETTERING

Webcomic Guide by Tapastic users!

Lettering by ZombieSmile

How I draw comics (also by ZombieSmile)

an ask about comics part 1

Start a webcomic?

A thing about perspective

If you dig yourself mor einto it, you’ll find more and more helpful things, even for a style you might want in your comics and whatever more! But I should probably stop the link spam here…. 

But if you have any more questions, ether you want to know form me or if I know a tutorial, go ahead and ask!!

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Trophy, Martyr, Weapon 🗡️

[click for quality] who up Midland they Throne,,,,, amirite buddies

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OBSESSED with the description AHHHHHH I LOVE IT

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Trophy, Martyr, Weapon 🗡️

[click for quality] who up Midland they Throne,,,,, amirite buddies

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ive been rotating julian in my mind lately. microwaving him if you will. rereading tmt will do that to you, huh

i've been rotating him as well (reoutlining his section of TLK). please accept this doodle i made while reoutlining his section of TLK

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3 fucking dorks appear. Be scared

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i just had an idea for the cutest vampire oc. be back tomorrow

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behold:

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[ocs - norric + theodora] they got divorced 22 minutes after taking this photo. sad!

alt colors:

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Estelle, Carter and Julian should all project their period cramps on to Nicholas Hanover

i'm replying to this super late but this is roughly what i was picturing

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julian meets his original design, circa 2019 (i am not posting my high school sketchbook pages to back this up, because they are horrendous, but know that he looked. Exactly like the image on the right)