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Attention gamers
New theme alert!
I’ve been wanting to revamp my blog for a while - so I did! It should be MUCH more streamlined now, so for anyone who wants to know what other fandoms I dabble in, we got a sexy Tag Index ~ As well as just some quality of life links
And for any *cough ALL* you PTUTU fans, there's also an AU index now
Thnx love yall ^^
Hiiii! I did actually end up dubbing over one of your comics! if you want me to change anything regarding the way i credited you or if there's anything you want me to change, lmk!
'All Grown Up' [comic dub] - YouTube
I watched this as soon as it was sent, and Im so honored - you did excellent work!!!! It's so cute and I loved the way you edited the images to match the flow of the dub <3
hey! i love your banner, but i cant find it on your account, im a big tgm fan is why i bring it up
Thats because I never posted it! I don't remember why, but here's the full image:
Did you see Milly's new design for Trigun: Stampede?
Im assuming you meant Trigun: Stargaze, which I had heard there was news on that and had yet to google it and um
Uh
omg hi i just wanted to drop by and say how PROUD i am of how far your art has come!!! idk if you remember, but we used to be in an RP group together -- I roleplayed as TJ Wagner and you drew some sketches of her and her baby Jack for me which I have forever cherished!! Keep being awesome darlin'
I know this is a very late response, but ive thought about this message many times and Im so grateful for the time I got to spend RPing with the xmen fandom, so I was naturally so touched to recieve this ask <3
Princess tutu took a back seat in my brain for like two years and today out of nowhere I suddenly remembered it and felt it engulf me with the force of a tsunami…AND SO I REMEMBERED YOUR BLOG AND YOUR ART and so I want to thank you for all that you’ve done for the fakiru ship and ptutu. Your art style always delights and your stories always excites!! Thank you!!
I find thats how Princess Tutu works, it just comes to you randomly like a dream while it sits patiently waiting for you in the back of your mind (one of the reasons I love it so much ^^) Also ty ;;;;;;;w;;;;;;;;;
Youre cool :) i really like your comic art :D
Context: i remember your kacchako art <3 then years later i found out you drew kurt x kitty <3
I hope this message finds you well
Kurt and Kitty were such a comfort ship for me, Im so tickled at this fandom cross over that you discovered - Im honored <3
Hello! Just wanted to say that every time (over many years) I go look at the princess tutu tag your art pops up and it so pretty and fun and fluid! I love your lines and sketches a lot! Have a nice day!
Waaa TY so much!!
I make stories, but mostly I scream about people kissing. Gonna be mostly sketches, keep it loosely goosey 🏳️🌈 // 30’s // minors DNI tho
It’s super bare bones literally made it 10 minutes ago but! I’m on Bluesky!! Come hang out!!!
i find it much easier to post here, so i’m a lot more active on bluesky jsyk ;;
I come alive You start me up a million times And i’m terrified That you could leave me crying
Been obsessed with this JW song and popped out some studies
I come alive You start me up a million times And i’m terrified That you could leave me crying
Been obsessed with this JW song and popped out some studies
I make stories, but mostly I scream about people kissing. Gonna be mostly sketches, keep it loosely goosey 🏳️🌈 // 30’s // minors DNI tho
It’s super bare bones literally made it 10 minutes ago but! I’m on Bluesky!! Come hang out!!!
I make stories, but mostly I scream about people kissing. Gonna be mostly sketches, keep it loosely goosey 🏳️🌈 // 30’s // minors DNI tho
It’s super bare bones literally made it 10 minutes ago but! I’m on Bluesky!! Come hang out!!!
I make stories, but mostly I scream about people kissing. Gonna be mostly sketches, keep it loosely goosey 🏳️🌈 // 30’s // minors DNI tho
It’s super bare bones literally made it 10 minutes ago but! I’m on Bluesky!! Come hang out!!!
A Line Without A Hook
day something of fakiru week 2024 i’m so behind ;;
reminder
Hello. After drawing webcomics for 10 years and making about 10,000 pages of comics, here are some things i have learned/observed in that experience..
1) making comics does not get easier.. Not really
Making comics is a tedious and slow process and with so many different facets of the experience to learn - you’ll never run out of stuff to learn or weaknesses to work on. I’m not saying this to discourage but to just give the frank reality that it really takes a lifetime to understand. Be patient with yourself and try to set healthy expectations.
2) Read your own comics after making them.
I don’t know if this is as important to other people as it is to me, but I do think that sometimes its easy to not re-read your own work and just go from your own memory of it, or maybe you’re tired of looking at it because of all the flaws. I don’t personally get sucked into the “rewrite/remake” cycle that I know is common with comics, as I sort of just accept things as they are, but re-reading my work does help me see where I have come from and where I need to go to next. I personally don’t like to lose sight of that, and I think re-reading helps ground me in the planning process of my work and gives me a better perspective on all aspects.
3) A lot of comic advice should be taken with a grain of salt, because its the person talking to themselves. (including this)
I see a lot of advice that never would have worked for me, or just simply wasn’t something I was ever going to follow. “Dont start with your big epic long stories”! Is a common one. I don’t think that’s bad advice exactly, but how many young artists are going to listen, especially if they’ve never told a story in the first place? Yes, the advice to start small and build yourself up with experience sounds great, I’m sure people do it, but if you’re an artist you’re probably not gonna be that responsible. And for me, when i tried to do this with eggshells, my house burnt down and i kinda gave up comics for a while because i lost a lot of work.
Writing short stories is still something I struggle with, its just not easy for me. I have gotten better at it but i don’t think that makes me less of a comic artist because I haven’t gotten good at that particular format, or that I jump around on my projects. Is it more impressive to have more completed work under your belt, sure. But I also think that.. Idk.. what is the advice actually saying, because with that one it sort of feels (often times) as a warning that you’re setting yourself up for failure/embarrassment by attempting a comic like that. I don’t know how to tell you this, but comics are gonna be embarrassing no matter what you do and there’s no guarantee you’ll be more successful/not experience failure by avoiding your passions. Something to think about anyway.
4) Don’t draw every leaf. Unless you really want to.
I’m the kind of comic artist that kind of doesn’t care about the art as much as the whole package of the comic. When i see a very impressively drawn panel/page, with laborious detail that is well drawn and maybe even colored ect.. That usually is kind of, I guess, a turn off for me as part of the reading experience. The thing is, when i encounter that, it usually signals to me that someone has poor planning skills for comics. It says to me that comic is probably not going to see its end or that artist is overworking themselves in an unnecessary way, that ends up concerning me about how they’re doing. Because i know how hard it is to draw comics. When an artist phones things in a bit, or has a limit on how much they work on a page, its a relief for me to see! because I understand they have healthier boundaries and expectations, and the art itself usually is less stiff too. This is all an overgeneralization, but I think with a lot of webcomic artists we are usually drawing a comic for the first time ever, so it makes sense we want to do our best and try as hard as possible - that just usually isn’t the smartest plan to put all the stock in the visual department. This also kinda frustrates me to see because most comics (professional or not) will also (generally) not reel the art in ever or make a more simple style. Generally I see it always trying to outdo itself, which leads to burn out. I personally only work about 1hr on each page i draw, that hasn’t changed in the 10 years I have been drawing comics, but i used to spend hundreds of hours drawing detailed lineart for eggshells and it didn’t even read well and i’d be disappointed with the results, feeling more lost with my goals than ever. PLEASe.. Just draw worse, its usually better looking in the end too. (because you wont have the experience to judge visual clarity until you’ve been drawing comics for a while imo..)
5) Don’t draw ahead, draw those inbetweenies.
“Inbetweenies” are the pages for the “boring” ones. They are also usually the most common KIND of page. Its the pages that are necessary, but “inbetween” the action. The impact moments in a scene, ect. You gotta draw them. They’re always gonna be there. They’re the pages where maybe, the character is walking somewhere, thinking, ect. The after impact from an action.. There’s a million examples, but hopefully you’ll understand what I mean when I say they’re both necessary pages/panels, sometimes so mundane/redundant, but also required for telling the story.. As a comic is a sequence of images. This is why, the previous advice is also important IMO- because if you really want to “draw every leaf” - maybe you should save that energy and effort for those impact moments that you want to impress the reader with.. And not for the inbetweenies, which are the foundational support, but also not the most important moments. If you conserve your energy a bit, the contrast OF that effort will also pop more. I personally find it funny when I put more effort into a page and end up tricking my readers into thinking I got better at drawing, when really i just have been able to draw better and only save it for moments like this instead of always.
Also, when I say don’t draw ahead.. I mean I draw each page at a time before going to the next one. I have no idea if this is an unusual practice or not, and I know a lot of people will draw their chapters/episodes/whatever in sections like sketch/ink/color/ect.. But I personally draw and finish page by page, unless its the thumb/sketch stage. Even then, i don’t go ahead much. I think that you can control flow/pacing better by doing chapters all at once of course, I see that as a benefit. But i also think that makes things very overwhelming and can also result in a lack of flexibility if something isn’t working. No matter HOW much planning you do- comics are always going to have an aspect of IMPROVISATION with the result you get in the end. There are way too many factors in play to be in complete control of all of them and always know the result of the reading experience. SO for me, this technique is easier and has been something that continues to get me to working effectively. Plus, rumiko takahashi said that’s what she does. And i think she has some of the best visual flow/compositions in comics. So that’s what I do.
I could write more personal advice or rules that i follow..but I think those are the ones I find are the most important to me anyway. Of course, comics are a strange medium and not everything that works for me will work for you. That’s all for now.. Bye bye…!
Oh by the way, my comics are here: feastforaking.com nastyreddogs.com https://kosmic.itch.io/ Support me on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/kosmic
