Vicky (Again)

digital artist, ex-book blogger, fiber artist. just looking to have a good time. find me on Bluesky & Instagram.

[surenlicious]

Suren here, making a horror-fantasy comic called Jade Kingdoms!

When a little princess Surentara prayed to the God of War, she expected to save her kingdom and herself from her father's abuse. She got neither- her kingdom fell moments after her God answered, while she got blamed for its destruction. With the Sorcerer King's return looming over its survivors, Suren joins sides with the War God's legion and declares war.

⭐ This comic is for you if you might enjoy:

"The Healing-After-Trauma Show!"

A cute but very sad frilly-dressed princess

A not-so-dead War God adopting sad frilly princess

Said War God actually gifting her a biblically-accurate Wraith dad

"I did NOT pity a child with a terrible fate, you peasant—"

Crying acidic tears because of unprocessed grief

"I'm cursed, you're cursed, everybody's cursed!"

All daddy issues are resolved by unaliving yo daddy

Found family in eldritch monsters and forgotten war gods

That ONE time you went to touch grass and actually died :/

Don't become a dragon, don't become a dragon, don't—

A dead gorgeus Emperor haunting fucking everyone

Wdym you can't enjoy exile cause the b!tches that wanted you gone still come for your ass???

Dead Dove: do not eat™ (domestic violence and abuse)

⭐ Read on Webtoon Canvas or its own website! Members on Patreon or Ko-fi have first dibs on the next episode and access to exclusive art and lore stuff. ♥

[vickyagain]

the ads I'm getting for hero wars or whatver on tumblr are some weird ass misogynistic bullshit. like they're all these badly animated starting cutscenes where some "wawa poor guy" gives his all to an "evil heartless woman who's just taking advantage of him" and then he gets even buffer, fights a bunch of monsters, and makes money in some stupid show of strength and vague revenge fantasy

I never get to the end of the ad but it's like. super gross to see. I guess it's good that they suck at advertising to me but I also think this is some bullshit and doesn't deserve to exist even more than a regular ad. It's predatory and gross and you wonder why there's all these complaints about gen z men not respecting women

[pmamtraveller]

Don't eat me by Otama-shimai

[vickyagain]

scene from Whisper of the Heart for the Cafe Dot Studio Ghibli redraw challenge, with some creative liberties. acrylic on 14x14 in canvas.

[choodraws]

cupid blues

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[vickyagain]

i forgot to post the rest of my apothecary diaries sketches

[mythicalthing]

Important question. What are your top 3 fruits

[tfw-thevoid]

made this post on bksy a couple weeks ago

and finally finished drawing it! (ironically it took me forever because i was... too busy playing tomodachi life)

i have ideas for more pages but we'll see if i get to them! its my first time seriously attempting a comic in a long time and i'm really happy with it!

[autistobrat]

this too shall pass but the fuck was that for

[vickyagain]

this too shall pass but wait no nvm not you balrog

[vickyagain]

is the voice for "Previously on House" at the start of s2ep21 Wilson? couldn't find an answer on Google anywhere but that's what it sounds like to me.

if it is, i think it's kind of interesting in the sense that Watson is the narrator for Sherlock stories, and instead of getting some random narration for that tiny bit, they use Wilson who is the Watson analog.

[vickyagain]

i swear something in my brain clicked about why Jinshi is called Jinshi and not some other casual name while reading Aerial Rain's translation note (for a completely different story, but same sort of fictional historical time period)

"Those who pass the final stage of imperial examinations are given distinct titles: Zhuangyuan (狀元) for the top scorer, Bangyan (榜眼) for the second scorer, and Tanhua (探花) for the third scorer. The rest are simply called Jinshi."

i know people have speculated on this (x) but this makes so much more sense to me now bc he's like. trying not to stand out? he's trying to be Some Guy who passed the imperial exams, haha nobody special don't look too close!!

it just makes so much sense now. i felt like that was the one name the meaning never clicked for me, bc his other names (and maomaos) all have symbolism. very happy it has come together in my brain

(p.s. if you do like The Apothecary Diaries then i highly recommend Yue Xia Die Ying's chinese webnovels, many of which are translated to english and have very similar comedy, slow burn, court politics vibes! the one I'm reading now: x)

[rivriderart]

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. 💪

[yukunka]

jinmao

[viperiumprime]

Little compilation of Alex-Dimitri Valentines stuff from last February 🥰

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Bonus: the ONE Velos-Sirius piece… my favoritism is showing…

[vickyagain]

all these people in the comments of this instagram post about the feng shui of two tiny room options are clowns because you cannot make an informed opinion about the feng shui of the room without knowing what the cardinal directions are

yes there is guidance about poison arrows and doors and bed and stuff but the cardinal directions are also non negligibly important. clowns, i tell you. clowns.

[vickyagain]

can't let go of the band au!! jinshi in a muscle top. maomao with the huge boots. performing as a band in traditional clothes. we are winning methinks

more band au art: 1 2

[vickyagain]

my offering to the jinmao gods tonight 🙏