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comic ive been wanting to make for a while now! hope it resonates with people since i know my past intersex posts seem to have <3 being intersex and trying to figure out what gender im "allowed" to be has been an interesting journey but currently im learning to embrace being agenderfluid and having the potential to be anything i feel like no matter what body i have (something i havent seen talked about much through an intersex lens hence why i wanted to make a comic about it!)
okay i can accept a lot but i'm supposed to believe adult toph shaves her armpit hair?
fuck off
hey gang this post was not about how i have an armpit hair kink (i don't) and i don't really care to hear about the reasons you made up to justify its absence i just feel it makes more sense for toph's character for her to have armpit hair and i feel its exclusion is probably motivated by systemic misogyny and i frankly don't think this is that wild of a take like i think it's pretty basic feminism 101 here okay bye
Demily trying to explain the mischaracterization of Tophs armpits that literally no one else was even contemplatin.
maiden in need of rescue!!! what a horrible terrifying dragon!!!!
for anyone curious she is not a princess!!! though she might act like one sometime :3c
Okay I love this AU and need this in my veins
Gears of Calamity! (Aka Amphibia x Gears of War Crossover!)
Artwork created for me by Misterslyly of Twitter
https://x.com/cwaybright5579/status/2070523872747647483?s=46&t=OVGIMYCrwspNQVUiLJaHlg
the amazing digital lesbians
The digital circus is now the digital lesbians.
never posted this one here
Mira boner idk here you go :)
Trans Mira is Reeeeeeeeeal
How did you go about learning comic formatting? I got the critique from someone who reads more comic books than I do that my paneling didn't flow well. How do you go about figuring out how many panels on a page/what on what page?
Fantastic question anon, sorry it took so long to reply, I wanted to talk about a bunch of different stuff but I'll try to stick to the readability point
Heads up that I neither have art training nor do I read a lot of comics. I can explain some of the rules and processes I use, but they're not objective laws!
I'd recommend both 'Understanding Comics' by Scott McCloud, and 'Framed ink' by Marcos Mateu-Mestre. Neither book will tell you exactly what to do (annoyingly!) but they both have foundations and ideas that will help you figure things out as you go.
What is a "page", anyway?
If you're publishing online and you don't have immediate plans to print, consider disregarding the concept of a 'page' in the sense of a fixed aspect ratio and size.
A lot of webcomics now are published in a narrow single-column format, because that's easier to read on a phone screen. That's an extreme, but the point is that unless you're publishing physically, your comics don't have to look a certain way.
If you would normally fit 5 panels per page, but your comic needs 7, you don't have to cramp everything up, or pad it out to fill the space of 10 panels. You can just make your pages taller or shorter to fit your content.
A few of the comics I've made recently (pmttg, ink and honey) have been quite narrow, but vertically very long. Sometimes that just works better for the subject material than having a lot of horizontal columns to fill. If you really struggle will 'filling the page' I'd say start with narrow or single-panel width pages and build from there.
Speech and images are equal
For comics that have dialog, you have to respect and design around your speech bubbles.
It's common for beginners to prioritize the art, and then shove the speech bubbles where-ever it's convenient, even if that compromises the overall flow. That'd be like a novel not leaving space for the dialog and just cramming it into the margins.
To make the page flow properly, figure out the dialogue early, and then plan your panels and layout so that there's enough room and it appears on the correct beats.
The sooner you can get text-boxes on your page, the better. Seriously.
Purpose in each panel
A panel is there to communicate something — ideally 1 thing. It should be clear at a glance what that panel is saying, and if it's not clear, that will disrupt the flow.
People read comics very quickly! Assume that they are spending almost no time inspecting the details of the art, and design the panel to ensure they understand what you're communicating.
Otherwise readers may miss information and have to go back and forth to figure it out. Compare these two panels, which are both supposed to communicate a guy about to drink some coffee. One of those is a lot easier to read than the other!
Reading patterns and ordering
Unless you're doing something avant guarde, there shouldn't be any ambiguity about the order things are read.
Figure out where the focus points of your panels are and if there is a clear logical order. For English-language comics, you almost always the reading order to travel from left to right, then down, in a zigzag. Any other movement is going to create friction or confusion
You can draw little diagrams over the top if that helps!
Planning
Never jump straight into drawing and panelling!
Start with a list of the dialogue and what needs to happen, then start thumbnailing individual panels.
You don't need to be thinking about the layout at all here, unless the shape of the panel is important to the message. The idea is just to get a sense of what visuals, and how many you need, before you start thinking about the page.
This means that when you're ready to start stringing the panels together into a layout, you can see all the essential 'beats' you need to include, and can start to fit them together.
Make rough sketches of your layout before you commit to it. Leave space for the text, and loosely draw what will be in the panel.
I'd recommend doing initial panel thumbnails on paper, really small. But I like to do the layout tests digitally so I can grab things and move them around. There's a lot of trial and error.
Stay simple
You'll notice I use a very "bento box" approach to page layouts. Mostly it's a regular grid of rectangles. That's not a bad thing!
Simple is easier to make, easier to read, and it means that when you DO something fancy, like have a character break out of the panel, that it feels SPECIAL. Emphasis loses its impact if it's overused.
Some other tips:
Leave space on the inside and outside of your bubbles. Let the focus points breathe
If characters are in frame together, try to keep them on the same side of the 'shot' every time. This rule can be broken sometimes, and sometimes it requires some creativity, but it helps keep the reader spatially oriented
Don't use fancy fonts for dialogue
If you have to color code / label your bubbles that's a sign that your layout needs to change. Find a way to put your dialogue close to the character speaking. Do everything in your power to make it foolproof!
What do I put inside the panels?
Lastly a note about panel content. I used to tear my hair out about what I should be drawing inside my panels. There aren't many good resources, and it can feel like a steep learning curve.
My best advice is study — you don't have to read a ton of comics, but take a couple of pages of any comic you like, and really look at it. Ask yourself why each panel was 'shot' the way it is. What subconscious effect is this creating? You don't need to know the 'correct' answers here. Just asking 'why' and coming up with your own answers goes a long way
One of the best things I ever did for comic-creation was watch the first episode of 'The OC' and attempt to reverse engineer the cinematography decisions. At a certain point, things just 'clicked' and the visual 'language' starts to get easier to figure out.
'Ride With Me' (2024) was a hit single recorded and released for Huntr/x' world tour.
Its lyrics center on teamwork, helping each other reach new heights, and celebrating friendship.
A common misconception, this single was not in fact hastily conceived as an excuse for the author to design racing jackets to match Rumi's outfit in the movie.
Additional doodles that didn't make the cut
WIPs (added more content to previous post)
Love all 3 of these girls and would love to see more
cant stop wont stop drawing gay horses
Gay horses
The 2026 Gender Census is now open!
[ survey.gendercensus.com ]
The 13th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th August 2026.
It’s short and easy, for most participants it takes 5 minutes or less.
After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.
If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful!
Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com
The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.
Thank you so much!
[ Link to survey ]
PS: You can see some regularly-updated statistics about incoming data here, with lots of demography and graphs to peruse!
PPS: Image credits, bark and grass.
Hey hey hey! I’m opening up commissions!
This’ll be for the next few months or so; if you’re interested, please DM me here, on Twitter or Instagram, or email at [email protected]. Any more information about my commissions can be found on my carrd, or you can just ask me! :0)
Ahh, Chloe, the Disaster Bi™️
// sorry for the formatting,, there were too many single panels and I didn’t want to double post it,, //
I guess that came as a bit of a shock.. ;)
I need more of this, please guys I need more Chloenette stuff in the world
Hello, Blicy Shippers! 🔥❄️
It is a pleasure to announce the first Blicy Week, organized by the Blicy Nation team. Everyone can participate!
We would greatly appreciate it if you shared this post so it reaches more people and more people can join this wonderful event. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment. ♡
AUs Masterpost
Ongoing fanfiction
Love made in Gardenia (and a granita)
Cover art
Chapter 1 ~ Chapter 2 ~ Chapter 3 ~ Chapter 4 SMUT ~ Chapter 5 ~ Chapter 6 SMUT ~ Chapter 7 ~ Chapter 8 ~ Chapter 9 ~ Chapter 10 ~ Chapter 11 SMUT ~ Chapter 12 ~ Chapter 13
World Building — Manaclastia
World Building — Draconic Bloom
MEMES
The Trix™️ ~ Icy IS Chappel Roan ~ Stormy and Bloom are bffs ~ Bloom has no rizz
SHIP ART
Musa steals Darcy's glasses ~ Bloom's birthday present ~ Blicy Kiss under the mistletoe ~ that one bl trend but it's Blicy ~ Easter special blicy
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The Queen's Doll (bound in flames)
Cover art
AU wip ~ character introduction: Hestia
I've been seeing this BL trend on my tt fyp and decided to jump on it with blicy
Closest thing to a comic you'll ever see from me btw, too much work, panels are a mistery to me
From love to hate is just one step
