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coolest girl in a 10ft radius. hiring enquiries at [email protected], or, like, dm me

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zoctopode — internet comic woman

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i made a patreon! id really appreciate any support you guys can give. you can get early access to my comics there too!

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Princess Kraken

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Drew a lil comic with @zoctopode 's robot lesbians. They are very cute!

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fucking kickass

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excellent beast

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having an antacid after eating a big ham is like having a cigarette after sex

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must be one of those glitched posts that doesnt get notes for some reason

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having an antacid after eating a big ham is like having a cigarette after sex

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for a while now me and my friends have been using a term regarding character writing called Jimmy Misery. Jimmy Misery is the hypothetical subject to the most horror and trauma of any fictional character in existence; if anybody can think of something bad, that happened to Jimmy Misery. if anybody can think of anything good, that never happened to him. he's suffered the most out of anybody ever.

the reason for Jimmy Misery's existence is we were seeing a lot of writers, especially newer/younger writers, giving their characters a comical amount of trauma seemingly just because they thought it made the character more interesting, but then that trauma is never expanded upon or even brought up in the story. it doesnt relate to any arcs, it doesnt mean anything thematically, its just there taking up space. so, as an example, i made up Jimmy Misery as a hyperbole to illustrate that background trauma doesnt make a character interesting by itself. unless theres a story with it, it's just noise.

you will of course note that Jimmy Misery is fucking boring, and there is absolutely no good narrative to be had there despite him being the most traumatised guy ever. i'm of course not saying 'dont give characters trauma', just that trauma by itself is yawn worthy. its a meal of only salt.

if youre writing a character and wanna make them somebody that audiences will connect to, give em stakes, give em an arc, give em motivation and wants that relate thematically to what you want the work to be about. dont just make em a jimmy misery. nobody connects to jimmy misery cause then something good wouldve happened to him

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ooooo you wanna see upcoming comic pages early on my patreon so bad oooooooooooo

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many people ask 'how do i know my art is good enough to start a comic'. this is a very common mistake. you do not make a comic to make good art you make comics because its fun and looked yummy

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saying this very gently. how will you improve

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me when i improve the skill by (checks notes) not doing it so no one sees me doing it badly

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kind of want to start a testimonials wall with just this printed out next to a cigarette stapled there

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in light of some asshole on my posts thought id clarify that terfs arent welcome here. this space, my words and my art arent for you. i hope you can figure out that youve been tricked into hating a minority and that a life full of hate and self inflicted misery is useless and empty. failing that, may you live a life you deserve

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Some clamp eyecatcher animations I did a while back!

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find the fuel to carry the fuel to burn the fuel to find the fuel to carry the fuel to burn the fuel to find the fuel to carry the fuel to burn the fuel to

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theres a heat wave

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dying in the hospital with a duel disk on my arm

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this is why you shouldn't swear

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I was told to draw ragatha giving birth

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before and after realising its way too hot out to wear my cool jacket

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Incubus is a stinky rat man