greatshell-rider

[greatshell-rider]

bad comic day again?

[greatshell-rider]

lifelong depression, anxiety, and burnout vs. the worlds sweetest 7 year old…. the winner will shock you…

[greatshell-rider]

Alexis Mata — The Mirror in the Desert (oil on canvas, 2024)

[greatshell-rider]

wet beasts

it's good to get them desensitized to water from a young age

[greatshell-rider]

Look i believe in keeping my hobbies to myself somewhat but I am a fantasy writer/illustrator so you all need to know im addicted to making chainmail.

You also need to know im moving on to making chainmail lingerie (I can't help myself)

[greatshell-rider]

are you gonna pick those penne noodles out of the boiling water one by one like a man, or are you gonna use a strainer like some kind of democrat?

[greatshell-rider]

Happy #makeaterriblecomicday2025! Please make a comic! It’s mandatory that you create some piece of sequential art — what it is and how you make it is up to you! Have fun! You might as well!

If you make a comic (again, it’s mandatory) and you want to share it, post it on the tag #makeaterriblecomicday2025! Or don’t, I’m not a cop.

Remember, the goal is to make something terrible! So if you can’t draw or have never made a comic, or if it’s been ages since you made something just for fun — that’s perfect! You’re all set! If you fuck up and make something that’s NOT terrible… well, some might say there’s joy in that too.

Ok stop reading this and go make something!!!

[greatshell-rider]

goth moth circe

new OC girl i came up with i like her

[greatshell-rider]

sometimes I THINK about backgrounds. that's the most you'll get

[greatshell-rider]

Wow that's a really big pigeon!

Close ups

[greatshell-rider]

Bro i don't think that guy can see you. Bro quit waving this is getting ridiculous. Bro....

[greatshell-rider]

everyone trying to minimise their intake of microplastics is going to be so mad when we invent the blood filter that can extract it and everyone who was plasticmaxxing gets a cool toy made from their poison blood as a souvenir

[greatshell-rider]

i'm CERTAIN you'll have answered this somewhere, but i can't find it so i'll have to ask. is there a particular way of purchasing your debut that benefits you more than others in any way? I have no idea how you get paid for your work as an author, but i know it can be a minefield with creative careers.

thanks for your time, and i'm SO mega happy that you're getting your life back now, to actually live. i'm in awe of what you've acheived in the midst of so much, with so few answers, for so long.

super fucking excited for sir cameron!!!!!

I’ve been saying “lol I dunno” whenever people ask but yesterday I learned that THERE IS AN ANSWER!

it’s actually kinda interesting. so if you pre-order on most bookstore websites (indigo, waterstones, etc) the sales don’t get tabulated right away. when the book is actually released, in the first week of sales, THEN those pre-order sales are counted. so you can have slow but steady pre-order sales that get lumped together into an explosive first week, which makes your book look like a best-seller.

whereas with Amazon, the sale counts rights away. so if you have a good day of pre-order sales, it’ll boost the book for that day, and then come back down.

SO: the best place to pre-order is any site that isn’t Amazon. but tbh, it probably doesn’t matter that much and you should just go with whatever is most convenient for you :) and also thank you so much!

[greatshell-rider]

[greatshell-rider]

Playing around with designs and poses - Twigkit(paw?) and alderheart

[greatshell-rider]

kinda feel like ridgebacks are underrated on fr tbh...