#I want to update the drawing a little bit

[deoidesign]

Happy webcomics day!!!

I'm not home (on a trip right now with family), but I still want to talk a little bit about my process, so I did what I could to find some wip shots 🧡

Plus, I'd also like to update my extremely patient readers with a little taste of what's to come!!!

Step one, of course, is writing.

When I'm writing I have four documents open. A "dump" document, a "yes this!" Document, an outline document, and a drawing canvas!

In the dump document, I put ANYTHING. complete stream of consciousness. The 'yes this' document is where I put anything useful from the dump document, and the outline is, of course, the outline. The drawing canvas is for me to sketch out problems and ideas and get sort of a different angle on things, since I can't really visualize.

Once I have a book completely written, I start thumbnailing!

My thumbnails pretty much look like this. Text, sketchy poses, indications of expression and maybe environment...

I thumbnail the entire book at once. I don't let myself do any edits on it until it's done, but I take note of edits I'd like to make! Then, once the first draft is out, I edit.

I'll move entire scenes, delete whole episodes, bring in bits from the end to have proper foreshadowing... Etc! It's a long process that makes my arcs feel much more complete and something I can be really proud of.

I can only do this when I'm really ahead, though, so that's why I've been on a long hiatus!!! I was forced to work without my process for a few arcs, and the difference is so huge to me that I refuse to let myself do it again. It makes a loner hiatus, but work way more worth waiting for!

Next step is lineart!

Yes, I skip sketches! I go right into lines.

I save every head I've ever drawn, and that lets me copy paste in a basic head angle. Then I redo the face, fix up the hair, etc. so it fits my panel, and then I draw the rest of the body!

This seriously saves me so much time, but less so for the drawing (i still draw a ton of heads and I'm very fast) and more just for helping me skip sketching entirely!

Then I do character flats, which since all my lines are closed that goes pretty quickly (slowest part is Steve's hair, I refuse to use a brush cause every one I've made looks terrible!!!)

And then I draw the backgrounds!

Which, I keep layered, clean, and HUGE so I can use them throughout the arc.

I used to feel bad doing this, but then I realized... It's not like backgrounds "change" irl. So why make them change in my comics...? It saves me so much time, but it ALSO lets me put in more detail per background! I draw probably 3 very large backgrounds per episode like this, and then I draw maybe 5-10 unique backgrounds for single panels per episode as well. I save these too, but they're rarely re-used.

And then my panels are done!!!

So there's a bit of my process for you all!!!

Happy webcomics day 🧡🧡🧡

And here's my comic, if you haven't read it and want to see the end result of this process, or if you have read it and would enjoy a re-read with the extra knowledge:

Or, if you would prefer books I have those too!

Happy to elaborate on any step, as well!

I make comics extremely quickly and as my full time job, and my process allows me to easily manipulate my format as well. I'm happy to share any of my knowledge if you have questions!!!

[hyperbali]

This is probably going to be a long one, so under a cut it goes.

Where the hell have I been?

So last I'd been around, the main update was that Ferry and I dually worked as caretakers for an older gentleman, and remote work for a tech company. And we have been really fucking busy.

At the end of last month, the gentleman sadly passed away. We are currently in a little bit of a limbo while his kids figure out what they want to do with the house, but the son who hired us has reassured us that we're good to stay for a few more months regardless of what decision gets made.

Ferry's finally gotten to see some doctors recently, and her back injuries are such that she will likely need some kind of spinal surgery. We don't know what that's going to look like yet, or how we're even going to start planning for it around needing to move... again.

Six days before our caretaking came to a close, I received word that one of my childhood best friends and her entire family were suddenly killed in a freak accident. (Fun week.) I also have to juggle attending the funeral in the midst of all this, but have to go it alone since Ferry can't safely fly economy with her back in the state it's in.

A month before that, I had my IUD taken out after eight years, and have been experiencing what's typically called "Mirena crash" - basically my hormones don't know what to do with themselves at the moment and I'm practically having another puberty, with all the hell of my emotions and the godawful periods I had as a teenager. I was already crying practically every day before the last week of April came in like a hurricane.

As a bonus: we had tickets to see Hozier two weeks ago. That show got postponed to September thanks to the heavy rains we'd gotten that day. I did not know this until we were trying to park. I don't even know if we're still going to be in Texas by then. Lmao.

Good news is that as of last week, I'm finally getting my ADHD medicated! Considering how much more shit I need to take care of now and for the foreseeable future, thank fuck.

I really haven't been drawing much at all, exhausted as I've been - I also have Long Covid on top of all of the above that was exacerbated when we got reinfected last September, so it's really easy to get me sick in general. I'm pretty much either working or resting.

Shit's been wild. We're a bit steadier than before, and we thankfully have more resources to draw from than the previous times we've had to go through sudden upheaval, but... lmao. When it rains, it pours, etc.

So... yeah! Hope you guys have been doing well.

[through-the-eyes-of-fakino]

"Yes, they are my best friends.Although Noise is quite noisy and aggressive, but he rarely supported me in difficult moments."

"I understand, but I'm still friends with him and attached to him.No matter how much I resist him, I'm still afraid of him and have to obey him."

"I think he already knows it, but ignores it"

Gray: "One turn and we'll be at the entrance TO.IT."

Fakie: "What did we do before?In principle, nothing special.Gray spent most of his time at the pizzeria, I don't know what he was doing here.And I was spending time with friends, having fun, exploring the comanche of the PizzaHead until he saw, he has a lot of incomprehensible painted paper there!And I also developed in cooking pizza, it seems that I did it."

Gray: "You forgot to mention that you like to kill clones and make pizza out of the-"

*Fakie closes Gray's mouth*

Gray: "Efen if you close my mouth, you can't hite the tluth"

Fakes: "You know, I realized here that you and I are somehow walking slowly, let's speed up"

*Fakie took Gray hard*

Gray: "Eh?!"

Fakes: "Hey, are you okay?"

Gray: "F*ck you"

Fakes :"Apparently yes"

[its-hai-time]

WE'RE SO BACK

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[puppyeared]

i like him

[dianagj-art]

Should I start posting this even when I have very few pages done and wanted to have at least all of the "Mystic Mayhem" events covered first?

yeah sure, enjoy the gif

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EDIT! now all animatied panels have a thick black outline so no one misses them!

[mintjeru]

my little lion

open for better quality | no reposts | IDs in alt text/under the cut

[Image description: Six digital drawings of chibi Kaveh faces. The last image is a compilation of the previous six drawings, but in one image.

In the first, he is smiling brightly, surrounded by sparkles, and giving the viewer a thumbs up.

In the second, his eyes are closed and he is turned to the side. He has a frown and furrowed brows. A puff of air rises from the side of his face. His arms are crossed.

In the third, he is smiling with his eyes closed. He has lion ears and is being pet on the top of his head.

In the fourth, he has a surprised, fearful expression. He raises an arm protectively in front of himself.

In the fifth, he is winking at the viewer and offering a red rose in his hand. Rose petals float around him.

In the sixth, his eyes are shut in anger and his mouth is wide open, as if he is yelling. Anime style popping veins appear on his head and puffs of air appear around him.]

[shima-draws]

Work was reeeeeal stressful today and my anxiety’s suuuper high rn lmao. Send some asks?

[omophagic-beast]

HELLO EVERYONE

CAN I GET A QUICK VIBE CHECK ON USING THE ENTIRE DECK OF TAROT CARDS IN A TWO PLAYER TTRPG

other details:

-its a game with four phases

-each phase uses tarot cards in similar but different ways to tell the parts of the story

-im essentially at a part where i can say "each person draw their own card" or "draw one card and use it as inspiration for both of your parts"

-i would absolutely make a giant diagram showing how you could lay out all the cards

THOUGHTS?

[arthyritis]

Hugging both of em

And as I said:

Drawing is happening, just slowly but surely 😅

[sysig]

The return of all time <3 (Patreon)

[kellystar321]

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[dailyxisumavoid]

[non-doodle/update]

For the past few days drawing hasn’t been an easy task, and I’m finding myself forcing out doodles instead of enjoying the creation of them ^^;

So for the sake of this account, I have decided to take a break, I’ll be back around the 30th this month or 1st of December!

I wish you all a good morning/noon/night and I’ll see you all then <3

-Goldie

[gyudons]

despicable

updates as of 22 oct

Travis Dermott knew that he would draw attention with his actions in the Coyotes’ home opener against the Anaheim Ducks at Mullett Arena on Saturday. The Arizona defenseman just hoped that the spotlight might shine on the issue that he was addressing, not on him.

“You don’t really want to go against rules that are put in place by your employer, but there’s some people who took some positive things from it,” Dermott said. “That’s kind of what I’m looking to impact.

“You want to have everyone feel included and that’s something that I have felt passionate about for a long time in my career. It’s not like I just just jumped on this train. It’s something that I’ve felt has been lacking in the hockey community for a while. I feel like we need supporters of a movement like this; to have everyone feel included and really to beat home the idea that hockey is for everyone.”

“I won’t lie,” said Dermott, who is playing on a one-year, two-way contract. “From the outside, it’s easy to see that I’m putting my career on the line for something. I definitely went through some emotional ups and downs that night, not regretting anything by any means, but I’d love to have maybe done a couple of steps a little different by making sure that everyone was aware of what was going on before I did it.

“I don’t want to put my teammates or my coaches or my GMs or the equipment managers in any kind of bad light when it’s their job to kind of look out for something like this happening. It was definitely something that I did just by myself and was prepared to kind of deal with whatever repercussions the league decides to push towards that. I’m not going to back off and say that this battle is won, but we’re going to find better ways to do it.”

As Dermott noted, LGBTQ+ inclusion is an issue that he has supported for a long time. Without getting into specifics, Dermott said the issue is personal for him because it impacts people close to him.

“I’d be lying if I said I haven’t shed tears about this on multiple occasions,” he said. “So yeah, it’s something I’m definitely very passionate about.

“I’ve met a lot of people that from the outside, it looks like they have everything going right in their life and they have a smile on their face every time they talk to you. But sometimes when we get closer to people and get comfortable enough for them to open up to you, you can see that there’s some pretty dark stuff happening to some good people. It doesn’t take too many times encountering something like that for it to really change someone.

“I’ve been blessed to have some of those opportunities put in front of me to really change my view of what being a good person means; what being a good father and a good example and role model means going forward. You really see how people are hurting and it’s because of a system that maybe no one’s intentionally trying to be malicious about, but until you’ve really had that first-person experience seeing people hurting from it right in front of you, it’s tough to kind of take steps.”

It would be a surprise if the league handed down any sort of punishment. The optics alone would add to the public relations damage that the original ban created. Even so, Dermott reiterated his desire to bring the entire franchise into the fold before he takes similar actions in the future, but he also made it clear that he will not be silenced on the topic.

“It’s not like I’m shutting up and going away,” he said. “I know more questions are going to be coming. We’re just going to be as prepared as we can be to just spread love. That’s the thing. It’s gay pride that we’re talking about, but it could be men’s health. It could be any war. It’s just wanting world peace. Everyone’s got to love each other a little bit more.

“Like my parents said growing up, ‘How awesome would it be to be the guy that people look up to?’ That’s what really hit home when I was a kid, especially from my mom. You want to grow up and be that guy. You want to be the guy that’s having the impact on kids like NHL players had on you. If they had been racist or bigoted, that’s going to have an effect on you.

“With how many eyes are on us, especially with the young kids coming up in the new generation, you want to put as much positive love into their brain as you can. You want them to see that it’s not just being taught or coming from maybe their parents at home. They need to see it in the public eye for it to really make an effect.”

[axvwriter]

ramblings

I'm nearly done with a comic I'm drawing. Just one panel left to do but of course I've decided I want to at least full color the character in it so that's slowing me down. If I didn't choose to do that, it would have been done by now.

I've used my chibi style for a good amount of it. My chibi style is supposed to be a simplified version of a character, but I can't help but still try to get a majority of details down. I also can't decide how I want to draw belts for my chibi style. I'd prefer not to draw them at all but my perfectionism doesn't like me doing that.

I usually don't draw ears at all but some of the characters have uniquely-enough shaped ears for me to feel like I should draw them. I can't even try to tell myself it's because they have earrings as I've ignored the other character who also wears earrings. I may or may not have also forgotten to draw earrings in one panel, but the ear angle has me confused so I don't even want to try to figure it out.

Been sharing my progress with a discord pal just to have extra pair of eyes to catch if anything looks real odd and to have a second opinion on some stuff. They told me I'm getting better at drawing humans which makes me real happy! I get so caught up trying to get the anatomy right that I don't feel like I'm doing a good job at trying to do different body types. Though maybe getting one body style right will act as a good foundation to build onto different body types.

I could have had this comic done way sooner if I hadn't let it sit untouched for a few days. I blame my slight annoyances with my current setup. I'm thinking of looking into regular tablets and downloading an art program onto one since fancy wireless art tablets are super expensive and some reviews have stated them to be real fragile too. Like I'm getting a potential life expectancy of a year or maybe just a month. I think those were the low-star reviews for the wired screen art tablets too.

I want to be able to do digital art on a couch instead of trying to find a comfy sitting position at a computer that doesn't put my legs to sleep. So I'm hoping a tablet with a stylus will be the way to go. One discord pal did suggest using my phone, but I've realized that with how often I use refs to make sure I'm never forgetting a detail, there wouldn't be much screen room for me to actually draw. Anyone use regular tablets for art? What tablet brand is it? I'm going to look into this type of stuff myself, but I wouldn't mind hearing from anyone who actually has experience using a regular tablet for art.

Oh does anyone know of any visually simple art programs such as Artrage? Other programs tend to overwhelm me with all the options and what not on the screen. Artrage is rather simple at first glance so that's nice, but I'm not sure if its price is really worth it. Like I don't use much of its unique(?) features so I don't feel like I'm using it to its full value? So a cheaper option would be nice as I rather not spend so much money on something I use like... two of the tools? pencils? what is it even called...

[ranboolivesaysstuff]

HEY! Just because I am now 20 I think having something to kind of re establish boundaries would be good! Considering the ones I put all those times ago have changed :D GENERAL RULES! Do not be racist, sexist, homophobic, antisemitic, ableist, or discriminatory against anyone for any reason. Please if someone is calling you out for things you have done or said, please self-reflect and take the proper steps to change or remove yourself from the community. If you see something you do not like, and it IS MADE WORSE BY BRINGING ATTENTION TO IT, THEN IGNORE IT! Bringing attention to problems that just arent really problems with either the community or me in general are not worth it! Please use common sense when thinking about what/what not to engage with! I personally wish that people in the community do NOT engage with people who just obviously do not like me! Chances are they want a reaction from it so it is MUCH better to just not argue with someone whos mind you will not change! ALLOW CRITICISM OF ME AND MY CONTENT! IF YOU DONT AGREE OR DONT LIKE THEN DO NOT ARGUE ABOUT IT!!!! ALL IT WILL DO IS CAUSE UNESSICARY DRAMA!!! DO NOT make ANY comments or content about me that is explicitly sexual. I completely understand that lately there have been bits due to the changes in how I’ve been presenting myself and how I’ve been presenting more femininely, but that does not allow anyone to use that as an excuse to sexualize any features and such that are more feminine or masculine. Remember that femininity is not sexual and should not be seen or created as such just because its there! (for example, the Vtuber costume and chat being overly weird over the added boobs where there was no need for it). DO NOT draw me in ways that are sexual either, such as highlighting any aspects in a sexual way, or making the content something sexual. I am completely okay with being drawn as any body type, masculine presenting or feminine presenting, as long as you stick to this! PLEASE DO NOT SPECULATE ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE!!! Making jokes about certain topics CAN be fine, but a line is crossed when it becomes a legitimate speculation or if a joke is said when I have expressed my discomfort! RESPECT MY FRIENDS!!! All of my friends are their own, incredible people. And they do not deserve to be lumped in or referred to as JUST "my friend". Be respectful in their chats even when im not there, and be respectful to all of them everywhere else! IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU MAY BE DOING SOMETHING WRONG PLEASE LISTEN!!! There has been a lot of times in which I have seen people be unwilling to change in the face of a genuine discussion, and that is not something I want in the community! I should NOT have to police every single thing because it should NOT take me saying something in order to change your mind! As my words are not worth more or less when it comes to a lot of subjects! And lastly, do good. Whenever you have the ability to. BE POSITIVE!!! The hater mindset is very draining and can be very toxic to both you and the people around you, so highlight the good instead of the bad if you have the ability to! I am so incredibly proud of how far this community has come, and I cannot wait for the future!!! I have spent some time writing this, but it may not be perfect, so I will update this as time goes on and I think of more, or if something needs to be SUPER cleared up, but for now these are the main ones! I will NOT be updating this after every little thing however, as I do not want you guys to feel like the only way that something is wrong is if I talk about it! As you guys should be able to sustain yourself as a community without my consistent input! Imma go enjoy my birthday by eating a pizza :) thank you all!