#but i sure am enjoying it

[marmastry]

Whats your process like when doing Comics? Not only fancomics but also original works like palitaw? Im a big fan of your comics!

Aww that’s really flattering ;w; ! It’s so nice to know some people have read my first one-shot out there. It's the comic that gave me the confidence to pursue this art form just a little bit more too.

These days, I just don't find it exciting to work on one big fully rendered illustration, I often feel like something more could be told if there were interactions or a little bit more context added to it, you know just like in comics? So yea, there's that and also me in my brain who won't shut up about what if there was a this and that, what if it goes this way instead? Just lots of blabbering. My brain has too much room for it (help).

Anyway, let's move on to my process. I won't be giving you a detailed routine of how I do it, but rather how I deal with it.

My secret is that I just take my time.

This goes for many things but tbh I do it more than before because I don't really see myself as a writer, or a comic creator but as an artist with a new hobby trying out something new and unfamiliar. It took me one and a half year to finally start drawing Palitaw because I didn't have the confidence to meet my own standards. It's typical of me to be hard on myself lol but eventually, I realized that doing so won't push me forward so I pushed myself to take time instead. The best part of it is there's no deadline to dread at all haha.

When I work on a draft, I don't immediately finalize it. I just ignore it for a few days or maybe a week. Just enough time to forget what I initially felt about it (including the cringe of a few hours of tunnel visioning to it). This way, I can put myself back into a reader's position before I start making better adjustments.

But Mar, what about my waning interest?

Ok, so listen, I’m old by internet standards and I’ve learned that love and interest won’t be enough to manifest anything. It’s the commitment. When I worked on my one-shots, and fancomics, the feelings of excitement, or grief I felt at the start vanished once I put in the work. Now that I’ve put myself through it not just once but many times, I think I’m getting used to it? I'm honestly sad I gave up on a few drafts now when I reread some of them. It's this feeling that keeps me committed to some of my own very self-indulgent projects these days.

Here' a little compensation for making you read through that. This is what my drafts looks like. They're silly little doodles on a 11 x 16 sketchpad. Big ideas start small, as they say. If something so low effort made me smile, perhaps i should keep at it haha!

[damianito]

Collective meow

[egophiliac]

this is basically what happened, right?

(these guys are very lucky that everyone at NRC 1) has the combined intelligence of a sack of bricks, and 2) is easily distracted by shiny things.)

[beanghostprincess]

My favorite genre of scene with the Straw hats is when they're all frightened they're going to get killed by a big big scary monster and Luffy looks at the creature like he's gonna befriend a tiny cute beetle

[deoidesign]

Sorry I havent stopped thinking about them since I saw this post

[catliker49]

You're on the Air!

Still messing around with my style!! I will get there One day! Oooh!! And! It is almost one year since I have Delved into Welcome Home!! Exciting!! I will spend the day doodling and eating Colourful cake.. and...

I am cutting myself off now to realise I am supposed to be making funny Ghost Hunting videos with my friends on the 4th of April.. AAHH!!! I apologise Wally plush, I will do this on the 5th of April instead!!

[skizzim]

"Yes, I've longed for a tender touch."

[sopphism]

my own rough take on our favorite were-tree's new (or not so new at this point lol) form of dread :) kinda gnarly and driftwood-y

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

So, I started watching Link Click...

[maxsix]

[esaari]

🌸.

[celexdraw]

Part 3! 

Part 1

Part 2

[soaqrudyz]

soapghost meet cute au but it’s not cute it’s just odd

soap going about his business, enjoying his day, eating a donut or something and ghost sliding up to him with the most horrific, god awful, tear inducing dad joke this world has ever seen before snatching his coffee cup right out of his hands, scribbling on it, and demanding soap text him later over his shoulder. soap is shocked down to his very core, literally frozen to his seat looking around in confusion.

he does text him though, despite the guy probably being a serial killer, at least it’ll give him something to do

[egophiliac]

his magic is so PINK and FLUFFY and PRETTY! I love it!

I'm ready to process the Diasomnias now, buckle up

[saltseashark]

famblies (found or otherwise)

[captaincolorblob]

Everyday i think about this screenboard scene that got semi-scrapped from Donnie vs Witch Town, like it just explains so much about Donnie as a character and i’m very sad we didnt get to see it entirely