#compositions are 👌

[fidgetspringer-art]

Up next: Muzzles, collars and restraints ;)

[aseuki]

Artfight Attacks Batch 1! Definitely got a bit overambitious with my pacing but it was all in good fun!

OC Names and @'s under the cut👇

Rosalivia - @bechnokid

Mir Arthur - @post-it-notes7

Tomio - Valentinelovesyou

Shiyō Hasegawa - @corsairspade

Bramble - @pollie-wog

Lady Alexandria - @deafeninggardenerpanda

Fayre - @humming-fly

[tenaciouslyobsessed]

I too have fear of worms

I have conflicted feelings towards Atom

But they’re also just a little guy

Wormy little fella

If it/they will hold my hand, then I dont care if it/they is literally a hivemind collective of alien worms

(which is also the ONE creepy crawly i am actually afraid of mind you- --its IMPRESSIVE that this game was able to convince me to like Atom.)

im so touch starved lately mb gang

[caninescreations]

no praaablem 👌

[last night i was up INADVISABLY LATE bc i couldnt stop myself from scribbling out this scene too. deffo not gonna color/finish it but i figured HEY why not post it]

[also the last panel i was torn bc on the one hand i wanted a closeup shot of mcgucket to emphasize the crazy but on the other i wanted to draw ford more, and i wanted a more dynamic composition- so here's the alt. last panel that i decided wasn't good enough]

[he's totally gonna help ford normal-style]

[alwwa]

Angel🤍☁️

Inspired by the fanfic I've read while ago. Where Levy was a beautiful, gentle and curious angel and Gajeel was dark, terryfing and cruel demon (of course). And that's a story of a forbidden love, rebirths and so on. But it was so well written! And this couple had to overcome so much to finally be together. This story hooked me and became one of my favorites, and at some point I came up with the idea to draw her in the image of an angel💞

Yay! I finally finished it! 🥳 It took two months (maybe even a little more) from the moment this idea came to my mind to the moment I fully realized it. And! what is very important to me is that it looks almost exactly as I saw it in my mind. Especially face expression 👌 Honestly, this is the most detailed work I've ever done. I've used tons of references for it, but the result totally worth it (just look at those wings and flower composition 🌸)also I used my sunset photo as a background reference.

This is the rare case when I like what I've done. Sorry for all this text😅 and thanks for reading it!

[lizard-queen-izzy]

This is so fucking breathtaking!

-SPOILERS! -Flashing images at 6:53-6:57. -Eye/Body horror warning

This is my version of episode 159 from The Magnus Archives. Thank you to the friends who cheered me on though the project, the cool folks who hung out with me on twitch, and my awesome sister who is too scared to finish the podcast but will listen to me talk about it for hours on end.

And, of course, thank you to Jonny Sims, Alex Newall, Alasdair Stuart and and the rest of the crew and cast behind TMA (I'm so looking forward to the Magnus Protocol!)

I love animation, I love storyboarding, I love the Magnus Archives.

SOFTWARE: Storyboard Pro 20, with ROZ ToonBoom brushes (https://rozlynnwaltz.gumroad.com/l/SBProBrushesStarterPack)

[innerchorus]

Arslan Senki Chapter 141

Arakawa dedicated a whole chapter to Isfan and Shapur and it was pretty much everything I could have asked for. I'm feeling pretty emotional over this one, but I want to write the post straight away because otherwise who knows whether I'll manage it.

Really like the composition here. The two of them with their weapons locked, then a closer look at each opposing side; Isfan's gritted teeth, Shapur's unreadable expression. And I say 'opposing side' but... They never should have been on different sides, should they?

Isfan saying that he cannot accept that Shapur raised his weapons against those who fought for the people of their country 👌👌👌 (...under normal circumstances, Shapur would never have accepted this either)

DUAL WIELDING WITH A SHORT SWORD

As you can see above, he managed to land a minor blow on Shapur (which earns him some praise! The fact that Shapur WANTS to be defeated, even more overtly than the other undead warriors; that he LONGS for Isfan to be strong enough to defeat him...!)

Really enjoyed their fight, and I can't believe I'm able to say that, but for some reason the peril felt lessened and I didn't ever believe Isfan was at risk of death here so watching him make mistakes and figure things out and employ some tactics of his own felt really fulfilling.

I was impressed with his quick thinking in picking up a shield when he found himself needing to defend in a narrow space! Also that leftmost panel with the short sword in his mouth? Cuuuute.

Isfan saying that Shapur always found time to train him? And that he could never land a blow on him back then? Yeah, just as I pictured it.

FINALLY a good fucking view of the wolf's head design on the clasp for his cloak! It's like the one from the centre of his crest! (I'll go do a comparison after this post.)

Not gonna lie, the blow he took to his face was pretty awful... but in doing so, he landed another of those small blows on Shapur. I like this panel. Even though he's in worse shape, even though it seems he's barely been able to scratch Shapur, he's grinning through the blood, his wolf's fang bared, and the reason is about to make itself clear.

Shapur's realisation came too late...

!!! HE ATTACKED HIS BROTHER AS A WOLF ATTACKING LARGE PREY

I've got to go and find it but I recall having a conversation in the comments somewhere with @tired-reader-writer about what Isfan's tactics might be like, and I remember saying that he would harry his enemies like a wolf does, and okay, I think I was talking about him directing his troops that way rather than in a one-on-one fight, but to see exactly those tactics right here on the page in canon! Fuck yes!

Shapur telling Isfan he's proud of him 😭😭😭

(I was not dry-eyed at this point but the tears didn't spill over just yet; however, Arakawa got me in the end)

Shapur saying he can go without regrets now okay this is fine, I'm fine...

ISFAN 😭😭😭

Obsessed with this panel. He's so desperate, his grief so raw.

Okay NOW I'm crying

They should have had this... This future... Instead of Shapur's untimely death, instead of being forced to fight like this. This was Isfan's dream, the one mentioned in the title, and it's one that Shapur appears to have shared.

I'M FUCKING SOBBING Arakawa did so well.

That's it, by the way. That's the last panel. So we didn't get a hint of where the manga will go next month, but I'm okay with just sitting here for a moment looking at that final silhouette.

[ckret2]

I HAVEN'T DONE FANART IN A WHILE SO HERE YOU GO

*drops this and runs away*

🌹🌹(did this by memory btw)

face of a guy realizing he's about to make the stupidest decision of his afterlife. (So far.)

the composition of this makes it look like the Axolotl is egging Bill on from behind. 👌

[rinazurine]

I Drew this and then wanted to practice my ink work (you can see the progression between each panel lol)

They were too young to watch full metal alchemist.

(My sketchbook isn’t that needle organized. Gotta love clean up and composition editing 🫡👌👌)

[d3rpydoods]

You deserved better fates

[braind3adboy]

Hiii just scrolled thru your entire blog I love your art so much <3 the composition and the style and the colors are just 👌👌👌 absolutely delightful. ESPECIALLY THE OMO SAM OMFG <333

WTF OMG TYSMMM YOU DONT KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME 🩷🫶

[squeakadeeks]

auuughhhhh im dragging my gorpse along the ground trying to keep myself wanting to finish the alliacea comic

my conflict is twofold, 1) comics just take so much gotdamn work and i cant help but feel like its not worth it. when i compare how much energy thought and actual labor go into making it, it just feels....insufficient? and this is a personal thing, the reason i feel like this is because i genuinely have negative talent when it comes to comics. this isnt hyperbolic, if you look at my comic pages before this they were genuinely unreadable. my natural "intuition" about pacing, dialog boxes, composition, panel layouts, etc is atrocious. i have no aptitude for it so it feels like a marathon where i already had to jog 15 miles just to get to the starting line. it takes a herculean amount of effort just to make it look passable.

but then again most things worth doing are hard? all art is hard? i dont know that this is any more challenging than if i told myself to draw 14 fully rendered portraits in a day.

so then that lends itself to my second issue of if i should keep pushing myself to do this thing that im bad at, but MIGHT ☝️ be extremely rewarding at the end, or return to my comfortable happy hidey hole of one-off drawings or simple 4-5 panel scenes. the debate is i cant really "do" anything with one-off drawings, they never accumulate to anything of substance BUT they are more approachable???

i dunno man its just times like this i wish i had an eunuch who could advise me on whether or not i should actually jump ship or stick it out and have him put on a little cheerleader costume to keep me going

and its like at the end of the day i get it, that like "nothing matters, just do it for you!" but like girl...i dont know what i actually want and sometimes it'd be nice if things mattered, just a lil 👌 maintaining my mental health and ego feels like trying to keep a baby's attention by jangling some keys

[kurishiri]

Helloo^^ you are one of my favorite translators and I wanted to ask you a question, when you first started learning Japanese was it difficult? How did you become fluent/ or atleast able to understand enough to make these wonderful translations you do? Also what prompted you to learn the language? Is it your third or your second? You don't have to answer this if you don't want to btw(or if you have answered anything similar) but regardless thank you for your time if you read this :D

hii anon , i appreciate your kind words 🥹🤍 its flattering to know im one of yr fav tlers especially as i dont get many active feedbacks on my tls 😅🥲🥲 (/nm /neu) but as for the questions.. i’ll try to answer one by one below the cut !

when you first started learning japanese was it difficult?

i think any language can be pretty difficult. my native language is english — pretty far removed from japanese language. a lotta things r different btn the two languages, so there were some concepts tht were definitely difficult for me to grasp. for example, は(ha, pronounced “wa”) and が(ga) particle differences.. its sort of an abstract concept in english.

but , i imagine if your native language korean or chinese for example, it would be easier bc there r more parallels shared btn those languages as opposed to english and japanese!

how did you become fluent to at least be able to understand enough to make these translations?

the big thing: practice. thts wht it essentially all boils down to.

if you look my translations from wayy back in 2019? or so? tht was also before i had classroom experience but my tls there feel kinda rough 🫠✌️ but also another thing ab tls is — for me — i try to also consider the char im portraying whn i tl stuff. ofc there is getting the concept down.. but theres also things like tone, speaking quirks, etc. which i take creative liberties to portray. for example.. and ths is js an example i make up on the spot lmao

if alfons say [もちろんです] (mochiron desu).. a direct tl would be like ,

alfons: of course.

but if i tl it i will probably put in smth like —

alfons: (oh, / why,) but of course.

its only like a couple words difference, and the idea is still present. but the latter has sort of speaking quirk or flair added in.. if i were to remove tht alfons was the one who said it, you could probably still kinda feel “yeah its smth alfons could say” if tht make sense 🥹🙏

another example (actual ths time) is whn i tl one of darius’ bond stories and had him call kate a “cookie”.. he doesnt literally call her tht in the story — i js added it in to try to highlight his personality which may be more apparent in japanese tht may get a bit lost in tl in english.

over time i sort of read more things — even simple news articles on nhk easy news to get acquainted with kanji and all tht jazz. i also took classes not only on japanese, but in japanese too. like classes where nearly all the material is in japanese , we would hold discussions in japanese , and all readings, assignments and essays were all in japanese as well.

over time, y can also learn how to pick up kanji from context clues or its radical composition. my jp profs train me to read japanese texts quickly and not getting caught up in words i may not know.

but give it time — thts the other big thing.

what prompted you to learn the language? is it your second or third language?

probably like a good amount of ppl out there.. anime and manga prompted me first 😂👌 thn eventually, otoge ! an otoge blog i often read was bread master lee — they would read otoge in japanese and summarize the stories on their blog, so i think they also serve as inspiration of sorts for me.

i learned spanish during like middle and high school. and i speak (some) chinese at home. i started to self-learn japanese on and off maybe starting middle school, but didnt really delve into it til college.

[socknerd]

Drawfee speed draws are so good. Like, all their stuff is good, but speed draws let them fucking FLEX and 👌👌👌

Yeah I'm watching their latest one lol. And all the compositions are so fucking good. And I love seeing all the different processes and learning little bits and pieces. And just. Ugh. Drawfee ily especially your speed draws.

... I really need my computer back so I can get back into art (and games) 😭

[yeehawpim]

i am so sorry for bothering you but. i have a few questions. Do you have any tips or books/youtube videos to help people interested in making comics or webcomics? and, also, how big do you make your canvas & is it the same size on your site (to read your comic)?

ayyy not at all 👌(side note sorry to the ppl I don't get to, I read all my asks even if I can't answer all of them and they cheer me up)

I've answered comic-making related stuff in my q&a tag somewhere, if you want to go digging 🤔

here's one of them

but as for books and youtube videos hmm

supereyepatchwolf on youtube has a few vids talking about manga, I especially like the chainsaw man one where he talks about how the author doesn't have the most polished style but the layout/composition/panelling is insane. There's another one he does about gantz where he talks about empty space can be used to make a lonely feeling. Those are more about the specific titles than comic making 😅but they defs inspired me haha

I watch a lot of video essays about movies and shows and they make me wanna go out and tell more stories 😤🫶 (breadsword, ladyknighhtthebrave, hazel... etc)

I haven't read any specific comic-making advice books? I just read a lot of manga/comics and stare at the things I like in them. Off the top of my head, One Piece, Anya's Ghost, and The Adventures Of Dr. Mcninja are all fun.

A more succinct advice book I think is The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams. It's about animation, but comics has always felt kind of like a cousin. You're still making movement and timing look good, but it's in more select snapshots. (Though the advice about not listening to music while you're working is not for me 😂)

Also Griz and Norm have this really cool book of drawing tips that I want to get one day, but I think you can find everything as individual posts online too.

I usually work with 1650x2550px 72ppi for digital stuff, and 300ppi for print stuff. This is coming from a rube in all computer matters though, so take it with a grain of salt. It should be the same size on my site unless posting it somehow altered it w/o me knowing 😅

[elo-h]

So apparently I'm not allowed to use the good printer for personal projects, but that didn't stop me. Both Hami and I are enjoying the result 😊💕

Again thank you so much, can't wait to get distracted by this wonderful work of art every time I sit down at my computer 💕

Here’s my part for the mp100 secret spirit! For @elo-h

I combined the prompts “spirits and such having a day at the office” and “the kids hanging out.” It was so much fun to draw

Thank you for hosting this, @mp100secretspirit