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do you have any tips for someone who wants to get serious about making comics/comic panels? love your art btw x

JUST DO IT

Have a read through Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, extremely great book talking about the medium of comics, it's long but my god is it good. I think chapter 4 is particularly useful for ppl w/o a lot of comic experience.

Remember that comics are not storyboards for tv/film, they do things way cooler than that (see tip #2) 😎

Read lots of comics!! i consumed manga in my teens at an unholy pace + learnt a lot unconsciously while doing so. (I read a lot less now unfortunately and maybe manage a graphic novel every 6 months)

JUST DO IT, DONT THINK, JUST MAKE COMICS, THEY MIGHT BE BAD OR A LITTLE UNCREATIVE AT FIRST AND THAT'S GREAT BC YOU MADE A COMIC AND YOU ONLY GET BETTER WITH PRACTICE, JUST DO IT!!!!!!!!!!

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I made a self-indulgent purchase this morning and bought an adoptable from SM-Baby! 🥺💕

🤍🩷❤️Stuffed Toy Adoptable❤️🩷🤍(TAKEN)

This one was very experimental so i'm keeping it at half price :3 What kind of animal is the stuffed toy based on? hell if I know! Have fun with it!

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Commission I got from @blintzestein Joan Stein! Check out her stuff on Soundcloud or support her on Ko-Fi.

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Do the spiral eyes show up literally for the toyfolk? like, would Andrea see it in Maria's eyes?

Yes.

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I need money, please. I'm so tired. I can't offer any more commissions. Pretty sure I have 40 or 70 of them on the go. I can't afford to go the dentist. I have no income. Making art for y'all is all I do for a living.

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So greek mythology is now apart of the misfits lore hopefully will see the primordials titans & Greek gods in here eventually & if the Greek pantheon exists do other pantheons exist in the misfits universe

Yes, all mythologies are canon in the lore of my story. We are playthings of the gods, after all.

The Saturnalicius Princeps will be doing story time in the next Claws update.

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☁️ Cycle ☁️

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Misfits in Toyland

Plastic Coast, pages 80-83

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Do the Dark Elves have maternity leave? What about dental? At least tell me they have a good 401K!?

Both Santa's elves and Krampus' dark elves are part of the same union, run by the head elf Pieter. This is what some of the dark elves look like!

However, not all of his little helpers are elves. The toyfolk and confectionery kin who dwell in his workshop are not part of the union.

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This might just be me, but I think back in ancient times, Krampus never saw himself as a good person or someone who could be good. It would explain why he was so shocked that Nickolas forgave him for butchering three little boys and stuffing them into a brine barrel. He just couldn't comprehend why someone would show kindness to a creature like him.

Precisely.

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Book Four cover reveal! ✨️

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Commission for TheValiantBob

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Artfight: @wayne-bruces-artblog's Kim from Changeling The Begrudging!

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Art of Ellenstoybox's witch Lavender for Artfight!

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Misfits in Toyland

Claws, pages 1-4

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Unwound. Art of @zal-cryptid 's Maria Martinez for Art Fight!

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Bruh when is Krampus patching that pooltoy bug. Nearly unplayable because of it.

His dark elves are on it 🫡