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Today (11/18) is Meet the Webcomic day! And I just realized I can share this over here on Tumblr as well. 😛

I suspect folks don't typically use tumblr as a big marketing engine, but I figure I should post this here anyways in case there's people who don't know that... I do a webcomic!

Edit: OH YEAH AND YOU CAN READ IT HERE (LMAO)

https://witchofdezina.com

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GeekGirlCon was fun!

I too, was there.. in spirit behind the camera in this shot. 😆

Just wrapped on day 1 of 2 over at GeekGirlCon :D

ty @botanica-machina for being a super helpful table buddy & also for taking this picture! Looking forward to tomorrow!

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Finally feeling up to making art again and, ironically, this is the page I had open in Clip Studio so this is what I started inking.

About an hour in I realized this wasn't even the next page to be drawn but I was too invested at that point.

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"back on my bullshit again", she says uploading original art for the first time in years

(Webcomic pages don't count 😂)

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Heyy! I'm helping out Cosmi here on Nov 9-10 🔥

There is a 50-50 chance that I will weave my green wig weft into some ridiculously long ponytail braid for the con. 😂 We'll see if it strikes my fancy on the weekend of.

Sup everyone! GeekGirl Con 2024 is in less than 2 weeks now, and I finally have official confirmation about which table I'll be at! If you'll be in the Seattle area for GGC, come find me at table 1507!

plus, @botanica-machina will be there helping me at the table! Say Hi!! geekgirlcon.com

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On one hand, I've enjoyed drawing my characters with a limited color palette for this low-light scene in chapter 4.

On the other hand, I realize I'm missing the ease of character recognition that you get from having character specific palettes. 🥲

I think I'm gonna have to change things up soon to improve character recognizability. It stinks because things ain't about to get lighter! (If anything, the scene is about to get darker...)

Maybe I can improve readability if I split the party again and color code each location... 🤔

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I've wanted to do a predominantly red piece for a long time and when I finally came around to it, I kept trying to lighten the background because it seemed too intense. 😅

Anyways, this illustration is the first in a series I want to draw. Something-something... drawing emotions, storytelling with single images, witchy tarot vibes, classic anime chest wounds. You get me.

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I was iterating on this idea earlier this summer. I wanted to draw a bored looking angel in a mundane location, like an outdoor mall. But I went too ham on the background and it overtook the composition. 🥲

I might revisit the idea at some point since I have some other ideas for how to approach it.

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I once had the idea to draw my houseplants as pokemon and I really liked how the rex begonia came out. I never shared online since I accidentally drew it super tiny so the image quality isn't great. But I still like the way I rendered the leaves.

(RIP real rex begonia. My place was never humid enough for you.)

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I was practicing drawing buildings from a google street view a while back and I still like how the digital watercolor effects came out. I really oughta do more of these.

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Had a really good time at SPX this year! First time tabling so I was really nervous! I kept thinking I didn't have enough stuff to sell, but folks were mostly interested in buying comics (which I had!) and that was a relief.

I had a few stickers that sold pretty well too. More importantly, the kids at the show who interacted with my booth were super fun. 😁

(thank God they mostly went for the stickers because my comics are not quite built for them 😅)