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Horatio

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Aww, my pleasure. Lovely work on the rendering!

A drawing I commissioned from @lackadaisycats a long, long time ago that I finally got around to rendering. Thank you again for the beautiful piece, Tracy ♡♡

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With the Kickstarter gaining on its cover enhancing stretch goal, thought I'd post another Unsounded cover! This is the elusive second volume's, out of print for years. I'm pretty glad it's finally going to be available on paper again.

This is another cover I was never thrilled with. I like the Quigleys back there but the composition is a mess and Duane and Sette's poses are weak. Just not very cute!

Do you think Swarm survived the khert-fire? Do you think we'll ever see it again? Do you think Matty was given his dad's pymarics and all his effects? Maybe...

Kickstarter for new (and better!) books is less than 10k away from a cover upgrade! Thanks to everyone who's pledged! :)

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this might be a silly ask, and im sorry if it is! But how would you say to deal with comparing your art to others? like, you’ll be happy with something you’ve drawn, but you go online and see all these thousands of people better than you and suddenly that art isn’t great anymore. what advice or thoughts do you have on that?

have a wonderful day!

It's not a silly ask. It's something most artists struggle with at points, especially when young - comparing yourself to other artists in a way that makes everything feel like an unpleasant, hopeless competition; thinking your goal should be becoming the "best" most stand-out artist in an entire discipline; thinking you must be a professional success by some ridiculously young age; conflating your innate worth as a human being with the amount of positive attention your art gets.

There's also a tendency to gloss over all the struggles, missteps, discarded work, practice and dedication that went into everything you're judging yourself against. On the surface, it looks like you're surrounded by natural born geniuses who turn out masterpieces like nothing. They don't. None of it was easy. It was years or decades getting there. I guarantee there were restless nights, untold dark hours of self-doubt, endless frustration, and literal tears shed over this stuff. What you're seeing is a very curated end result.

It's torturous, futile mental practice to think of this like some kind of game you have to win to be worthwhile. There is no objective winning. There's just achieving whatever goals you set for yourself, making whatever progress satisfies you, and enjoying the process. There is shining at the very specific thing only you do. That's the thing that'll make you a stand-out. And in that, your only competition is yourself. You're still going to be battling your own art demons, but at least in that state of mind, other artists aren't your rivals. They're relatable peers on their own journeys to become the best at what they do. You can learn a lot from them, appreciate whatever knowledge they can share, be inspired by them, commiserate with them, all without the burden of feeling like you have to fight them to climb to the top of the pile. You're all running on your own self-determined track.

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Lackadaisy ladies ✨

this took so long omg…

also to the person who requested Lacy, this is for you.. if you’re still here TwT

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suits

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✨Team Badguys✨

Hey....Wait a minute...!

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What would you say is your favourite film ever?

Mine is probably Amadeus (1984), it’s brilliant.

I don't know that I've ever had a very definitive favorite. It might change depending on when you ask, but chances are high it's something either David Lynch or the Coen Brothers made. If we're talking nostalgic childhood favorites, maybe Labyrinth.

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Is it crazy to think that Human!Zib looks a lot like the actor Norman Reedus?

I don't think that's crazy at all. There's some scruffy resemblance. But I also think it's fair to interpret how they'd translate in whatever way strikes you, regardless of how I drew them.

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Hi!!!

When you first started writing Mordecai's dialogue, did you ever have trouble understanding what he was saying? I remember when I first started writing a character who was 'smarter' than me—I had to Google everything just to keep up, and honestly, I still do!

Thank you for your future answer!

Yeah, it's a challenge to write for him sometimes, but in a lot of ways, that keeps it interesting. I have to start looking things up anytime he goes off about something math related.

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If someone did not know how to draw AT ALL but wanted to have a drawing of their OC from Lackadaisy or anything really, what would be the best way to get a drawing? Also the first episode of Lackadaisy was absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to see more of it, keep up the good work and have a great day!

There are numerous artists in the Lackadaisy community who do commission work. I'd say check Lackadaisy tags on social media for artists posting commission pricing sheets or drawings of other OCs. You'll find a lot of artists on the Lackadaisy Discord too. I do custom artboard drawings for Patreon supporters at certain pledge tiers too. (The tiers are limited each month, though, so sometimes a slot is open, and sometimes not.) Also, thank you for the kind compliments!

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Wild Animatic !!! 🤣

Animatic and video by @loridart

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Hello. I was wondering if we’d ever get to know or see more of Freckle’s father Carroll? Possible in a photograph or flashback in the Animated Series or Webcomic?

He'll appear in 'photograph' form, yes.

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Since youre now currently answering questions:

Will you do showcases on fan animation and art like last year’s ghost stories? Im planning to make one this Christmas.

Ps: I was the animator of the winning entry, and have a good day Tracy! :3

Well, congrats on the win! I'm not sure what's in store yet this season. That'd be up to Newt and the mods and what they have in mind / have the bandwidth for over on the Lackadaisy Discord.

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Would you say it is fair to classify Lackadaisy as "tragedy" or do you think that's too bleak of a category for the story?

I don't think it's explicitly a tragedy. It's a lot of things, but maybe 'dramedy' sort of fits on the whole.

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Favorite cartoons from your childhood?

Hmm. Hard to say. I watched so many, but standouts are probably Gargoyles, Batman: the Animated Series, Animaniacs, golden-era Simpsons. Definitely glommed onto Samurai Pizza Cats for a time, even though we only got a handful of episodes.

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Live footage of Mordecai and Rocky. Prove me wrong :)

I have no exculpatory evidence. The defense rests.