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really helpful technique ^ once you know how to divide by halves and thirds it makes drawing evenly spaced things in perspective waaay easier:

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We've officially started decorating for Halloween and figuring out what we want to do this year

[Comic script

Panel 1, Aug Week 2

Lyly: Mori, can we start Halloween?

Panel 2, Aug Week 3

Lyly smiling: I got you a shirt (it's orange with the word "BOO" on it

Panel 3, Aug Week 4

Mori putting on the shirt

Panel 4, Sept Week 1

Mori wearing the shirt and lifting a plushy jack-o'-lantern: Yeah, I'm ready!!

Lyly is celebrating next to them

Script end]

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I did, in fact, wear the bun ball that day

[Comic script:

Panel 1 Mori enters: Hey Lyly! Can you help me with a thing? Lyly looks back at them: Yeah. What's up?

Panel 2 Mori holding a hair clip and hair comb ball: Which one?

Panel 3 Lyly leaving: The black one. Mori is offended (ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ)

Panel 4 Mori yelling: They're both black! Do you know who you're talking to?!

Panel 5 Lyly from off screen: Yeah :D My best bro.

Lyly's note under panel: I'm feeling the ball more

End]

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Hey, so, Patreon is lying to you about Apple forcing their hand.

Patreon is getting rid of 1st-of-the-month/per-creation billing, claiming a new decision by Apple has forced their hand. This will hurt a lot of creatives, and their excuse is bullshit. Allow me to explain.

In 2018, Patreon tried to impose a new ill-considered fee structure on everyone that would have cost creators a lot of smaller pledges. They ended up apologizing for this profusely; they have now deleted this apology from their website and unfortunately I was unable to find it on the Internet Archive. This was shameful, but to their credit they backed off quickly when things got ugly.

Back in 2021, Patreon discussed plans to force all creators into a rolling bill structure and get rid of first-of-the-month/pay-up-front billing. The community once again very decisively shouted them down, and they had to walk it back again. This whole fiasco damaged the already shaky trust between Patreon creators and staff.

This week, Patreon announced that, along with extra fees, Apple's policies were supposedly forcing them to move everyone over to the rolling fee structure that they first tried to get us to agree to in 2021. Patreon will tell you they are not happy about this. As a person who spent a long time watching Patreon make terrible decisions, I can tell you-- they are probably very happy about this, because it's exactly the smokescreen they needed to do what they've been trying to do for years, which is pull ALL Patreon creators away from 1st-of-the-month and per-creation billing.

The spin in the news I've seen so far is "Apple bullies Patreon, boo hoo hoo poor Patreon". This is very obviously not what's happening. Mind you: Apple does suck, and they are doing something bad here. Fuck apple. But Patreon and Apple are BOTH the asshole in this situation; Everyone Sucks Here. Patreon has options: they can make the iOS app a reader app and do billing through the browser to avoid the restrictions and the extra fees (Netflix and Amazon, notably, both do this), or they can allow creators to opt-out of iOS billing if they want to use billing models that don't work with it.

It seems most likely to me that the Apple situation is a real fire that Patreon has chosen to use as a convenient smokescreen to do what they've been wanting to do since at least 2021, and maybe since 2018.

What do we do?:

They have a feedback form specifically about this.

They also have a creator discord.

And they have lots of social media pages where they probably really, really hope that this doesn't blow up again, because they never learn. The incidents I've described here aren't the only two other times Patreon has pissed off their creators. They know if they don't contain the noise it'll be harder to get away with it, so make some noise. They've done a lot of work to spin this cleverly so you'll have sympathy for them and they won't get the kind of backlash they know they deserve.

Please don't misuse these links and make threats or spam or something. All you have to do is give well-reasoned feedback. Patreon hates feedback. Make sure they get a nice heaping helping of their least favorite vegetable.

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Lyly refused to explain and only laughed

[Comic script:

Panel1 Lyly & Sky standing next to the table. There is a open bag of chips and a box of kiwis. Lyly picks up a Kiwi and offers to Sky: Kiwi? Sky: no thank you.

Panel2 Lyly puts kiwi in chip bag. Text over them points to the Kiwi box and chip bag.

Panel3 Lyly leaves. Mori enters: Did they just?

Panel4 Sky: Yes. Yes they did Mori reaches into chip bag

Mori holds up the kiwi. "??????????" is written above them

Script End]

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Heads up.

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This week I have been fighting severe fatigue and brain fog to the point I had to take off work. I made this when I finally started feeling better enough to be able to sit up without falling over.

[Image Description: Black ink and white paint on grey toned paper. The face person with a neutral to daze expression is in the center of the page. Their hair flows around them and blends into the smoke that makes up the rest of the page. ID End]

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The posting schedule is going to be switching to every other week for a while

[Image script:

Lyly holding up baking pan: Can I grease the pan? I don't want to have to line it.

Mori: I'll line some art (one finger gun; rainbow behind them)

Mori hold pose Lyly stared at them

Mori hold pose Lyly stared at them

Lyly started cutting paper for pan Mori giggle

script end]

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;0; Thank you!!

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Cojakocos on insta commissioned me again to draw another of their gorgeous OCs :D

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Marzipan was very confused when I took the phone away.

[Comic Description

Marzipan (fluffy cat) is being pet. He stretches and plops his paw in a cellphone over the thumbprint reader. Text on the phone appears "Finger Print Does Not Match"

Description End]

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And then I showed Sky all of the watermelon beverages :D

[Comic Description:

Mori, Lyly, and Sky are standing in the isle of a farmer's market

Panel 1 Mori to Lyly: Can I get- Lyly: Yes

Panel 2 Mori zooms away leaving a smoke cloud behind Lyly to Sky: You can buy stuff too.

Panel 3 Sky: I'm just processing since it's my first time here. Lyly: Oh! Mori will show you.

Panel 4 Mori from too far away to hear: SKY, Come here! Sky: Oh, okay!

Panel 5 Sky zooms away leaving a smoke cloud behind Lyly: I swear. Mori and me sharing the braincell.

Description End]

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AI disturbance overlays for those who don't have Ibis paint premium. found them on tiktok

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The fatigue from being sick and recovering has been making it hard to finish things. It's getting better every day though :D

[Comic Description:

Panel 1 Mori at their work desk thinking, "Oh! It's time to go home!"

Panel 2 Mori driving: "I'm gonna fraw so much when I get home"

Panel 3 Mori sleeping on thier bed. The text above them reads: "One 'short' nap later"

Panel 4 Mori wakes up: "!!"

Panel 5 Mori rolls to the side and covers their face with their hands, thinking, "Not again!!"

End Description]

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Just a reminder I have comms open. I've been having a ton of medical appointments the past few months and could the help tbh

Commission Sheets

Patreon Tiers explained

Commission TOS & FAQ under the cut

TOS - The commission is for personal use only (no part of the image can be resold, used in a: NFT, crypto, blockchain, advertisement, game, merchandise or intentionally put into image learning programs etc) - Digital file only - you will NOT receive a physical copy of the commission from me. - I reserve the right to post it and use it in my portfolio. (Let me know if you want it posted at/after a certain time, and how to tag you.) - I reserve the right to record or stream working on the commission. - Payment is through PayPal; USD $ only. I will send you an invoice to the email you give me when I am able to start the commission. - 100% needs to be paid up front before I will start drawing unless the commission is $200+. If it is $200+ I require a minimum of %50 paid before I will start. - The WIP images of the art will be watermarked if I have not received the full payment. I will only send the finished unwatermarked commission after I receive full payment. - No refunds (for work done) - You get 2 major changes in the thumbnail stage, then 1 minor change per stage after that. - I can't do due dates since this isn't my job. I normally take 3 days to 1 week to complete the comm starting from 1st payment. If you do want it by a certain date I will try to accommodate that.

Info I will need to draw: - Type of commission. Description of character/illustration including expression and pose. The more references you can give me, the better. - Tell me if you plan on printing a hard copy. (will not affect price) (will affect file size and colors to make sure it prints nice) - Any text you want in the image must be in English only (I want to make sure I know what I'm writing.) - I reserve the right to refuse any commission. There are things that I am not confident in drawing, and some topics make me uncomfortable. (some NSFW, mecha, gore, hate iconography, politics, etc)

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Guys I have been having a time. Weeks of being sick. Finally saw some specialists to get diagnosed with multiple things and prescribed multiple meds. I'm so tired

[Comic Description:

Panel 1 Mori opens quart of green tea. There is a plastic cup on the table.

Panel 2 Mori pours the tea

Panel 3 Close up of the tea pouring.

Panel 5 Mori put the quart down and looks disappointedly at the drink with the plastic ring floating in it. A voice from off screen says "you have to post this"

Panel 4 same as previous except the ring around the mouth of the container slips off and falls

Panel 6 A photo of the cup with the with plastic ring floating in the tea

End description]

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Coco is too cute sometimes

[Comic Description:

Panel 1 Lyly talking to Mori and Sky. No words are written

Panel 2 Lyly leaving. "Mama?" is written at the corner behind them.

Panel 3 Coco runs into the area with the handle of a clothe bag wrapped around her. "Mama?" Is written over her

Panel 4 Coco standing with bag around her. "Where Mama going?" is written above her

Panel 5 Mori and Sky turn towards the camera gushing about Coco.

Mori: She's stuck in a bag!!

Sky: Coco that's illegally cute!!

Description End]