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re: our previous interaction. can you draw kingpin matt being picked up (affectionately) and getting all flustered about it?

Sorry bruh, my art machine doesn't do requests very well. Once in a blue moon I have a thing on a canvas somewhere that already fits a request, but it's not a thing I can do on command.

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@the0neto0thedsktch Here you go. OK actually he is a normal-sized person of normal weight it's just that 80% of the people around him are grabby and have super strength.

It's mostly Gwen which IDK what else I expected.

When you're trying to watch the Spider-Gwen manga but she keeps being bullied by some fucking weeb.

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Revising some of my horse drawing tips pages, starting with necks!

Corrected some muscle names and added more explanation/ method.

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When you're trying to watch the Spider-Gwen manga but she keeps being bullied by some fucking weeb.

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He's helping.

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Dr. Crane yelling at the Arkham Asylum staff for removing the images from his presentation slides due to "triggering content," as though that was not The Entire God Damn Point.

I was wondering what Dr. Crane would do with the results of his fear gas research then I remembered that Arkham Asylum contains 90% of Gotham's scientific community.

Follow-up to my last Batman comic doodle.

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*holds out dash like a poor 7th century orphan* spare a murderdock doodle, sir?

I had these already sitting in my art drafts, you lucky duck.

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Welcome to the best years of your life, Foggy.

Foggy Nelson at law school with his roommate but it’s the evil one.

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DUDE YOUR MOUTHWASHING ANIMATION IS AMAZING, DO YOU STILL HAVE THE SOTRYBOARD?

Thank you! My animatics are awful but here :P

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There is no joke here. This is literally just the comic.

Scene from Spider-Gwen (2015-2018) issue # 21

tf when you call your arch-nemesis and he's out partying at the club with the guy he sent to kill your dad.

Love it when characters have day jobs that double the amount of petty bullshit they can inflict on people.

Not sure what possessed me to draw this or draw it at the most garbage resolution, but oh well.

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No escape.

Protector of the Arachno-Humanoid Poly-Multiverse vs. the Daddest Dad to ever Dad. (Having one meaningful conversation with Jeff would probably kill him irl.)

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Protector of the Arachno-Humanoid Poly-Multiverse vs. the Daddest Dad to ever Dad. (Having one meaningful conversation with Jeff would probably kill him irl.)

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Spider-Society and The Day of Lots of Involuntary Trips to Earth-19999. (Finally finished this, god damn.)

I hadn’t seen any takes on what Spider-Society was like during Spider-man: No Way Home (2021), so I thought about it too hard.

I.e. I pulled up a clip of No Way Home to see what the Peter-abduction spell would look like from Miguel’s POV, then realized he'd have no idea what he's looking at and would probably mistake it for something else.

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Okay future boy. They should hang out.

(Jefferson completely absorbing everything his Spider-man says is peak. Miles, all your dad wants is to listen to you. Water you doin'?)

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Hi, I just wanted to ask you something if it's no problem to ask.

I really like the old comic feeling your arts have and I would like to know which brushes, textures and color palletes you use? Or any advices for that type of art and where I could possibly find sources that could help learn about.

Hiya!

I draw in procreate and use these products from Retro Supply

And recently I bought KraftTone by True Grit Texture Supply which has an identical halftone system to Colorlab, but I wanted to know the difference. That being KraftTone has their CMY values (slightly) darker to give a gritty feel compared to Colorlab who gives you brighter color.

Before either of these products were available I used Debaser by True Grit Texture Supply. Instead of mixing your own halftone colors, Debaser has them ready to go. Just import the color file and brush in where you want the color. I still use this when I’m lazy or don’t wanna put in the extra effort 😅 (it still looks great tho!).

All these products come included with textured paper, inkers, distress effects and color chart references all of which I use in my art. 👍 These are all available for photoshop, illustrator, and Affinity. And I think right now only KraftTone is available for Clip Studio Paint. I can go into more depth about these products if you want to in another post.

If you don’t know about the comic color process and print here’s a quick article that will help you understand better.

You can find comic references anywhere. I get mine from Pinterest! Searching “vintage/retro comics” will give you a plethora of images that you can click through and get more similar images or find neat websites like this one!

Details I take note of when starting a piece:

If the colors and blacks will be vibrant or faded

If the print will be clean or bleeding and shifted ( or if I’m using halftones at all or solid color)

If the comic will have an overall yellow tint from age

How will I ink the lineart

There isn’t really a guide that teaches you how to achieve every single iteration of comic style. You get your lineart and halftones down and from there you experiment with effects depending on what look you want to achieve, which is the fun part imo. But on the retro supply website under “resources” they offer tutorials how to achieve various effects and art styles.

If you plan on mixing your own halftones it’s easier color it like normal then translate that color to halftones. The products I use all offer a solid color palette to the corresponding halftones to make the process easier because it does get a tad confusing especially if you forget what color formula you were using ( it’s a pain to match the colors tbh b/c they’re not labeled), I should pre color my stuff, but I don’t and I end up fumbling over myself. Lol.

Hope that helped some! Cheers!

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[Is confused in Spanish]

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Do u have any advice for artists who draw ridiculously slow???

draw faster