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thewanderingmask · 5 months ago

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obligatory scott and scar posting

#smajor #goodtimeswithscar #last life smp #“wait have you only seen the very beginning and very end of last life”#yes #listen i get STRESSED #hc and the life series are slowly helping me make some progress about that though actually #see i've always had trouble with getting stressed over conflict in fiction #like it hits me way too hard #and that makes it hard to get into a lot of media let me tell you #then i started playing ttrpgs with some REALLY good folks #and that became my first practice area to work through some fears and have time to address some personal stuff #and it became easier to be okay irl over time #and now i'm watching these minecraft folks blow each other up and do death games and when theyre done theyre all still GOOD #not just fine irl but they still LIKE each other (or at least seem to be alright playing together again)#and that's just helping my brain a lot!#OOPS UNRELATED PERSONAL ESSAY IN THE TAGS I GUESS

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deoidesign · 6 months ago

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How I save time on backgrounds as a full-time webcomic artist

Hi! I make webcomics for a living, and I have to be able to draw a panel extremely fast to keep up with my deadlines. I draw about 50 panels a week, which gives me about 45 minutes per panel if I want any semblance of a healthy work-life balance.

Most webtoon artists save time on backgrounds by using 3d models, which works for them and is great! but personally I hate working in 3d... I went to school for it for a year and hated it so much I completely changed career paths and vowed never to do it again! So, this is how I save time without using any 3d, for those of you out there who don't like it either!

This tactic has also saved me money (3d models are expensive) and it has helped me converting my comic from scroll format into page format for print, because I have much more art to work with than what's actually in the panels. (I'll touch on this later)

So, first, I make my backgrounds huge. my default starting size is 10,000 x 10,000 pixels. My panels are 2,500 pixels wide, so my backgrounds are 4x that, minimum. Because of this, I make them less detailed than I could or that you might expect so it doesn't look weird against my character art when I shrink portions of it down.

I personally find it much easier to add in detail than to make "removing" details look natural at smaller sizes, but you might have different preferences than I do.

I also make sure to keep all of my elements on separate layers so that I can easily remove or replace them, I can move them to simulate different camera angles more easily, and it's simple to adjust the lighting to imply different times of day.

Then I can go ahead and copy/paste them into my episodes. I move the background around until it feels like it's properly fitting how I want.

Once I've done that in every panel, I'll go back through the episode and clean up anything that looks weird, and add in solid blacks (for my art style) Here's a quick before and after of what that looks like!

This makes 90% of my backgrounds take me just a few hours. This is my tactic when I'm working in an environment that an entire scene, or multiple scenes, will take place.

But many panels will inevitably have a location that's used exactly once, and it would waste time and effort to draw a massive background for those. So in 10% of cases, I just draw the single panel background in the episode. I save all of these, just in case I can re-use it later (this happens more often with outdoor locations, but I save them all nonetheless!)

I generally have to draw about 2 big backgrounds per episode, and 3-5 single-panel backgrounds per episode! At the beginning of an arc/book the number is higher, but as the series is continuing and I'm building up an asset library of indoor and outdoor elements to re-use for the book, the number generally goes down and I save more time.

My series involves time travel and mysteries, so there's a lot of new locations in it and we're constantly moving around. If I were working on a series that was more consistent in this aspect, this process would save me even more time!

Like I said earlier, this also saves me a lot of pain and gives me a lot more options as I'm converting from scroll format to print format!

panels that look like this in scroll format...

can look like this in print!

because I drew the background like this, so I didn't need to go through the additional effort to add in the extra detail to expand it outwards at all.

Anyways, I hope this helps someone! As always if it doesn't help, just go ahead and disregard. This is what I do and what works for me, and I feel like I only ever see time-saving tips for comics that involve 3d models and workflows, which don't work for me at all! I know there's more people like me out there, so this is for you!

Enjoy!

Also obligatory "my webcomic" if you want to see this in action or check it out!

#webcomic tips #webcomic making #comic tips #comic tutorial #art tutorial #art tips #time and time again #my ocs #digital art #ttawebcomic #hmmmm....#longpost #yeah it's a long post #I'll claim this one #lots of images #I hope this helps #I'm always worried when I make some kind of guide or tutorial people are gonna get mad at me lmao #I'm not saying 3d models are bad to use!!!#I just dont like them!#my brain doesnt work like that and it feels SO so so so tedious to me #TO ME PERSONALLY!!!#plenty of people see 3d models as a total lifesaver #and that's perfectly fine!#but yeah I don't see tutorials about saving time in comics that like... dont... mention 3d models...#like what about me and the other extremely particular girlies who hate 3d #anyways #yeah #just hoping this helps #nothing against 3d at all #I mean. ok personally yes against it cause it sucks for me to use

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isjasz · 10 months ago

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The Promised Neverland manga spoilers!

[Day 201]

Everyone blame cherrysherin2 (go check out this art that made me absolutely lose it) I take no responsibility

#dddaily4sherin #The Promised Hermitopia #desert duo #grian #goodtimeswithscar #ft cub cameo #trafficblr #my art #comic #tw blood #tw impalement #tw scopophobia #dialogue taken from chapter 93 of the tpn manga ofc!! as well as some panel redraws but i changed a lot around #this got out of hand sO INCREDIBLY QUICK HELP ITS NOT SUPPOSED OT BE FULLY COLORED #so sorry to the people that have absolutely no context I swear im planning to do a premise comic thingy soon (probably)#im just struggling to design xisuma bc how the HELL DO U MAKE HIM XISUMA WITHOUT THE HELMET ASJKDHAHUD O7 #this au is not only living in my brain rent free. its brainworms are eating up the fucking walls

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arcanegifs · 10 months ago

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#caitvi #arcane #me rn #life has been poopy recently but im glad i can daydream about caitvi as an escape LMAO #speaking of thank u to caitvi artists and fic writers bc every time i see any caitvi fanwork #serotonin just shoots up to my brain to remind me to be happier lol #ik its shallow but yeah...... it helps a lot esp with me being busy and tired irl #meme #type: gif #media: arcane #s1 ep5

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obsob · 7 months ago

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one small step for. kitties

#mine #cats #i was gna share th process vid of this but its just 90% drawing little dots not thrilling #anyway i had a Day today but we live we go forth !!#i am going to try a new journal thing bc th hobonichi hasnt been slaying ngl . i might b a filofax girlie #ive bought a 2nd hand one off ebay for 12£ which will Do For Now to see if actually like it #i need to figure out th sizing of my pages im gna make my own....brain is so so small #i was gna do mini pages for daily journaling but i think ive excepted i am not. gna journal everyday like thats not happening #n then what happens when im then using dated journals is i fall behind n then i hve such an atrocious memory i cant remember what i did #like 3 days prior to back fill so its lots of empty pages and AAAA #ironic that i am journaling to help my symptoms but my symptoms r stopping me from journaling. can i win once #anyway i think this system will be better yes yes

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 27 days ago

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Remember: The burning sensation is part of the process.

#Mouthwashing #blood #body horror #Emphasizing here that this is in reference to a media and character and not a cry for help on my end.#Mouthwashing is one of those games that tickles my brain and checks all the boxes for my niche interests -#-but it wasn't something that got the silly comic part in my cortex firing up. My analysis brain is eating well though!#What said...It is impossible for me to see this scene and not say out loud: “Me in the middle of my work day".#While there is a lot more going on with curly I personally resonated a lot with his struggles with burnout.#Burnout feels like mouthwash to me. That you keep rinsing out your mouth trying to get rid of the rotting smell #but it's just surface level solutions. The real cure requires something far more significant to actually make a difference.#The job 'is hard' and 'everyone struggles'. It's part of the process right? You're tired? Anxious? Depressed? Us too! Chin up!#Actually I resonated with a lot of things within Curly (this is a curly positive space - he's not perfect. He's just human).#One thing being his desire to see the good in people and believe in their potential.#Because here's the thing. Some people truly do just need someone in their corner who stands by them so they can grow and improve.#And some people will take advantage of your kindness. You focus so much on their humanity while you stop being a person to them.#The horrifically toxic relationship persists because Curly tries to see the bigger picture and believes in the good within.#Anyone who has lived through constantly trying to reframe the hurt as something else knows-#-just how many excuses your brain will make to avoid cognitive dissonance. It's human psychology.#Jimmy sucks so bad. But we the audience have the privilege of not having years of baggage associating him in our minds as 'friend'.

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curlytsunamiart · 21 hours ago

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a confrontation between miquella and messmer in the shadow keep throne room

#elden ring #miquella #messmer #shadow of the erdtree #i had a lot of fun w this :] n quite proud of it despite the whole thing just being Two Guys Talking To Each Other. i think i made it work #big thanks to a pal for helping w the initial idea n figuring out some pages. idt she has a tumblr but still. yay #brain full of miquella thoughts..... i def have my own personal interpretations re: his characterization. i hope it came thru in the comic #pls do let me know ur fav parts of the comic or ur thoughts or anything :] i love reading them #art #draws #comic #ALSO I KNOW SOME PPL R SO SO WEIRD ABT MIQUELLA. NO WEIRD COMMENTS. ALSO THIS ISNT SHIPPING

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fatedroses · 27 days ago

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More than just the Demon.

#ffxiv #digital art #zenos yae galvus #venat #endwalker spoilers #will forever be fascinated with this man #look guys look- the literal embodiment of wol's wings of hope LOL (and me going hehe about that and footfalls)#the part of me that adores digging into the nuance of character writing (intentional or otherwise) is just latched onto zenos #and venat-- they cant just give us two characters who get really important 1v1 duels #and ask really important questions #and love the MC and are willing to risk themselves so unconditionally #and have them not live rent free in my brain #--and maybe this tiptoes into the realm of crack theory so beware there will be a lot past here--#but I cant help but think zenos is akin to an oracle or warrior of light but was tempered/corrupted by zodiark #or some strange happenstance of varis (who shares visual traits to golbez before 6.0 ever came out and the dark mana burst)#and carosa (who it seems zenos got his looks from- and he already looks like he has ties to venat and argos like minfillia does)#was he a result of the eternal chess match between the two parties' machinations? or just some strange twist of fate?#another day of him being “emet's successful experiment” (again- intentional or no) making me thonk #theres something so strange about the final days dreams and how dark aspected he is- that his void abilities are more tied to him tbh #yet his mannerisms beyond just what he's been through almost reminds me of light corruption and the uncanny calmness #we see in most beings associated with the light in any significant way and like second phase eden shiva #he almost has all the marks of someone who shouldve already had the echo or blessing of light but for one reason or another #was unable to hear hydaelyns call #of course it doesnt help i mentally associate him with connections to zero and how she was corrupted before she was even born #and durante- who states uncanny ability and connection with light and darkness and yet favors dark magic more #i simply live with the idea that zenos' soul was an eternally faithful companion to wol's and #this time the cardinal sin of separating the pair finally happened to rather dire consequences lmao

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660percent · 4 months ago

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Campfire fest day 3: Brittle Hollow / warp

I hope Tumblr doesn’t destroy the quality

Edit: it destroyed the quality 😔

@outerwilds-events

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lexumpysfunland · 3 months ago

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because I was thinking about it I did make new things for the Insane variants! initially, it was just making colors but I went a little farther lol-

as for what Insane!Stanley can do:

yes, this Stanley uses strings! but I explained that under... TW: some blood and slight self-harm

to detail a little, the weird little bug that infected Stanley and that Walter wasn't able to find, allowed Stanley to see more than he should, meaning also the strings that were used to "control" him. the little bug is now part of this Stanley and if you were to destroy it, you would also destroy Stanley...

have a little bonus because I did that too

there you have it :) now I shall go back to other stuff I have planned heheheheh

#I tend to put a lot of work even in aus...#help-#my adhd brain keeps making me do complicated things-#I do love that aaaugyhinjlkmbhùj #I'm cursed ? maybe #but god i love them so much #just you wait for the religious au lol #tsp #tsp narrator #tspud #narratorverse #tsp stanley #the stanley parable narrator #tsp art #stanley tsp #stanarrator #the stanley parable #lexumpy's art #tsp au

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floralcrematorium · 3 months ago

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I'm not your friend or anything, damn

#I LOVE PURPLE CHARACTERS!!!!!!! however i do not understand miss czechia please on god someone help me understand WHO she is #anywho! more hetagirls series! i don't know how i'm working on these so fast :0 it's almost like i'm working on these to ignore other #responsibilities ooOoOOOOoo #anywho!!! seychelles is next and i'm very excited to draw her!!!!! there's so much potential for her hair specifically #i have lots of ideas cooking in my brain. the hard point is just. deciding what i want to do #regardless -- the last three girls i saved for last on purpose bc i knew if i drew them towards the beginning this series would crash #now the real question is... do i save ukraine for last bc she's my favorite or do i save hungary for last bc she's THE OG hetagirl #asking the real questions here hmmm hmmm #hetalia #hetalia fanart #hws czechia #hetalia czechia #floralcrematorium art

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turtleblogatlast · 4 months ago

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Things I make for myself when insomnia kicks in

Just a chart about what I wanna change up and keep consistent in my art - I mainly wanna draw Raph with a tail because he deserves one, it fits too well. Donnie gets a long tail too because I didn’t realize how dino-like he looks until I gave him one, and now it’s a must for me haha.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt headcanons #note these are veryyy much for my own art so by all means ignore this completely for your own unless it resonates #these are just my personal headcanons #I’ve been getting more and more fond of the turtles having tails - especially Raph whose design honestly feels more complete with one #I also am now attached to Donnie having a long tail too because 1) he looks cute with one and it really works for him and-#2) I LOVE giving the Brains and Brawn duo more stuff in common #I could write an essay about how many things Brains and Brawns duo has in common in general #but also portal duo as well!!#we already know that Mikey and Leo look a LOT alike #so I think it’s cute when Raph and Donnie have stuff like that in common with each other too #like how canonically Donnie’s sclera are on the yellow side like Raph’s #anyway I’m sorry if this is a random post I am very tired and still have not slept #ALSO yeah i wanted an excuse to doodle April it’s been too long i missed her #I’m excited to finish this comic up to show the OTHER reason I gave Donnie a long tail #I made this in like five minutes because working on my comic was not working out #also Draxum totally has a tail he’s a sheep #I lean away from Mikey and Leo having longer tails mainly because their designs are already so busy #with all the colors and shapes present on them #so to me longer tails kinda takes away a bit #meanwhile Raph and Donnie are more monochrome in comparison so I feel like tails only help them?#I think as well Donnie’s torso/carapace being on the shorter side makes a tail balance him out #(me trying to justify the visual gag im putting into the comic for literally only two panels)#didn’t draw the caseys because I am tiredddd #and they would have just ended up where April is anyway

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petitepatateuwu · 5 months ago

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It's way too hot and I am way too tired to do any more efforts, so excuse the critical lack of quality here.

If you didn't know, Cole is my favourite Power Ranger :D

And while I was binge watching Ninjago I had the pleasant surprise to see him physically and mentally traumatized in season 5 😈

And since I'm a huge sucker for angst, my brain immediately thought of developing that idea in order to hurt my beautiful baby boy some more. That and also the fact that my brain immediately looks for logic in the laws of cartoon physics (I really shouldn't do that...)

So I bring you the "Cole is a Ghost Kind-of-Saga". I still have a few more ideas to exploit, notably adressing the ways the other ninjas will help him cope with his new condition :3

And maaaaybeeeee a small comic too 😇

Anyways, I will let my brain rest a bit for now and sleep.

#I really want to rant about the things I wrote but my brain is melting #but basically ghosts are part of another plane of existence or smt #which explains for me why they can't really interact with anything from the living world #and also why Cole has visions #and why he has a different perception of time and can randomly space out #and I thought Cole was a bit different from other ghosts because he left the temple at the same second the sun arrived #and it is the reason why he isn't forced to stay in the temple #but also why he can interact with objects more easily #again these are just conjectures and headcanons from me #don't take this seriously #and also YES I'm gonna LOVE to write about his friends reactions #and how they can help him go through this #Because I still think that it is a lot #And Cole must suffer about it #But I also think that he is not the kind to express his feelings so he would suffer in silence #so his friends will have to be supportive without being too invasive #I think that there will also be a phase where they will prevent him from fighting/going out at all to protect him #because he would risk his life when they fight against other ghosts and he can't touch water and still has problem controlling his abilities #so even more angst because he would feel useless and the others would fear for him nonstop #my art #ninjago fanart #ninjago season 5 #ninjago cole #ninjago #cole is a ghost

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doomdoomofdoom · 7 months ago

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Apparently there's currently discussion in science (humanities in particular) about whether video essays could be accepted as academic writing on par with the academic papers we currently have

I think that's awesome as fuck tbh