#graphic journalism

[graphicpolicy]

Exclusive Preview: Toxic Tropics explores the use of the deadly chemical Chlordecone to support the banana crops in Martinique and Guadeloupe

Exclusive Preview: Toxic Tropics explores the use of the deadly chemical Chlordecone to support the banana crops in Martinique and Guadeloupe #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel #graphicjournalism

[nickthebookworm]

{08.04.24}

I feel like the author tried to cram a bit too much into this book, so some of the stories felt a bit stunted. However, I did find it an emotional read and I loved the artwork, especially the use of colour throughout.

It was a bit of a random find and I'm really glad I brought it home with me.

[bye2k]

[patemi-pk]

It's OT, but I'm currently supporting this crowdfunding:

[kjscottwrites]

And, importantly, share some recs!

[catnpc]

🔖 some scans of pages from my ephemera journal!

[fry-able]

banger book i swear

[garadinervi]

Tokyo Poetry Journal (ToPoJo) Vol. 15: Visual///Visionary Poetry, 2024

Essays: Scott Mehl, Jordan A. Y. Smith, and Jim Andrews Cover Art: Solène Ballesta and Lin Syoki Design: Victoria Bennett Lead editor: Zoria Petkoska K.

(via @blnxpc)

[the---hermit]

26|07|2024

Still reading My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix and I feel a bit disappointed. I definitely like better the other books I read by him, but at the same time I might be part of the problem. While reading this I realized that tho I like the idea of a horror novel dealing with demons and possession, I haven't found yet a book with these elements that I like. Not that I have read many, but when I read The Exorcist a couple of years ago I also found it to be slow and less focused on the supernatural than I'd expected. I still have 100ish pages to go with this book, and I am assuming that most thing will start happening now, but still I was hoping for something different.

[thenunujournals]

This is my Graphic Novel Notebook where I sketch and take notes for "Wishfall" a collaborative Graphic Novel. I talk about this extensively in many of my Youtube Videos and share the drawing process as well 😊

It's a passion project that I enjoy so much! Creative, mysterious and Magical ✨ (Youtube channel: thenunujournals)

[windydrawallday]

WHAT?! Is the anniversary of Bionicle?

And here I am, without much to share visually AAAAAA BUT HEY! I decided to compile my fav bunch of art I did during those years of the Reboot/G2 that made me rediscover such a cool franchise (and the last artworks are two of the most modern ones).

Plus, I can really say that without these art experimentations, I wouldn't have developed so many of my modern rendering techniques!

So, cheers to it and everyone that keeps enjoying it and/or found a muse in it like I did x)

This brand too has the privilege of being my true first robot hell bahaha

[graphicpolicy]

How War Begins: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Invasion is an amazing piece of graphic journalism

How War Begins: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Invasion is an amazing piece of graphic journalism #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel #graphicjournalism

In this real-time work of graphic journalism (posted serially on Facebook), the cartoonist Igort uses the medium of comics to depict the telephone testimonies of Ukrainians as Russia invaded in 2022. In vignettes that grow ever more horrifying — infiltrating spies, bombed cities, recorded accounts of children whose parents were murdered in front of their eyes, and more — Igort also relays the…

[xxeraphimm]

Then Jesus comes to me again and grinning lifts his shirt...

[attico36]

VESUVIO Header proposal for Journal in Napoli

[newheightsstudio]

This spooky-infused order was such a special dose of Fall. 🎃

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© NEW HEIGHTS STUDIO LLC • All designs, illustrations, and photography by TRACY THANH TRAN • All Rights Reserved.

[intramoon]

Just my thoughts on InZoi (that no one asked for) ...

I am not a cynic but I am skeptical of any new "life simulation" games. And that's not to say I don't want The Sims to have a competitor, I think EA needs a competitor for The Sims. For the price tag of The Sims, EA needs pressure on them to address their complacency (with game content, the growing issues with paid content, etc). InZoi is far from that. At face value, I think the gameplay is unimpressive. I can understand why people are drawn to an in-depth, hyperrealistic character creation but to what end? The inclusion of AI, even if just for primarly patterns/textures, is an increasingly slippery slope. It's just for patterns ... for now, but how will AI provide shortcuts for the company in the future? That's one of my concerns and I think it's a bit shady for the company to have this feature. Any kind of AI generation has significant environmental impacts and contributes to art theft/the distribution of AI that has burdened the art community. I struggle to find a justifiable reason for the game having AI because I don’t think there is one. If you consider the computer that is needed to run a game with graphics like InZoi, the game isn’t accessible to people with “lower-end”/older PCs. An issue The Sims team had to address with the Sims 4 ie. the change in graphics and the game no longer being open world. I like that more people can play The Sims without needing a PC that is worth thousands of dollars. I keep seeing the comparison of InZoi to GTAV NPCs. As someone who has spent a lot of time playing with friends on GTAV FiveM servers, even those servers have better gameplay than I’ve seen with InZoi. Not to be funny but InZoi reminds me of those invasive 3D p*rn game ads.

The other aspect of InZoi that bothers me a little (maybe a lot) is the stark difference in how “regular” simmers are reacting to InZoi versus how some content creators/custom content creators are reacting. It’s a little frustrating for the people, even if through EA’s allotted 21-day early accesses, who make hundreds if not thousands of dollars off the community aren’t acknowledging let alone addressing the glaring concerns users have about InZoi. It seems many of them are going to brush these concerns aside for the opportunity to mod for the game (a game to me that doesn’t seem to value artists' work) and worse case scenario will jump ship to InZoi if Simblr takes issue with it.

It’s … interesting.