#kempa

[stadiumgods]

tobias krick

[quasieli]

[ID copied from alt text: A stylized geometric digital drawing of Ingot (he/they), Saube (she/they), Whitlock (he/him), and Kempa (she/her) set against a light green background. Each character is contained within a triangle piece, a line art sickle between each piece. Up top is Ingot, a gray tiefling with long dark blue hair and a pair of large wings. He is wearing a white shirt, dark red pants, and brown boots. He has his longbow in hand and has a neutral, if somewhat grumpy, look on his face. Next is Saube, a red tiefling with short purple hair. She is wearing a green, purple and gold dress and has gold cuffs on her horns. She is sitting with her knees to her chest and a pensive smile on her face.

Next is Whitlock, a brown complexion Gnome with dark brown hair pulled up into a bun and shaved on the sides. He is wearing a shirt, pants and boots, all in shades of brown, and has his greataxe at his side and his cane in hand. He is looking back over his shoulder with a confident smile. Last is Kempa, a large bronze Dragonborn. She is shirtless and wearing only green shorts. She has one clawed finger head up to her chin and has a curious smile on her face. End description.]

A commission from the awesome @crayfishcoffee of the party formally known as SICL! It's been a little over three wonderful years with this group of goofs and I love them so dearly and wholly. Happy (late) anniversary y'all!!

[keplercryptids]

[image description expanded upon from alt text: digital drawings of the four PCs from my d&d game, all depicted with faces of simple shapes without visible eyes, and clothing rendered in painterly detail. First is Saube, a chubby tiefling with maroon skin, horns that curve upwards in loose S shapes, and shoulder-length purple hair. She’s wearing a dark green dress with a velvet short-sleeve top and a detached ankle-length satin skirt. Next is Whitlock, a gnome with brown skin and dark brown hair pulled into a bun. He’s wearing silver plate armor, blue pants, black boots, and a long dark blue cape that’s billowing out behind him as he walks forward. Next is Ingot, a winged tiefling with gray skin, horns that go straight back before curving upwards, and long, straight blue hair. He's wearing an ankle-length red brocade jacket with a detailed, gilded floral pattern on it, over a shirt with lacy sleeves. Finally is Kempa, a bronze dragonborn wearing a light blue hanbok, cinched at the waist with a green woven belt, over a long-sleeve loose-fitting white shirt. End ID.]

the best thing i did in 2022, for the third year in a row, was DM the reforged campaign. the second-best thing i did was learn to draw lol. i love these characters with my whole heart and i cannot wait to see where this game goes in 2023.

[lichfucker]

KEMPA BEHEADED THE GENERAL OF THE MILITARY WHO IMPRISONED HER FOR THEFT AND DESERTING AND HAS BEEN HER SWORN ENEMY FOR FOREVER

[polskistandup]

[voiceemporium]

Leliana in Dragon Age Origins voiced by Corinne Kempa

[acaseforpencils]

Sarah Kempa.

Bio: My cartoons and comics have appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker and McSweeney’s. I also had a short little comic-activity book published with AMU titled, Where Did My Roommate Put My Charger?: A Kind-Of Activity Book for Kind-Of Adults.

Find this print here!

Book link

Excerpt from book

This is my favorite cartoon they've published, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my true favorite (no offense cartoon!) which is this comic, done in honor of Dolly Parton and the Moderna vaccine.

Tools of choice: I draw all cartoons I pitch to The New Yorker on an ipad using Procreate.... I will forever appreciate the grace it gives me in making mistakes, and the speed of switching tools and adding a wash. I draw anywhere from 7-10 cartoons a week to pitch to the New Yorker, which for me honestly feels like a lot of drawing!! (Bravo to all the other cartoonists who accomplish such a feat without breaking a sweat!)

For the cartoons I pitch, I don't need everything to be perfect, but I do want it to feel like it could be a cartoon in the magazine, so I do my best to add a wash and make them look the part. The most wonderful thing about Procreate is I can do all that while sitting on the sofa watching/not watching Real Housewives, with a small dachshund napping on my lap, and not spill one drop of ink. Just as the cartoon gods intended!

For idea generation, I use Strathmore recycled newsprint, essentially a giant 18x24 pad of scrap paper. I will cuddle up with this pad and go through my different idea generation exercises, until I find something I want to make into a cartoon. The paper is nothing fancy, and I can fill it up with as many things as I want without running out of space. It seems like it's not very practical or portable, but I actually find it to be the opposite. I carry it around the apartment with me, take it outside, use it as a tray to move my workstation from the sofa to table, and have even leveraged a sheet or too as wrapping paper! It's perfect. I use these Muji gel ink pens with it and they pair nicely.

Tool I wish I could use better: Right now I'm working on using watercolors. I like the idea of bringing a little portable watercolor set to the park, and then painting nature, but those are both things I have never put into practice, but sound really nice in theory. 

Tool I wish existed: I always make a mess whenever I use ink, wash, water colors, pastels... you name it. I'm thinking it would be nice to have those invisible ink markers that only work on a certain type of paper, but instead with markers, my paints, pastels, inks, etc that I can't use without making a mess.

Tricks: I'm trying to quite literally do less. I burn out creatively more easily these days, so I'm making the decision to do less, and affirm to myself that it is okay. :) Maybe that means submitting less cartoons in a batch, or not drawing everything I think of that could be a cartoon, just trying to be a bit more intentional to keep the burn out away.

Website, etc.

My book! I think it would make a good gift? 

Instagram

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[army-of-bee-assassins]

[image description: Several simple sketches of two nondescript people in a double bed together. The two people are wildly different sizes; one is very small and one is very large. The first sketch shows the two people lying side by side in the bed. The larger figure is too big for the bed, their legs dangling off the end. They look a little upset about it. The smaller figure's legs barely reach halfway down the bed. They lay there calmly with their arms crossed.

The second sketch shows them in the same bed, only now viewed from the top down. The larger person's heavier weight has caused a depression in the bed, which the smaller person has fallen down into. The smaller person is blushing as they awkwardly get wedged between the larger person's side and the bed. The larger person is looking down at them, seemingly surprised.

The final sketch shows both figures sleeping peacefully together, indicated by their closed eyes and a "Z" in a dialogue bubble coming from both of them. The larger figure is on their back, hands folded over their stomach. The smaller figure is lying on their stomach on top of the larger person's chest, their arm's draped over their partner's shoulders.

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extreme size difference couples with one partner being too big to fit in a normal double bed and even then sinking into it and their partner slides next to them

ahahahaha

haha. I find that stuff super cute

is this a “draw the squad” thing? heck I’d like to see stuff like this. size difference is Great

[stadiumgods]

tobias krick

[quasieli]

[ID copied from alt text: A full body digital drawing of Kempa (she/her), a PC from my D&D campaign, flying high in a clouded night sky. This is a corrupted version of Kempa's normal form. Kempa is a buff bronze Dragonborn with large splayed out tattered wings and glowing green eyes. Slightly off-center on Kempa's chest is a large lightning strike scar with breaks the scales surrounding it and spreading out across her chest, arms and crawling up the side of her face. Her bottom half is heavily obscured by dark clouds, the faint outline of her lightning charred legs barley visible. Her hands are held aloft, a large, bright arc of lighting traveling between them. Kempa looks towards the viewer with an intense stare, made all the more frightening by her large, sharp toothed smile. End description.]

Light 'Em Up

[Plain Text: Light 'Em Up]

@lacklusterlexicon

[artemissoteira]

@lacklusterlexicon said:

I'm going to eat you. I was JUST thinking about Kempa having to tell Whitlock that she'll give up being good enough for Whitlock to keep him safe. I need to sob into some nondairy frozen dessert

wauuuugh. giving up being good enough to keep him safe & making the choice so mahety doesn't have to. not to be all ithren about it but you're doing what must be done at any cost because you're the only one(s) who can. you're just intentionally choosing to do it for others' safety while ithren is doing it for [404 not found]

i’m not done thinking about kempa the safe one choosing it either but that. is a post for inside my brain

[keplercryptids]

okay, yes, so in Session #120 of my d&d game, i gave all of the PCs troubling dreams while they were in the PC kempa's hometown, except for kempa herself, and then in Session #125, i gave kempa a letter from her previously-long-lost best friend that included the running theme of kempa always being the one to "wake her up," all so that in Session #155 (and one actual IRL year later), kempa, immune to a bad guy's evil dream magic, would be the one to go inside her friends' dreams and wake them up. i'm normal this is normal dm behavior i swear!!!

[lichfucker]

"goth phases always happen pinky-first"

[revelstein]

Pielgrzymka lokaja

No więc przywołam klasyka: “spotkali się w święto o piątej przed kinem, miejscowa idiotka z tutejszym kretynem”. Trzeba tylko nieco doprecyzować szczegóły, gdyż do spotkania doszło nie przed kinem, jak twierdzi autor wiersza, tylko w środku pewnego pałacu w samym środku Warszawy, natomiast reszta poniekąd się zgadza. Czytelnik tu bywający, raczej jest inteligentny, więc chyba nie muszę szczegółów…

[mrbopst]