#look forward to the art books

[raspberryspace]

There’s a world where I don’t experience this loss, I don’t experience the isolation and fear. There’s a world where I don’t get to find that connection again- where I stay alone and live with it all. but without that world I never would have felt seen, even if just for a little bit. I wouldn’t not have traveled and found that part of myself I truly enjoyed, the awe and exploration of new possibilities. New things to be passionate about. New crafts to admire.

New air to breathe.

If not in this world where my ring breaks- how would I continue to move forward. I can’t hold onto everything I’ve broken - I alone don’t have the skills to mend everything, I can only continue to treasure what I’ve had. Take every experience and appreciate how much it took to reach this point.

The new experiences and memories that wait to be discovered. I thank this world for showing me what it has- I’ll be so mindful to stop and cherish it all more.

[amvipod]

something about the way this part of the ARG website was written was so funny i had to draw it. “i'm literally insane” like he felt the need to clarify

(source text under cut!)

[journey-to-the-attic]

"karasu search how 2 cheer human up"

"karasu search difference between sad human and zoning out human"

"karasu search how long is it safe for humans to zone out for?"

(+ a longer look at each scene:)

[egophiliac]

Hello ! I positively adore the running joke of Idia unknowingly finding Lilia to be the coolest guy ever whenever he doesn't know it's him, like when Silver described his father, or obviously with muscle red. I can't say what'd be funnier, Idia finding out his online best friend is actually Lilia, resident spooky hyper fairy; or them both never finding out, and it'd become even more ridiculous as time goes on. How do you think it'll play out ? You're always so on point

(Also, though it makes sense, I'm still devastated bat boy didn't get a ticket for the Halloween skeleton train : ( does anyone mentions him at some point ? Like how he'd have fit right in with all those Halloween town little freaks, and how he'd have impressed them with his spooks and scared techniques; after all he's been every Briar Valley's children worst fear on Halloween for centuries. I'm on the eng server and I didn't wanna spoil myself by watching the whole thing on youtube)

Have a nice day !

you and me both, Idia and Lilia being oblivious online BFFs (+ Idia being incredibly intimidated any time Silver brings up his jock gamer dad) is my favorite running joke/subplot. 🤝 it's SO good, to the point where I also am unsure if I actually want it to ever be resolved or not...maybe, like, as a post-canon stinger or something? everyone's standing around covered in overblot ink, and Idia and Lilia's phones go off at the same time...

(legit I do think this is part of why Idia couldn't be present for Lilia's dream, because for some reason Lilia decided he was going to just. embody his past self online. he probably quotes his own battle strategies or whatever in the middle of boss fights. Idia didn't pick up on the whole "oh how weird that we both live on a super remote island" thing, but he would spend thirty seconds listening to General Lilia describing siege warfare and be like "w-wait")

all that aside, however it does end up happening, I do see Lilia being very blasé and all "oh! cool!" about it. y'know, taking it very much in stride! and Idia...very much not.

(can't tell if tumblr is going to chew this into illegibility or not, this will be a fun surprise ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ)

as for Lilia sadly missing out on Halloweentown shenanigans...he does get one little mention as part of an offhand reference to the light music club, but so far no one has brought up how this basically is just Lost In the Book of Liliatown (Sebek's been too busy yelling about not getting to be in the same group as Malleus). 😔 honestly though, it's probably for the best that he got left out, because he would just settle right in and refuse to ever leave. canon would shatter. we would miss out on all the delightful angst of episode 7 because Lilia is too busy eating poisonous shrubbery inbetween practicing his very best screams, and no one can pull him away from it.

(I can hope for a sequel next year though...)

[benevolenterrancy]

Scholarly peak is catching up on recent literature

[chromxena]

leaked screenshot from long awaited akechi game!

(i saw this and i could NOT resist. this is canon to me)

[bold-embrace]

Happy Natsume s7 release day 😭🙏🏽

[luriart]

I read "The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish" and I had to get these out of my system

[dilfmobius]

there he is!! tbh i’m bummed that this is all we get for his costume design. i get that they had a specific, realized concept for the uniform, but the other characters included got at least 2 pages full of designs 😭 i’m sad hfkshdjshd

BUT! mobius in that spiffy little jumpsuit!! i need him!!!

[fistfuloflightning]

Winterfell

[ravene]

O sonho de Rodion | Rodion's dream

Version where I kick Rodya out of his own dream so you can look better at the horsy ↓

[deoidesign]

Just a reminder, I have a patreon!!!

I've been working on actually making stuff to post more often for the lower tiers, and have been consistently doing so!

I post at least a few sketches and drawings every month for the $1 and up patrons

and I've been working on episodes and sharing some updates with my $5 and up patrons

And I have a merch club for $15 a month, but there's still some $10 slots left! I design and send usually a postcard and some stickers to my patrons every month, but sometimes I'll do some experimental stuff; last month I did foil prints, for instance, and a few months before I made magnets!

It also gets you access to private channels in my discord server, where I ask for patron input on things like the merch or drawings, and where I sometimes stream while working :)

Buuuut also, even if you don't want any of this stuff, it's a great way to support me directly if you like my work! I'm still on hiatus so I'm not making any money from work at the moment, but I'm working hard and my patreon enables me at least to buy my groceries!

Here's the link one more time, no pressure of course but I need to promote my patreon more so people actually know it exists haha

[rad-roche]

Comic Books

Comic book roundup! that is to say, books about making comics. Though I'm always taking recs for actual comic books. So far this year, I've chewed through -

Framed Ink - Marcos Mateu-Mestre (my favourite!)

Understanding Comics - Scot McCloud

Making Comics - Scot McCloud

Theory of Comics and Sequential Art - Will Eisner

Framed Perspective - Marcos Mateu-Mestre (still working through this and will be until the sun explodes)

Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering - Nate Piekos

And not directly comic related but useful enough that I'm counting it

Anatomy for Artists- Tom Fox (highly recommend)

Morpho Life Drawing books, but especially Fat & Skin Folds

This has paid off in my sequential art! 2023 -> 2024

But I feel like I'm butting up against my limits again. I've become pretty good at discerning if this is a mindset problem, or a skill gap, and this one feels like a skill gap. I don't have as strong a grasp of composition as I'd like, in that my successes feel like flukes and are inconsistent. My anatomy needs tuning up also, but i can kind of fuzz that with solid comp, and I can only do one thing at a time. With that in mind, to read and do:

How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling - Shawn Martinbrough

Framed Ink 2 - Marcos Mateu-Mestre

Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative - Will Eisner

Picking stills from movies I like and doing thumbnails

Watching more movies/reading comic books, and getting into the habit of breaking down pages in an art program

All in all, pretty happy! And I have an excuse to read comic books. Win win

[egophiliac]

on today's episode of "drawing things aimed specifically at myself, and then for some reason thinking it's a good idea to put them on the internet"...

-- (please do not reupload/dub/"remix"/etc., thanks!)

[benevolenterrancy]

never mind fucking your clone, Shang Qinghua has resolutely decided that he would, in fact, eat his bff's clone (or he would if it tasted better, of course SQQ's clone tastes like warmed up cucumber)

Luo Binghe is presumably somewhere in the Abyss, unwittingly experiencing the most profound jealousy known to man or demon

[on-friday-afternoon]

𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚒 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕

Ahhh!!! I'm so, so pleased to reveal the cover for my upcoming romance comic, Please Be My Star!! Out Sept 3rd!!

In my romantic YA reimagining of Phantom of the Opera, Erika, haunted by her own loneliness, pursues her obsessive crush on Christian, the cutest boy in her theater class.

This is my take on the "ugly duckling" romance told through the lens of a queer person obsessed with cute boys & dressed in the Phantom's clothes. My entire heart is in this comic, and I'm really excited for you to read it.

Preorders should now be available at your local bookstore & major retailers 💚