#medium hang

[tape-dust]

Walk-In in San Francisco Large, modern walk-in closet with carpeting that is gender-neutral and shaker cabinets and light wood cabinets

[lubicaskalska]

Contemporary Closet Inspiration for a sizable modern walk-in closet renovation with shaker cabinets and light wood cabinets that is gender neutral

[faceplanting-lizard]

Contemporary Closet in San Francisco An illustration of a sizable, modern, carpeted walk-in closet with shaker cabinets and light wood cabinets that is gender neutral.

[gleekschoiceawards]

Closet San Francisco Large modern walk-in closet idea with carpeting that is gender-neutral, shaker cabinets, and light wood cabinets.

[thebestwaytoburnfatfast]

Shaker Closet Walk-in closet - large contemporary gender-neutral carpeted walk-in closet idea with shaker cabinets and light wood cabinets

[insleywinsley]

As Above, So Below. ph. Insley Smullen. 2024.

[narfin-frood]

how do you plan the panel layouts for your comics? i always get stuck and it feels cramped or unsatisfying

okay so i went to college for 2 whole semesters and one of the only art classes i took (and definitely the only one i retained much from) was my sequential art & comics class. so i'm gonna try to explain my process in so many words, but there's a LOT of stuff that goes into a successful comic and i'm by no means a professional. i can however throw some tips and tricks and some recommended reading your way (another longpost ahead!)

first, know what you want to do. know where your comic starts and ends. if you find any joy in writing scripts, you can also do that, but i'm not the best at writing with no visual aide so i usually script while i thumbnail, but always make sure you've got a concept and a goal.

next, start thumbnailing. my initial thumbnails usually look like this:

(incidentally, my storyboard thumbnails look a lot like this, too)

there's no real structure, and i'm just noodling my way from the top left of the page to the bottom right. if you've got what you want from your comic in mind, this part can sometimes just pour out of you. i feel a very strong attachment to these characters and the situations i put them in, so that definitely has to do with how smoothly this part goes. draw the panels as small and as detail-free as possible. i usually don't do speech bubbles, and instead treat it like a storyboard, writing my rough script under the panels as i go.

once you're satisfied with the way your story is coming together, THEN you start laying your panels out. this part looks like this when i do it:

(these are actually from a gfalls comic i never cared to finish from like. five months ago but who's counting?)

honestly, it's best to do this as small as you can possibly get it, to really get your head out of the "but i have to fit all the panels exactly as i drew them on the page" funk. remember that, at least if you're writing the comic in english or other languages read in the same direction, that you're trying to lead the reader's eye from top to bottom and left to right. this is really hard to keep track of, and i still make mistakes and flub up the readability all the time. like here:

the panel layout should be reversed here. the panels in the top left and bottom right should be smaller than the other two, so the gutters would actually guide you to read it left to right instead of top to bottom, but laziness and initial drawing blindness struck me and i never fixed it.

once you have a layout that makes sense to you, it's as simple as blowing your thumbnails up to comic-size and going over your very rough sketches with your final clean panels & inks, or, if you're doing it traditionally, re-sketching your page on your big bristol board after doing some measuring to see where your panels should actually be.

there are other rules to keep in mind when you're in the thumbnailing phase of your comic, like the 180-degree rule (something that carries from film to animation to comics to, really, any form of sequential art), which is easiest to explain with a little diagram:

keeping this in mind really helps with readability. you can do a bunch of things with your angles, you can even omit the other character, but keeping them on the side of the frame you establish them on is very helpful. this is mainly for dialogue, but it does also help if you want to display one character walking in one specific direction, or if you want a fight scene to read as well as possible, etc.

and, if you look at your comic sketch now and think, hey, this looks great, this is so clear and easy to read, i highly recommend stepping away for a few hours to look at it again, or, if you're impatient like me, sending it to a friend. you're also totally welcome to send it to me, if you just need someone to tell you whether your comic is easily readable.

to learn more about drawing comics, i recommend two things. one, read some comics. by professionals in the industry, ideally, though there are many many competent and incredibly detailed comics by independent creators out there. people in the industry will (MOST of the time) be held to slightly higher standards of readability than the average independent artist, and the workflow for professional comics involves several people at once reading and reviewing and revising what's made so that it'll be digestible to the average audience.

two, i recommend getting your hands on a copy of "understanding comics" by scott mccloud. love this book. lots of comic artists love this book. it's fun and informative and packed full of tips, while also being a comic, which makes it even more fun to read. mccloud goes into a lot of detail on stuff i didn't mention, from the gutters between panels to lettering to working with other artists and writers and finding an art style that fits the story you want to tell. great stuff. go to the library, check it out. you won't regret it.

[littlestgamer]

I had them keep me company while I did my hair and it spawned an idea

[36beetles]

WIP!! This is taking me FOREVER but I’m excited about it so here’s a sneaky peaky ;))

[myokk]

He is so enamored with her🥹🫶

(a continuation of regency period au💓)

[vaguely-concerned]

wonderful side effect of rye kind of being a slip of a thing (he's decently tall for an elf, he's about lucanis' height, and strong in a sinewy kind of way but just. a straight up and down line. no tits no ass all heart): can wear lucanis' clothes and somehow still have it look like a boyfriend shirt situation. if he ever put on one of davrin's shirts the lighthouse crew would have to stage a search and rescue operation. 'our little guy has to be in there somewhere but we just can't find him we don't know where he is' distressed friends report

[amazing-captain-castiel]

*RUNS IN* HELLO HELLO HELLO I HAVE SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO SHARE -- POPTART AND STICKERS ARRIVED TODAY!!!! The whole package is incredible and I've been looking forward to it all week!! Ell even drew a Leo and added my name on the back 🥺 my insides are in a happy puddle of tears and I keep happily wiggling and flailing. Thank you so much to the incredible @intotheelliwoods!! Now it's picture time!!

[nanaminokanojo]

True form Sukuna in just a goddamn fundoshi, emerging from a hot spring like a Heian era Calvin Klein model, arms raised as he cards his fingers through his wet hair, mist and steam under the moonlight and all that shebang.

[i-have-not-slept]

my hot take of the day: if you put Anna Lightwood and Alec Lightwood side by side in similar clothing they would be near-identical. okay I said it.

[roboyomo]

ahem. Guess who started a Second animation.

i'm learning here i'm Fuckinf Learning!!! i will continue working on this later because uhmm,, it is. Quite Late ^_^

[averlym]

ghostwriter (their grandma would tell them she'd lose half her soul)