#xulia vicente

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Shortbox Comic Fair is back

Last year I bought the excellent I see a Knight

I've had a quick browse and earmarked about £30 in purchases based on just seeing the front covers.

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EL DIARIO MONTAÑÉS

[dirtyriver]

Just goes to show: the experiences an artist feels are the most personal are the most sincere, the most universal, and resonate with the audience.

hi, i just wanted to let you know that i LOVED Clair de Lune!!!! it reminds me so much of the sort of daydreams i had as a kid. like, SO much like them! i found the comic really inspiring, your art is incredible, and so is the story! the ending is so sweet too, i thought it was an amazing way to resolve things. thank you so much for making it, and for sharing it!!!!!

Ahhh thank you so much!! I was afraid at times that I might be doing something a bit too niche with like the daydreams and such, but to see it's finding people out there that enjoy it and find it inspiring is so rewarding! Thanks a lot for reading 🧡

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ShortBox Comics Member Interview: Xulia Vicente

Throughout the month of October, the Cartoonist Cooperative will be sharing interviews with members of the Co-op who have a new comic available at the ShortBox Comics Fair 2024! 

NOTE: The Cartoonist Cooperative is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way formally connected with ShortBox.  

Today’s spotlight is Xulia Vicente a.k.a @takitakos and their new comic for ShortBox, Clair de Lune.

Tell us more about your new comic?

XV: It’s called Clair de Lune, and it’s basically about two music students, in a bit of a futuristic setting, that try to summon a mysterious kaiju-like creature through a secret song. It explores what it’s like to experience perfectionism, art and competition at such a young age.

I’ve drawn quite a bunch of comic pages at this point, but for this fair; I’m putting out what would be my longest solo comic so far. It’s also the one that feels more personal, since I’m basing it both on experiences and anecdotes from my music school years, and personal struggles with art. Overall, I feel it’s a bit of a milestone for me and a step up in my personal journey of finding my own voice.

Tell us about your creative process; how did you develop this comic and what are the steps you took to bring it to the final stage?

XV: The first months of this year I was working a part-time job, so I was only able to take notes of the kind of stuff I wanted to do for the fair. I’ve had the idea of making a comic around a music school for years now; I even had the first scene pictured in my mind. However, I needed to simplify that story to be able to complete the comic in time. When I finished the part-time job and started working full-time on the comic, I wrote a new story in what felt like a fever dream, mixing my new notes with the original ideas for the music school story. Writing is usually the biggest struggle for me, and takes the longest. 

I then took some time to design characters and put together a little pitch to test the interest and charm with trusted friends. It helped me build motivation and confidence in the project too. Since I was against the clock, I scheduled the phases of the project and made some decisions to make them as functional as possible. I drew the storyboard and cleaned it up so that I could both sketch shadows and use it to trace pencils.

From here on, I work traditionally and start going faster. I trace the pencils, then rework them a bit and then ink. After that, I scan, edit, letter and finish with both the grayscale pages and the color ones. This is all a lot of work, but once I’ve taken the time to make all the decisions in the pre-production phase, I have a clear course to follow and it becomes easier for me.

Read the rest of Xulia's interview HERE!

[crystalclear97]

hi hi hi!!

Name your favourite artists who inspire you! Your arts are so cute

Other ship aside Armin/Annie?

Do you plan to draw more Aruani?

oh hiiii !!! 😊

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This is very difficult aaaaaa :_) obviously all the aruani related artists that I follow inspire me a lot, maybe we have very different art styles but I love seeing their art and they encourage me to embrace and enjoy the fandom as I am still a bit self-conscious about that "nerdy" part of myself.

I am kinda shy to mention specific people but let's see...... @nobluesea, @annawayne, @lidatan, @brbarou, @phyroblue, @ghostieking, @pepperjackets, @catfein ... aaand I have to mention @kalruani who I think is my fav aruani artist but I don't think they're on tumblr...... 👉👈 I don't wanna make anybody feel bad if I forget them, so if I follow you, consider yourself part of the list PLEASE :_)

some other non tumblr related people:

Ana Galvañ • Sara Soler • Gabriel Picolo • Bryan Lee O'Malley • alessandro barbucci • Núria Tamarit • Miguel Gallardo (RIP) • Maria Herreros • Laura Brouwers • Gretel Lusky • KAZLAND • Cristina Daura • So Lazo • Dakota Cates • Ingrid Arbiol • Paw Salcés • Xulia Vicente • Beatriz Fletes • LUCIA CUÑAT ORTEL • Paco Roca • Fran Riolobos • Ian • Sha'an d'Anthes • Lucy Zhang • David Ramírez • Julia Kaye • Alex Norris • AND some friends that are also great artists: [RAMUNE] - Alba Flores - Natalia Lucas - Joaquín Guirao

I'm forgetting people for sure aaaaaaaaa I tried my best.........

The alternative / punk / fanzine / local scene inspires me a lot, shows like Adventure Time, videogames like NITW or Omori with great art, and MUSIC!

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at this moment tbh I am super aruani focused... but I've shipped a lot through my life haha when I was a child I was obsessed with TK + Kari (digimon) and I usually shipped my fav character from anything, which usually was the misfit / weird / nerd one (I still do btw) 😅 Some ships that I also like at this moment could be zutara, bubbline, tomgreg from succession (in a fun way tbh), OBVIOUSLY tayley from paramore but they are real people so..... HAHA idk if you ask me what do I think of some specific ship I'll tell you my take!

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YES!! 🥰

thank you for asking!

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The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood: A Dagger to Repair a Friendship 🗡

Meet Dahlia, the Daggersmith! A Warrior Witch from the Daemonic Desertlands, specialized in crafting ritual blades for all kinds of purposes.

Comic by the incredible Xulia Vicente! 💕

Wishlist the game on Steam! We're really close to release!

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book post

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien

Don’t Go Without Me by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (comic)

I See a Knight by Xulia Vicente (comic)

Moving by Luis Yang (comic)

Temple by Jack T Cole (comic)

Temeraire/His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Gender Moodboard

I made a gender moodboard for last week's stream of Time Theft Today on Dr. Devon Price's twitch. The stream was very fun and Devon and Maddie are doing another gender moodboard stream this Friday! If doing a gender moodboard is something that interests you I would definitely recommend it!

Image credits below the cut (I originally found most on Pinterest but was able to find sources elsewhere for many of them)

Top left rabbit head: I used this image on Pinterest, but I couldn't find it anywhere else so I don't know who created it.

Top left body with wings: Fragile by julykings

Top left mushroom drawing: by hhbm

top left drawing of Ashton from Critical Role: by blueberrieschill on instagram

top middle drawing of feet in water: catching frogs by yc_heart on reddit

background photo of a person holding a sword: photo of me, taken by my sister, edited by me

top right photo of a person reaching into water: I got this image from Pinterest and couldn't find it anywhere else

top left drawing of arms with mushrooms growing on them: by the sound of waves

middle left photo of a person wearing a green botanical button up: from this amazon listing

middle left photo of a person with top surgery looking up: Elliot Fletcher photographed by amos mac

middle drawing of an earwig fairy: Dell L on twiman

middle drawing of a person decomposing: this post by 1000drawings says its by Xulia Vicente, but I'm not sure because it's not on their website.

middle right image of a glowing person: not 100% sure, but I think it's by deadmothh and can be found under that name on Tumblr gallery and on threadless

middle right deer image: chaitdeshphotography on Instagram

middle right drawing of a squiggly silhouette of a person: Credibility by JMFenner91 on deviantart

bottom left drawing of the silhouette of a person in a bog with orange light: from the comic Cannibal, which I have not read but might in the future

bottom left photo of a Caduceus Clay (from Critical Role) cosplay: I made & wore the costume and took and edited the photo

bottom middle drawing of a person with their back against a tree: by dertoddesliebling

bottom middle hare drawing: by milsae

bottom middle drawing of a person holding light: this post by thefirstlivingart credits it to soapstore, but I can't find the image on their blog so I'm not 100% sure

bottom middle drawing of two creatures against an orange sky: by louise auxcrimes

bottom right drawing of a person with ferns growing out of their skin and hair: me

bottom right sculpture of a robot sitting down next to a rabbit: made and photographed by me

bottom right aerial photo of a person in an orange swimsuit in green water: by Yoshitaka Kashima I think; this substack post by Sophie Strand and this twitter post by Bettyxx84 both attribute the photo to Yoshitaka Kashima, but the image isn't on their Instagram or Flickr so I'm not sure.

Bottom right mushroom earrings: made and photographed by me

[zsofiarosebud]

Let me recommend a comic about this to you. It's Elisa e Marcela by Xulia Vicente (@takitakos). It's very well made, short and heartwarming. It gets most things right about the real facts (the ones we know about) and imagines the rest in a coherent and hopeful way ❤️

can i ask something. have you seen the movie elisa and marcela, based on the real life lesbian galician couple who fooled authorities in spain and got married? i have it on my watchlist, but i've seen many critics saying (while it's directed by a woman) it's extremely fetishizing and not that accurate. what do you think? grazas~

hi! so i haven't properly watched it, i sort of speed-watched it once while it was on netflix just to get a feel for it cause i suspected i wouldn't like it very much at all and i had no real interest in sitting through the whole thing. i sort of regret it now, and i do have half a mind to give it a proper try if only to know exactly what's wrong with it. I think the general consensus is that the movie is not very good indeed, or at least it didn't make much of an impact in galizan lgtb circles and we do like the figures of Elisa and Marcela quite a bit. As for the specific criticisms you point out I'm not really sure tbh, I really have no idea how accurate to the real life events the movie is, and except for that one infamous sex scene I'm not sure if I've seen it criticized as fetishizing. My issues with the movie stem more from the use it makes of galizan, relegating it to a secondary place in favor of spanish for reasons i understand but don't like, and from it's general vibe as a very serious b&w drama, which i again i understand it's an artistic choice, but one i don't appreciate at all. In any case, i think both you and i should probably watch it and come to a conclusion afterwards. If you do and to tell me about it I'd be delighted <3

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by Xulia Vicente

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🐑 Only 3 days left until June 15 2019, the deadline to submit your art and comics to Lilies Volume 8! 🐑

🐑 THEMES: LBTQ+ women’s romance & dreams!

🐑 DEADLINE: June 15 2019, (11:59pm (PDT) UTC/GMT -8 hours). We’re open-submission and welcome comics (1-20 pages) and illustrations!

🐑 SUBMIT / INFO: Read our FAQ for more info, submit here, and email us at liliesanthology@gmail.com if you have any questions.

🐑  Countdown artwork by the ever-astounding Xulia Vicente!

🐑  Looking for inspiration? Just curious? Download Lilies volume 1 & 2 here for free or buy a digital ($2-$5+) or physical copy of any volume! We love reading submissions that use new ideas and styles. We can’t wait to see your art and comics!

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All five main story chapters of Spera: Ascension of the Starless 3 are now available to purchase digitally at Gumroad!

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Xuls.

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In Review: 2000AD Prog 2280 Regened, plus details of Tharg's Free Comic Book Day giveaway

In Review: 2000AD Prog 2280 Regened, plus details of Tharg’s Free Comic Book Day giveaway

It should be no surprise to anyone that this week’s 2000AD – Prog 2280, with a cover by Chris Wildgoose – is an all-ages special Regened edition ahead of Free Comic Book Day this Saturday – a good opportunity to attract new readers, along with the release of a special, free, Best of 2000AD #0 in comic shops participating in the event. Inside the latest Prog, Joko-Jargo, nephew of 2000AD editor…

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Fantasía e ciencia ficción con sabor a fanzine

A medida que se achega o verán, os fanzineiros poñen as máquinas a funcionar para poderen presentar os seus traballos en eventos de autoedición estivais como o Autobán da Coruña ou No Tengo Mamá de Vigo, ademais de aproveitar sinerxias con festivais coma Viñetas dende o Atlántico. De entre a variada oferta de fanzines aparecidos nestas datas destacamos tres que teñen en común a súa ambientación fantástica ou futurista, aos que engadimos un número especial dunha coñecida revista estranxeira en cuxas páxinas atopamos o novo traballo dun dos máis sólidos valores da nova banda deseñada galega.

Altar Mutante #7

Cuberta do Altar Mutante nº7 por Jagoba Lekuona

Un dos clásicos do panorama galaico da autoedición dos últimos anos é Altar Mutante, revista consagrada ao “horror putrefacto e ciencia ficción graxenta” que dirixen Luis Sendón e Álvaro López e que acada xa o seu sétimo número. Fiel ás premisas sentadas nas primeiras achegas, a cabeceira acolle os traballos dos autores habituais (Sendón e López, Cráneo, Benlloch...) ao tempo que incorpora colaboradores ocasionais (Dani Xove, Jagoba Lekuona, Gairah Love...). Cada un deles asume o espírito que inspira a publicación dende as súas propias coordenadas creativas, dándolle forma de ciencia ficción hiperviolenta, fábula perversa, terror urbano, espada e bruxería ou humor macabro. O menú é máis variado do que podería parecer, sendo os mellores petiscos aqueles que provocan unha certa ansiedade pola súa inevitable brevidade. Por destacar algúns: a colaboración de Kike J. Díaz amosa o indiscutible progreso dun autor que debutou hai cinco anos co ambicioso Nordés e que leva tempo afinando un estilo máis próximo ao cartoon; Kike Benlloch e Diego Blanco ofrecen un relato de contornos ásperos que resulta interesante pola súa proximidade, talvez casual, ás claves literarias de Hawthorne ou Borges; e finalmente, Debelius atopa a mestura exacta de humor e gore nun capítulo que recunca no espírito das súas achegas nos números anteriores. O debuxante coruñés está chamado a cumprir nun futuro inmediato coas grandes expectativas que os seus traballos recentes están a xerar.

Amair #1

Deseños preliminares do personaxe de Amair por Luis Sendón

Un que este ano se amosa especialmente prolífico é Kike Benlloch. Ademais de colaborar en Altar Mutante presenta dous cómics autoeditados, Amair e Legado, ambos en formato grampa (é cando menos un paradoxo que a grampa, que perdeu hai tempo a súa preponderancia dentro do cómic comercial, estea a ser recuperada dende o ámbito da autoedición) e primeiros capítulos de senllas sagas que continuarán en futuras achegas. Amair desenvólvese nun escenario fantástico semellante ao que o propio Benlloch creara para Cuimhne e a súa secuela, Cuimhne: La deuda, aínda que o ton poético que presidía aqueles dous relatos (especialmente o segundo) é substituído aquí por un alento épico que o fai abalar decididamente cara o xénero de aventuras. A fantasía guerreira é un terreo no que o debuxante Luis Sendón sabe desenvolverse con soltura, sendo a ambientación, a creación de paisaxes e a definición visual dos protagonistas, onde o seu traballo brilla máis. Moi suxestivo cando a narración avanza de forma pausada, as súas páxinas reséntense nos lances de acción, onde o seu característico trazo groso tende a recargar excesivamente as viñetas. Este primeiro capítulo esgótase na presentación da premisa argumental, na que uns deuses escuros utilizan a dúas tribos rivais para enfrontárense entre si. O personaxe de Amair, chamada a ser a protagonista do relato, ten unha participación menor que supoñemos que aumentará en futuras achegas.

Legado #1

Detalle da capa de Legado por Xulia Pisón

Pola súa banda, Legado transpórtanos a un escenario de ciencia ficción clásica no que se escenifica a confrontación entre o individuo e as grandes estruturas de poder. Xulia Pisón, que xa amosara a súa querenza polas paisaxes futuristas en ∞-1, segue a medrar como artista a medida que asume retos cada vez máis ambiciosos. A pluralidade de personaxes protagonistas deste cómic, a súa estrutura non lineal e o ritmo cambiante ofrécenlle a ocasión para despregar toda unha serie de recursos narrativos e de caracterización que probablemente non tivera oportunidade de ensaiar ata o de agora, cun balance claramente positivo. A historia desenvólvese en dúas partes, polo que o final deste primeiro capítulo deixa todas as portas abertas. Agardemos que o segundo e derradeiro non se demore demasiado, e non só para que non esvaeza o interese da trama, tamén para manter a unidade de estilo. Unha artista en crecemento como Pisón pode evolucionar moito nuns poucos meses.

Judge Death: Darkness descends

Viñetas de Xulia Vicente para Judge Death: Darkness descends

Malia non tratarse dun fanzine, non resulta forzado mencionar aquí o novo cómic de Xulia Vicente. En primeiro lugar, porque a debuxante non está desvinculada da escena da autoedición da que formou parte activa durante os últimos anos; e, en segundo lugar, pola afinidade temática dos cómics que acabamos de mencionar co seu traballo máis recente, unha colaboración coa lendaria revista británica 2000 AD. O magazine inglés de ciencia ficción por excelencia ten cambiado moito entre os anos 80 e a actualidade. Aínda que moitos dos personaxes seguen a ser os mesmos (os Xuíces Dredd e Anderson, Rogue Trooper, Tharg...) o enfoque ten mudado de maneira irremediable. A contratación de Vicente, debuxante de estilo riquiño, abonda para corroboralo, máis se consideramos que a súa colaboración ten como protagonista o sinistro Xuíz Morte, un secundario habitual nas aventuras do Xuíz Dredd que acadou o seu pico de popularidade nos lapis de Brian Bolland. A versión da galega pouco ten que ver coa dureza hiperrealista do debuxante inglés. O seu relato, escrito por unha das guionistas habituais da cabeceira, Leah Moore, entrecruza o camiño do Xuíz zombie cun grupo feminino de música punk, dándolle á trama unha ancoraxe cotiá que facilita o encaixe da debuxante. Agradécese o necesario cambio de rexistro dunha Vicente cuxos traballos máis recentes (Ari, cazador de dragones, Duerme pueblo) transcorrían en escenarios menos sinistros. Tamén se agradece o contraste de ler, neste mesmo exemplar, unha aventura do Xuíz Dredd ou un capítulo do clásico serial Future Shocks debuxados por artistas de claves creativas tan distantes coma Babs Tarr e Tillie Walden respectivamente.

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4. Allowances

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Illustrated by Xulia Vicente (Twitter, Tumblr)

Written by Josh Tierney (Twitter, Tumblr)

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