If you're 25 or older show me your work!

HopCrop 2018-09-25 19:59:31 UTC #10

I'm 26. I used to work at Toys R Us, but for obvious reasons I don't anymore. Right now I'm taking a few months off before finding another job and working on various writing projects. One of them is this novel.

faeriesandents 2018-09-25 20:00:02 UTC #11

Neat thread!
We're a duo, @LortiaMJB is the illustrator and he's 25, @minerrale is the writer and she's (I'm) 26 (and a half! am older than you, fella! sorry)
I was an assistant for the longest time, did a bunch of different jobs along the same lines until I lost everything I had for the second time and decided that it was enough, I got only the one life, I'm going to have fun. So I left my country and my job to join Lortia and became a full-time writer!
He used to be a construction worker, a paver to be exact, until a few months ago it became too much for him and he had the same epiphany as I did (luckily without the depressing circumstances) and now is a full-time illustrator as well.
Below are our main comic and novel, we're still working on more!

danitasibert 2018-09-25 20:01:19 UTC #12

Well i guess I'm giving away my age right now... but.. ohhhhh well
I'm Danita I'm 25 and I've been working on my comic Maximum Chaos since 2015, unfortunately i don't do that full time, its a side thing for now.
I've been working on a second comic series called Vampire Search ( August 2018), (which is crazy of me, but i love making my stories a reality in some form or another.)

My goal is to be able to improve on my comics and character so i can do this full time, bur in the meantime i work retail. balancing can be a little hectic because i have traces of ADHD, but when i get working i work so much i forget to sleep or eat.

cgmiller89 2018-09-25 20:04:06 UTC #13

29 years old here. Heres the first two pages of the first comic i've ever tried to do. Entitled "Spoon."

SleepingPoppy 2018-09-25 20:08:49 UTC #14

Hi Sara, and everyone else~

I am indeed over 25, though I recently went back to school to get my teaching credential. I'm way more busy than when I was working, especially because going to school involves quite a bit more commuting.

beta1042 2018-09-25 20:12:16 UTC #15

I'm in my 30s, although I write stuff for younger audiences. Here are my 2 series

mariusthered 2018-09-25 20:12:19 UTC #16

so amusing...starting to think i am the oldest fart on tapas at almost 50 (in a few years)

this is me when i was 19 (no bucket!)

and this is my comic

Nes 2018-09-25 20:40:53 UTC #17

Heeey, I'm Nes. I'll be 27 this weekend, but I think my comic makes me look like I'm a 7 year old. Sometimes a messed up 7 year old

I'm in the middle of searching for a job right now, but I wanted to make a funny comic as a hobby. The art style is simple as hell for several reasons, the biggest being to save time, but I do try to focus and spend more time on the quality of the jokes instead.

By the way, your comic is adorable, Sarah.

Kittosaurus 2018-09-25 20:44:35 UTC #18

Hi There!

I just turned 25 a few months ago (so hopefully you will still accept me on this thread). I unfortunately went to college and specialized way too early and ended up with a diploma in a field I didn't want to pursue (3D Modeling), so now I am stuck working a customer service job to pay off my student loans (though I am working hard to find a job in a creative field instead)

I am currently working on The Librarian Arachnid Slayer which you can read here:

Edit: Or here as I am finally uploading the series to Tapas as well:

Karmillina 2018-09-25 20:47:26 UTC #19

I'm 29 ;;;;; I've been scared for the longest time but I wanna fight for my dreams and all that ^^;;; It's really hard to balance work and my dreams but I need to get there somehow.

KoreanTacos 2018-09-25 20:48:49 UTC #20

I just recently turned 29, I currently work on two comics, one slice of life and one magical girl. I'm a full time student, trying to find a new job right now as I'm tired of working at my current one, and raising a teenager.

fischhead 2018-09-25 21:01:46 UTC #21

32 and stuck working retail. Drawing comics is not a very strong escape plan, but it's what I enjoy doing. Hopefully, everyone here loves what they're doing on Tapas, even if their day job is unrewarding.

minerrale 2018-09-25 21:08:54 UTC #22

Not mine, but from a friend who's more than 25 as well!
This novel deserves more love. For real! It's fun and serious, it's solid, the characters aren't simpletons or one-caracteristic, they're real in a way that only a good writer can convey.
Honestly, this is a little pearl :3

Lady_DarkStar 2018-09-25 22:22:24 UTC #23

Well, I am the oldest one here. For those who really want to know, I turn 50 in November. I quit writing professionally in 1997. The last article I wrote cost more in postage than I got paid. Email was not an acceptable form of submission back then. Most of what I wrote back then was non-fiction. I didn't write again for 21 years. I have worked in remodeling construction, electronic assembly, Long haul trucking, and numerous other jobs. Currently I am a CNA who specializes in terminal clients. During this last year I started writing again. I am currently working on the 2nd draft of a book. When I get stuck and need to let the book percolate in the back of my subconscious, I write a short story. I won't publish the book on Tapas until I am done with it. I do however publish the short stories on Tapas. Because the short stories are not my main focus, they don't get added to regularly. You can find them here:

Zaboem 2018-09-25 22:34:58 UTC #24

At 43 years old, I am probably the token Old Fart of these forums. I think you are interested in comics, not novels. I am participating in the creation of the second Tapas Fight Club match which will be a comic, but we are still in planning stages of that.

Zaboem 2018-09-25 22:36:29 UTC #25

I stand corrected. Marius beat me out of the womb by a few years.

Lady_DarkStar 2018-09-25 22:41:46 UTC #26

@Zaboem writing was included.

Raven_C 2018-09-25 22:52:49 UTC #27

I'm a 1991-liner here

Went to school for a couple of years (community college then uni), worked in food service for a bit, doing a bit of freelance now and going to conventions to promote/sell my art & comics. Trying out some writing and hoping to publish prose in the future.

Just a few minutes ago actually I just published my short comic, feel free to check it out

Penni 2018-09-25 23:03:30 UTC #28

Woooo! 29 here! Back in the day, I was a dog groomer, but now I'm military. I have obtained a BA in Psychology, and I plan to start my Masters next fall. I wrote a lot when I was younger but the pressure put on me by my mother to "pick a job that will actually make money," drove me away from writing. I just got back into it about a year ago when I joined Tapas. I pretty much write fantasy, and lately with LGBT+ characters, but my short stories have varied a bit. So these are my babies! (with another on the way soon!)

vfinnigan 2018-09-25 23:09:34 UTC #29

Hello. I'm Valerie, and I'm 44. Thanks to mariusthered, I no longer feel like the oldest person on Tapas. Age has its advantages, especially given that I write mostly history.

Here's some of my work. I actually saw some of the events depicted here live on TV.

Same with this.

But not this, though I know a lot of people who did and even participated. I may be old, but not that old.