elpenor

[image] [image] [image] pretty sure im like a comedic genius with this amazing wordplay

Dec 7, '20

Why do people sell their babies?

an enormous offer is a form of coercion. something something read chomsky

Dec 1, '20

Can you read a book wrong? (Poll and discussion)

it's complicated. the relationship between the text and the audience and the author is one of the main foci of literary theory, and there are plenty of equally reasonable ideas about this. most commonly, you might hear about the "death of the author," which means that the text stands completely on i…

Dec 1, '20

Has anyone's grammar ever turned you off from continuing a story even if it was promising?

Questions

the reason we have recognizable grammar guides in English (they're decentralized but recognizable) is because, in storytelling, grammar is necessary for ease of reading, which contributes to immersion. in business writing, following an established grammar style shows that the writer is serious. thos…

Nov 29, '20

Y'all ever had a muse?

never. I'm inspired solely by other artistic works. my recent explosion of activity came from she-ra (the 2018 reboot) which ticks literally every box of tropes I enjoy while being a surprisingly complex and coolheaded drama action-adventure. it helped me realize all of a sudden that the things I li…

Nov 27, '20

Advertise your social media or brag bout your art!

[image] people on tapas don't know this but I post art related to my webcomic on my social media [image] canon characters, characters that exist in the canon but haven't been represented in the comic yet [image] memes and doodles check my linktree for links and also if you know the webcomi…

Nov 24, '20

Post the Latest Thing You Drew

https://twitter.com/e1pen0r/status/1331000531817521152 ^ just finished some new character designs for my comic

Nov 24, '20

Describe Your Comic/Novel Badly

the exploits of a sad girl who got buff and tried to fuck god

Nov 24, '20

Webtoon/Tapas Comic Drop!

hey! I'm still stuck at 15 subscribers on the tapas publication of Vainglory and it would be pretty rad to hit 25

Nov 24, '20

Share the wonderful fan art you've received!

oh man I save all mine this is the first one I got from a fellow tapas user: [image] a link to the artist's page: https://tapas.io/Evalein and I get a bunch from my friends on discord too [image] link: https://www.instagram.com/samickart1/ [image] link: https://penny-case.tumblr.com/ [image] …

Oct 23, '20

What actually drives you to create?

when people like the things I do I honestly think this is the main reason people do things because otherwise you'd make something and then keep it to yourself we are a social animal

Oct 18, '20

How Do You Do Magic?

I'm into three magical aesthetics: runes, secret words, and weird rituals that only make sense in an extremely abstract sense I like runes because making magic seem like a kind of hidden math or science is an interesting way to make it feel less like magic and more like an untapped source of poten…

Oct 16, '20

Let me read your comic/ novel! If I like it, I'll comment like or sub!

thanks! I'm glad you like it

Oct 15, '20

What are your unusual interests?

Questions

I got plenty of those. I design custom magic: the gathering cards, I collect and sell natural sea glass, I blacksmith, I'm into academic conlanging (constructing hypothetical languages), I collect artisan soaps, and I know wayyy too much about the history of youtube poop

Oct 15, '20

Under 70 subs? Post your comic or novel!

woo! just uploaded my 50th episode

Oct 15, '20

Let me read your comic/ novel! If I like it, I'll comment like or sub!

sure let's go for it mine's a super easy read and I just uploaded my 50th episode

Oct 6, '20

Under 70 subs? Post your comic or novel!

updated today! let's goooo

Oct 3, '20

Share Your Webcomics Here! (Under 25 subs!)

I'm working on my next update right now. mine's a comedy serial about a D&D character of mine. think like weekly comic strips, but more, like, raunchy and... vertical

Oct 1, '20

Charity Commissions 2020

Hey! Sorry if this is frowned-upon or the wrong place to do this, but my commission income for October is going to be donated to a charity and I figured this is a good forum to share that. I didn't see anything against it in the posting guidelines, but I also notice that it's not a common topic, so …

Oct 1, '20

Comic artists, what are you styles?

[image] honestly I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing or how you would define my style [image] like, it's cartoony, but it's like... I dunno [image] and usually my comic looks like this, roughly, 'cause I can't spend too much time on it or I'll never put anything out lmao

Sep 30, '20

What do you create besides your comics\novels?

do a bunch of art, make music, homebrew for D&D, worldbuild, write, I have a wiki, I cook, I act, I voice act, I have a youtube channel where I make video essays, dabbled in video editing, I conlang, I'm a poet, I dunno I always have to do stuff

Sep 26, '20

Let me draw your oc!

https://imgur.com/a/QBsszq8 go for it! this is vainglory, the main character of my comic

Sep 26, '20

Let's Set Sail (Shipping)

Questions

vainglory is a multishipper's paradise. the primary conceit is that vainglory is pansexual and nonmonogamous, and the vast majority of characters featured are either in a relationship with her or one another. but it's not just all for fun. the extended canon was really developed as a way to explore …

Sep 26, '20

Tell me about your Oc's!

what I plan to do is make a more narrative-driven comic covering a lot of her internality, since brief joke comics isn't really enough to handle it. it'll be called Vainglory: Love Stories and it's being scripted

Sep 26, '20

Tell me about your Oc's!

[image] Vainglory is an extremely complex character. it doesn't necessarily come across all the time in her comic, but she has a deep psychology that I spend far too much time thinking about. some examples of aspects of her personality: she is diagnosably hypersexual, which can cause serious pr…

Sep 23, '20

Mods please close

my comic doesn't use traditional panels, but [image]

Sep 21, '20

I will check out your novel/comic

let's gooooooooooooooooooooo

Sep 21, '20

The appeal of a romantic subplot

I like romance if it's done well. if it's done poorly, it can and will ruin a narrative. perhaps this isn't true to the average consumer, but stock-standard, uninteresting romance lessens the impact of a story for me, and stumbling, badly-done romance can make me dislike a story

Sep 21, '20

HMU with your comics and I'll give you my first impression of them

hey, if you get a chance, mine is a pretty easy-to-pick-up serial comedy. think like a really weird sunday strip

Sep 21, '20

Give me a dragon's breath attack and I will explain scientifically how it works