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My friends and I did a secret santa last year, and the gift exchange coincided with the due date of our group films. Earlier, my friend had seen Gus the Stegosaurus (pictured below) at the mall and jokingly said "whoever's my secret santa please give him to me." That is exactly what I did! We let…

Nov 20, '20

How do you feel about posting your art on social media?

I used to be eager to share my work on social media, but lately the thought of it makes me nervous. I'm trying to work through these fears and am starting to post again, though. My anxiety has skyrocketed during the quarantine. Oh boy... I was very active on Twitter a couple years ago, and I start…

Oct 23, '20

Gaining subs without social media

I don't really share my comic on social media, aside from a tumblr blog where I post character doodles and WIPs. In 2019 I deleted my twitter account. There's... a lot I have to say about twitter, but to keep things simple I felt worse every time I looked at it. I do have instagram and artstation, b…

Sep 20, '20

Without saying the name of your country, where are you from?

There was a story in the news recently that someone reported an alligator sighting, but the 'alligator' was actually just a really large beaver.

Aug 27, '20

What do you love/hate to draw?

I love drawing outdoor scenes, and I enjoy doing lineart more these days. Oh and I also love drawing food. But As soon as it's a page where I have to draw a lot of hands I run away

Aug 2, '20

Struggling with confidence and feeling anxious about posting work

I'm feeling a bit better, thanks!

Aug 2, '20

90s Babies Open Group

'97 here! First Pokemon game was LeafGreen, and I used to get in a lot of trouble for bringing my Tamagotichi to school... ah memories

Aug 1, '20

Struggling with confidence and feeling anxious about posting work

It is reassuring to hear that this is something many artists go through. Anxiety can be so overpowering. Hearing your own experiences with it, and how you respond to it, has been really eye opening. Putting a drawing or story out into the world is tough. @kmlangleyauthor That's a great way of lo…

Jul 30, '20

Struggling with confidence and feeling anxious about posting work

Hi all! I wanted to get some advice on the way I've been feeling towards art lately... Due to the pandemic, I'm home almost all the time. I've had a little too much time on my hands, which has led to overthinking and picking my comic apart. I had already been struggling with confidently making art…

Jun 24, '20

How embarassing are your characters lineart in panoramic frames? Show them!

that one time all my characters were tired from being in the car for 6 hours lillian: [image] the early pages of my comic are something else, truly [image]

Mar 21, '20

Your plans during the Quarantine

I've been in quarantine since March 13, the day all the schools in my area announced they were shutting down. So far my plans are: Complete the remaining 4 weeks of my semester via online classes Work on both of my comics Video calls with my friends & game dev project team Play an absurd amount o…

Jan 8, '20

Post the Latest Thing You Drew

I came back to my comic with fresh eyes and have an entirely new perspective on it and rewrote the entire ending of it, whoops @__@ These two might be endgame [image]

Jan 7, '20

New here! and...How do you manage your time?

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Welcome to Tapas! ^^ I'm not the greatest with time management and organization, but I've been using Habitica to keep track of things! My prof showed it to me and it's basically a planning app but in an RPG game style, and I find it helps keep me motivated. Another thing that can be helpful is set…

Jan 5, '20

Where Would Your Character Eat?

Noel and Lillian can be found at the local Denny's between the hours of 2 and 4 AM [image]

Jan 5, '20

What's something you were certain would happen in your story, that you ended up changing?

Happy new year, everyone! I've been on a semi-hiatus from Tapas, mostly due to school & work. As the title of this topic would suggest, I wanna talk about moments you've had with your stories where you just weren't sure about something anymore. I'm 3 years into my first comic. Something hasn't f…

Jan 4, '20

2009 vs 2019 Challenge

It appears that my aversion to drawing hands started from a young age [image]

Jan 1, '20

Any Goals for the New Year

I hope to do the following in 2020: Produce more comic pages than 2019. In 2019 I uploaded 22 pages, and I wanna do better this year. Begin my second mini series. Draw more hands, and do more life drawing in general!

Dec 15, '19

People on hiatus or moving on from Tapas creations, what are you doing now?

I'm currently on hiatus right now for a number of reasons. I'm in my final year of college, and also have an on-campus job that I love. It's been really hard trying to balance my classes, work schedule, capstone project, and a comic. It's the winter holidays now and I'll temporarily be back. Afte…

Oct 21, '19

Does art ever made you feel depressed?

I'm going through something similar right now. I'm in my final year of college, where the pressure's on to create the best demo reel and portfolio you're capable of. I'm in such a bad mood right now that I'm genuinely questioning if I should choose a different career and remain a hobbyist when it co…

Oct 14, '19

Are you almost finished with your series?

It can be hard to keep a comic going for a long time and 4 years is still something to be proud of!! I am determined to finish the comic, but might take some breaks here and there.

Oct 14, '19

Are you almost finished with your series?

Honestly? I was going to say no, but knowing I'm shortening the comic a bit, I'd say The Flipside will be over by 2021. Hopefully. Hahaha. The story is being shortened due to a change in direction. Originally, the mystery was going to be the main focus, and while I do still want to have that, my f…

Aug 19, '19

Post the Latest Thing You Drew

About a year ago I created a character as part of my next comic, but I don't like how her design was looking, so I'm starting from step 1 again! Here's some rough ideas on her appearance as well as the style of the comic. I don't have a very consistent style, so it'll take a long time to decide. She…

Aug 11, '19

What bits do you dislike? and love (making comics alone)

"A friendship between man and woman is a lie" + "A friendship between woman and woman is a lie, too" tropes = women can't have friends at all... (partially NSFW and whining)

Things I don't like: Linework!! I could have so many pages fully sketched out, but then procrastinate lining them. The process will either go very smoothly or hitting "undo" 6 times and getting upset. Drawing hands. I WILL draw everything else and then sit there avoiding the hands. Crowd scene…

Aug 3, '19

These types of romance stories usually have some of my absolute least favourite tropes. I would generally like to see this happen less often: The woman's life revolves around a man and doesn't talk about anything else other than this man. Women tearing each-other down and generally being nasty t…

Aug 2, '19

Characters and their thoughts of children

Lillian is fine with being around kids for a short amount of time. She sometimes finds them annoying, and she's known for a long time that she has absolutely no desire to have kids. Her parents tried to change her mind on multiple occasions, attempting to steer her away from anything other than wif…

Aug 1, '19

How has your MC changed from creation to now?

my characters have changed a lot over the years! Noel: Almost completely rewritten, with some of her backstory remaining the same. I originally wrote Noel as a character with a small role in the story - she was a lot more cold, often acted inconvenienced by Lillian, insulted people, hated herself…

Jul 29, '19

Would you actually like your characters?

I feel like I could get along with the main cast! Might have a few disagreements with my MC Lillian because we're both very stubborn and jump to conclusions often. Lillian's PARENTS, on the other hand, are people I would never want to meet. At all. Noel would be fun to talk to. But she'd also cal…

Jul 23, '19

Share your Disability (and comic/novel!)

Chronic migraine. I was diagnosed when I was really young and was missing school at least once a week. When a migraine happens, I can't look at any screens (or anything bright, really) without feeling sick. Even walking or moving too quickly can cause nausea. It's also resulted in extreme anxiety ab…

Jul 21, '19

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