i love hearing it. it means im moving forward
just learn to write. stop running away from your weaknesses.
....... are you from the tees valley by any chance? wahey! i live in un-trendy east london
anti-intellectualism isnt about being stupid, ignorant, or uncultured its an attitude that distrusts academia and the arts. you can travel broadly and be very knowledgeable and be an anti-intellectual, and there are anti-intellectuals who are prominent in our culture. on the flip, you can never …
i use a pen lid i used to get my ears blocked up w wax and havent had any problems from cleaning out my ears, so the choice is obvious
it rocked. it was a derivative collage of better older movies which i havent seen but it was beautiful, intense, and RRRRRRIPE for interpretation.
i think this is why you cant think destination-first. its about process; the goal isnt to win an eisner, its to keep making new comics and explore new territory, to push the medium. you dont push the medium once and then think 'well, im done' - you keep pushing and pushing and pushing! you win 1000 …
EXACTLY! IM ASKING FOR UNDERSTANDING, IM NOT JUSTIFYING THEIR ACTIONS. I HAVE SAID THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN. YOU KEEP DISAGREEING WITH THINGS IM NOT SAYING in short i really just want people to understand that kids like this dont deserve to be mocked or condemned, they deserve to be picked up by more…
i mean i still disagree with this. the chances that they would actually have the opportunity to state a proper counter argument and be listened to and respected is very unlikely, youre really underestimating the power dynamic at play their decision looked rushed and petty to us - and certainly, …
im not saying the power dynamic is bad, dude, just pointing out that it exists and means its not actually that easy for the protesters to make their counterargument. of course if they had made a counter argument they would have had to make.... an argument.... no, i agree. this was a bad act of…
“We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.” - malcolm x the issue with this anti-aggression perspective is that a lot of the issues activists tackle are already wars. if you beat a dog, is it a violent dog when it bites back? if you antagonise a community, is it a violent communi…
wellll, not nothing - there is a power dynamic in that woman being mic'ed up and on a stage while theyre in the audience. they couldnt put their hands up and go 'actually you're wrong.' also consider that the clip of the kid saying weird shit about nazis could have been cut out of context. in a…
ooh i guess i gotta come in early on this one it is essentially an insult, but as a pejorative it refers to people who are really into identity politics, and has come to carry connotations of cancel culture, individualism, and identity reductionism - while also carrying connotations of just livi…
haaaaa twaw name pronounciation is weirrrrrd theres a whole Thing in the story abt cath's name being mispronounced. her real name is cethlenn (sounds like kettlin'), but bc shenanigans balor calls her cath. and ive always pronounced balor as bah-lore, emphasis on lore, but i heard an irish dude …
you can get a pretty recent ipad second hand for arouund the $200 mark if you look. if you get one thats compatible with the apple pencil, yer laughing - but the apple pencil is about $50. it is worth it. as for apps, shonen jump have an app called 'jump paint' that reminds me a lot of SAI, it has…
getting someone to look over your work and give feedback is ESSENTIAL. if you just make it in a bubble, you may come out the other end with incomprehensible nonsense - or just miss something obvious but do you have to paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay for that? probably not. ive never hired a be…
have you tried seeking out this information for yourself? there are books and documentaries on the history of marvel and dc and of american comics publishing
the hero's journey and three act structure are good guidelines - dont feel tied to the three act structure though, shape it to your will. dan harmon's story circle is a good adaptation of the hero's journey too. if youve got the time for a big read, i recommend john truby's anatomy of story! it wa…
the jim henson company are really cool, and im glad its adapting a comic with such unique art! gets the fire under my butt to finally read lore olympus. im sure itll be a gorgeous animation tho when i first heard it was gonna be jim henson i was like... puppet hades?
potentially at the cost of quality i am FAST. at least for a webcartoonist. my fastest chapter of TWAW was... perhaps 4-5 weeks of production, working 2 days a week? so, 4 days of writing & drafting, 2 days pencils, 1 day inks, 1 day colours - 18 pages. i cant do the math to break that down into …
my horror comic................... isnt available on tapas, so heres some i adore:
clip studio paint, a drawing software. im guessing by the response that you dont then :U that's what i use, and since their brush files are incompatible with photoshop ones, i thought id ask before asking for brush recommendations
do you use CSP by any chance?? im always hunting for new highly textured traditional-imitation brushes
uhh. ya click on em. theyre downloads - some free, some not.
DAMN your style is good. is this traditional or digital?? plEASE tell me your materials and techniques youve started at a good place w the forums, and i see youve also got a healthy instagram following - keeping pushing that, ofc for specifically reaching ppl into dark and experimental, try va…
i dont share poetry on tapas, but heres a few for your perusal:
i think the thing with webcomics is that for many people in our generation, it's the sandbox where you first learn how to make comics. due to the naivety of just starting out, and copying everyone else who has done the same (and looking at mainstream manga and marvel comics that g o o n …
oh my days same. when i started twaw i was 16 and i was like 'they are 15 and they will Get Older as it goes along' but then i realised how time works in comics and i was 18 like 'nah theyre like, theyre about 19 now. at least.' emotionally theyve aged years but diegetically its been like a month to…
theyre so good!! i think @ar-ninetysix 's bingelike (ily dude) launched me into trending, and then TWO MORE BINGE LIKERS CAME ALONG. fuckin christmas
i just went to sleep & then to class (dont open laptop until after class 
), came home to 2-3 binge likers <3