thepenmonster1
The Pen Monster
I do stuff sometimes.
Sigh. I made no demand of you and the others to relate to the culture the way I do. You're not under attack. Go grab some of that chill for yourself.
I don't. I just don't approach these things the way most fans do. A few months ago people got angry because CBS(?) tried to sell some Star Trek NFTs. To my mind the anger was akin to getting angry at a leach attaching itself to a leg. It's just what parasites do and everyone seemed to have forgo…
I'll go digging around. Maybe I'll find my tribe in some dark corner there. We can dance around like the bee people in that No Rain music video.
Some definitions. The "you" is rhetorical; Opinion is something we can all do, but doing so is all about us. We voice what we like and don't like. The artist might gain something from it but since it's about us they're well right in ignoring it. Criticism is what Roger Ebert did. It's consumer a…
I will admit that the platform seems very fandom focused. If you have zero interest in doing free advertising for a company's IP is there a place for you there?
After reading this thread I'm curious: How does that work with zero followers to begin with? Hoping a person you reblogged does you a solid and returns the favor?
All of them. 20 characters
When it's my sole source of income and that income is enough to live on.
Since you asked. Here are the sins I see in the professional stuff; Big anime tiddies. I don't how you did it, but congrats on making boobs boring. Ultraviolence with no wider world consequences. Sexual assault with no consequences beyond a pratfall and a "baka!" Either the artists are sex pes…
Oddly seem to have decided to follow in Sonic Youth's footsteps.
You, me, your moms, Obama, Ghengis Kahn, Wrath of Khan, Jesus and Mohamed. Even Kanye when he's listening to his doctors. The only thing that matters is making. And if it sucks, make it again. Then try again... And if that doesn't work go do something else. There's no point in being a damned fo…
...has been bent to the needs of the nefarious. So have all of the devices we use to access it. Any promise of freeing us from the old ways it once had is long gone. But this is what we all wanted. Use it because these days you can't do much without it. But never lose sight of what the beast rea…
Most days I feel it was more akin to giving a rabid chimpanzee a megaphone. But I am often astounded at how fast we handed the entire thing over to advertisers, spy organizations, corporate misinformation peddlers, and other bad actors allowing them to operate on a scale they could only dream o…
I stopped working on this within inches of the finish line. I was adding more highlights to make things stand out more but I sat back, gave it a hard look, and decided the colors just aren't working. I feel it should be monochromatic. Like the colors on a soju bottle. Also I plan to add a backgrou…
Paying to have your name slapped on someone else's work technically counts as "doing", that is true.
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My personal experiences. YMMV. Instagram has one saving grace: A good population of nutters who stubbornly refuse to follow the changes and still use the tags to discover new art and new artists to follow. You will get followers. Those followers being able to see your art is another question si…
As the saying goes: It's far easier to con a person than it is to convince that person they've been conned. Ah, it's far more slimy. They are telling the truth when they say they don't sell the very thorough pile of data they have on you. They broadcast it. They sell the ad spots instead.…
It will take a great deal of mental excavation but I'm certain I'll eventually remember how to live in the era when you had to go to a bar to get into fight with a stranger instead of doing from the toilet like we do now.
Musk simps are a strange bunch.
It would be hoarded by the wealthy and they would dangle it above the heads of the plebeians as a way to keep them in line.
Usual recommendation is the Girl From HOPPERS and Heartbreak Soup collections. There's a good chance your local library will have them. Fantagraphics has a How To Read... page that might be helpful. The series has been running since 1981 so there's a lot of content. But both Bros. do provide plen…
Yes you do. Now get practicing.
I miiight have a bookshelf filled with the best comic ever made, yes
It doesn't matter the medium. The public has been conditioned to expect free entertainment and in exchange they might consider compensating the creative. And from YouTube to Spotify... I dunno... Pillowfort?.. artists see that shucking and jiving as their only route to follow a dream, despite the fa…
Not yet. AI replacing artists. Oh, and wars over water.
"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot." Groucho Marx
Post examples of your process. Thumbs. Layouts. Construction. Finishes. Show us which bits take you the longest.