Howdy!! I'm Ollie, An Adult™. I like BATIM/BATDR, Fallen London, cowboys (yeehaw), cryptids, spheal, and Cinnamoroll. Not necessarily in that order. Maybe I'll yell about ocs sometime. Art tag is "ollietreearts"!
yknow i never noticed the sheer rareness of images having ids or alt text on this website until i started adding alt text to my art (and trying to remember to add it to any images i post in general, especially text screenshots) and that makes me kinda sad
I told a stranger this little bit of advice earlier today and I think more people need to hear it:
People not interacting with your work is a morally neutral thing, especially when you're just starting out.
Not getting the interaction you're wanting doesn't mean your work is inherently bad. Doesn't mean your stories are not worth the time to be heard. Doesn't mean you're incapable of growth.
Being a part of the comics community is less about trying to fit in and finding complete validation from others and more about building a space all your own and inviting others to join you. People will come and go but you're the one whose opinion and attention matters most. That space is gonna grow and change as you go through that but the thing is you've gotta put in the work to make it exist, and we all start somewhere.
Be kind to the present you, look forward to the future you, and be proud of what those two yous can make together.
I just got news that I need to take my cat, Skye, to the vet because of some unknown health issues. She's 14 years old and her health is declining fast.
The upfront price is $150 CAD to get her looked at, and further care isn't known yet. I'll do a payment plan with the vet if I have to, but I'd really appreciate some help raising the money to take her to the vet Thursday morning.
Sheep Henry! Sheepry? I got a solid design for him in Chapter 5 now, even though he’s not so solid himself. I think it would be fun to add a sanity meter to this chapter for the sole purpose of making people more anxious.
If you have stupid ideas for his name then please share them with me because it feels important I come up with a stupid name for him
Also I gave him an artfight page! I plan to do this with a few more guys like Sammy and maybe the Ink Demon. Go check him out if you have it!