#ALSO REALIZED PROCREATE HAS A COMIC FONT
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#selfie bee#hello friends!! how are you!!#what have you been up to?#what do you thing about this font? I hope that it's alright!#I have finally figured out how to use text in Procreate but I don't know how to teach it new fonts#after drawing this I also had the horrifying realization that I don't actually know what my feet look like#I used feet in this comic but I do not really have feelings about my feet#but after drawing this I thought wait what if there is something up with my feet?#so I looked at my feet and got scared#because I was sure I had a mole on my feet and it was GONE! I couldn't find it#I searched all of my feet but it could not be found#like it never existed#it took me several minutes to realize that I was in fact not remembering my own foot#it's actually a friend of mine who has a mole on their foot#I have not seen this friends feet in almost 8 years#it was a very scary experience I hope I do not remember anybody elses feet in the future#is this my secret superpower#my secret talent#if I were a little pony in the my little pony world would my cutie mark be other peoples feet?#I would not like that#I would not even know what a foot is#but I also bought a very cute dress today!! it's pink! c:#I'm trying to buy an outfit for the master thesis defence#do you think a pink dress is a good idea?#so far the other options are a pink blazer with nothing else#I also got new shoes with are very feet covering#thanks for reading!! have a nice day :)
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more on the addisons think spamton literally just died headcanon
also!! I adore the idea that the addisons only ever open their eyes when they’re really really stressed. for this reason spamton has his eyes open all the time
#spamton#addisons#deltarune chapter two#deltarune chapter 2#deltarune#unsettling#comic#deltarune spoilers#pls. the addisons look so strange with eyes#ALSO REALIZED PROCREATE HAS A COMIC FONT?? WOOO#addisons in the oh god uhh where he go arc#character death#implied character death#but he didn’t actually die yknow
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Self Examination Time!
Reflecting on my progress in art so far. Been climbing up a mountain, and it’s good to look back and see how far I’ve come! Or how horizontally I’ve walked.
TIME CHECK!
It’s been 27 years since I started arting.
8 years and 6 months since I started this blog.
1 year and 7 months since I started a now stagnant webcomic.
Comics I’m happiest with
"Food Science”
My first webcomic post. After practicing on Adobe Draw for a month or so, flying across the country to visit my best friend, and spending lots of time wandering around while she was at work, this comic came out of a conversation we had. In fact, the following year’s comics were almost entirely inspired by conversations between us. I’ve never met someone with whom absurdity sprouts so effortlessly, like dandelions on your freshly mowed, monoculture lawn. Something about this specific post captured something I’ve been chasing. I still don’t know what it is, but I come back to this one often.
“Urges”
Something about it. If I were to do it again, there’s a lot I’d do differently. It’s sloppy. But it’s another one that felt more like me, or more like the kind of thing I want to make. ELUSIVE “THING!”
I also started experimenting here with turning my handwriting into a font, because the lettering was just so very time consuming. Mostly because I was using a low quality stylus that came on the end of a free pen I took from the Dentist’s office.
"On the nature of stress”
It was inked traditionally, as I was (am) getting sick of digital art. It has clear black lines, is emotive, could be read in multiple directions. I like analogies, and this captured what I was feeling that day at work- when each drop imperceptibly increases my stress load until suddenly, tears. Whoops.
Areas for Improvement
Consistency
I’ve spent some time learning the rules so I can break them, but I need to break them in a uniform way. Still struggling to develop an identifiable style that is self-consistent.
Sloppiness
Cut back on: poor lighting, fingers in photos, light glare. Those are definitely a result of laziness, and *NOT* artistic choice...
Speed
It’s slow going. Better than not going at all, but there’s room for improvement here.
1) The faster I make art, the more likely I am to put it out there. I’ve also improved on how quickly I can make a decent product. I hope to keep improving on that front.
2) Posting things consistently... I’m less concerned about this, because I’d rather just do things at my own pace. I have timelines at my work life, I don’t need it in my art life. BUT. If I can post consistently and still be happy, I should!
3) Don’t be afraid to complete something in multiple sittings. I had gotten into the habit of rushing to finish a project because I knew that if I put it down, I would never pick it back up again. I refuse to live that way anymore. In fact, this blog post was written across multiple sittings, over multiple days. All I have are pockets of time, and if I wait for chunks of time to fall into my life, I’ll be waiting for Godot.
Digital vs Traditional : Can’t live without that [ctrl + z]
(left: Adobe Draw + Stylus ; right: Watercolors and micron pen)
So far I’ve used:
Samsung Tablet + Adobe Draw + Stylus - Beautiful, simple, but ultimately limiting. I got so used to the delay and imprecision of this setup, that when I finally got a more responsive setup, I couldn’t handle it!
Wacom Intuos Draw + Laptop - I used this all of twice. From the steep learning curve of not looking where my pencil is drawing, to the fact that I do most of my drawing while on the go, I realized this just did not work for me.
iPad Pro + Apple Pencil + Procreate - My current setup. It’s.... It’s too good for me...! I’m still getting used to it after having it for a few months- it’s one of those things that is so powerful, I'm spending a lot of time learning how to make it work for me. But I think it will pay off / has already paid off. I take it everywhere with me, and I am now almost as quick digitally as I am traditionally.
Traditional sketching + Digital Inking - My personal favorite. Works the best for me. I have all the fine control of pencil & paper- zooming in just means shoving my face closer to the page and widening my eyes. Meanwhile, digital inking relieves me of all the paper tearing, smear lines, and eraser shavings. I can also enjoy the glorious lasso tool, and [ctrl + z]!
YET TO BE RESOLVED: Headaches and eye strain from looking at a screen are a real thing! If anyone has advice on that front, hit me up.
Social Media
I need you... And I FEAR YOU...
Like most others, I have a fraught relationship with social media. I simultaneously want EVERYONE and NO ONE to see my hard work. I simultaneously want EVERYONE and NO ONE to know who I am.
I'm torn between intimate autobiographical commentary, and cryptic absurdity. I've jumped about on Facebook, Instagram, tumblr, Webtoons, Tapas and a personal website. Once all at the same time.
Never again.
I'm easily overwhelmed, so bare bones is my goal. Right now my solution is to stick with Instagram, track long term progress over this Tumblr, and use a personal website as a polished home base to point strangers to, as well as to practice site building.
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