Incredibly Huge Artist Feature no 1!Hello! Welcome to the very first Incredibly Huge Artist Feature! This very large feature includes artists that have asked to be featured, requested others to be featured, and some that I chose myself. Most of these artists are very underappreciated and in need of much deserved attention. Some well…maybe don’t need more attention, but I find their work very inspiring! As you can see, the artwork featured here is primarily fantasy and/or animal related. However, down the road I will feature more human work, anime-like work, and photography. Therefore, if you know of anyone or you yourself would like to be featured in the next round,
My Realism Drawing TechniqueI'll probably update this journal when I get to the next stages, but I was going to make a few videos of myself working on livestream for the people who keep noting me to make some tutorials. :)Video 1:http://livestre.am/18DLNI warn you, I am an extremely slow sketcher. x_xIn here, I draw a snow leopard cub, something I've been practicing a bit lately because of the comic. It's very difficult for me to do cub features because I didn't actually start drawing cubs seriously until I started the comic, and I've never really had much time to do a lot of serious studies on them. Thus, my kotu faces have always been a bit difficult for me
Tropes/Archetypes vs ClichesTropes/Archetypes vs ClichesThere were a few debates in my last article about this topic, so I wanted to clear something up.A trope is a device that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations.A cliche is a device that is "sterotyped and trite".In your writing, you want to use tropes and NOT cliches. These are some of the ways I've come up with to tell the difference (anything you might want to add is welcome).1. Subvert. Why aren't the "chosen one" and prophecy of Harry Potter seen as cliche by most? Because the author subverted. She took the average cliche of prophecy res
Comic ResourcesSo, the most common note I get is the following: I love your comic! I'm making one. Do you have any tips you could give me?First of all, I can't say thank you enough to all the encouragement. You guys have no idea how much it helps when I'm up until 3am working on pages, to know that people care enough to leave nice comments and favs. <3For all those that were too shy to ask, or for all that come looking in the future, I'm compiling a list of comic resources (and this is written for more graphic novels, as opposed to gag strip comics):1. Why to make a comic/graphic novel:Practice: There is nothing wrong with drawing or writ
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