Having a few meltdowns but of the expected neurodivergent sensitivities, so overall still avoiding that fog!

Not all comments are like that! Heck, just the other day got a beautiful one from a fellow comic creator~

Ah, that’s very true. Thank you for informing me. Just feels bad when people are trying to create communities away from the hells of the bigger sites but can’t.

There are a handful of comic peers I know who have either bought or made their own visual assets that they can drag/arrange for misc backgrounds and so on. Saves so much time and I deeply envy not being able to hold a consistent enough of an artstyle or POV to be able to take advantage of that as well.

I’m glad to hear that some parts have gotten easier. 100% always effort but as with all art forms can catch us off guard where said efforts actually have to be applied!

Oh good catch! I absolutely do that in drawing depending on the art style my brain has decided to focus on. Usually the more “simple” looking the style, the worse it gets. The less details there are the more vital that each line is shaped just right. (The oneshot I tried to draw in Humongous Entertainment’s style was a special hell.)

The only reason I’m getting things done is that I’m largely embracing that if I want anything done, I have to allow stories to be short. Notes that were 30+ pages long (mixed with notes I forgot were for other stories (80% being doodles)), taking out the most clear parts and making that a 18 page comic. But I also enjoy cold opens and open endings. Those who prefer more traditional pop culture western story structures would 100% be in hell.

And for certain fandoms there is less meta pressure because the official works are astoundingly poorly written/designed. They dare ask people to give them money for massive plotholes. Some plotholes easily fixed if they tweaked a handful of lines (hi SwordShield).

If companies can charge for rushed jobs and earn billions for it, I’m clearly doing fantastic for being a team of one giving shit out for free.

Oh I’d have a special meltdown if I lost my drawing equipment!

To be worried if something is too wild is a very common worry in story design, fandom and original! Perhaps because I’m on that side of the spectrum that has no shame in pure crack fiction I’ve not had that issue. But it is fascinating to watch people overthink such things. Especially when they are writing fanfic for a setting that has Mario level amount of thought into it’s design.

Best wishes on this next restart!

While I have been exhausted I’ve finally gotten some clarity in my anxiety fog. Here’s hoping it lasts more than a few days!

Watching the reactions of my latest oneshot. I started exasperated but now I’m just… observing? The particular surrealness of being lucky to be in a fandom where OCs are the norm but also still being hit with the “where is basic media literacy please help” one often gets hit with in bigger fandoms.

My main project is going to be 5 years old soon. Project that has established multiple times that I’m taking full advantage of the isekai setting and that people are not always falling into the new world with their preferred gender identity (or any other body-type identity they may have originally relied on). Yet I still get people going, “what is gender of this character I’m going to assume X because they have this one physical feature”.

So if anyone has to deal with someone complaining about other stories doing “why are they being so blatant this character is trans do they have to rub it in my face” you can always point them to fucking me lol.

I’m struggling to get kbin to see your lemmy instance so that’s annoying. I will join when I figure out why I’m messing this up.

Oh Dungeon Meshi is one I keep meaning to read but gets lost in, well, everything!

Hope your R&R goes well~

It’s improved in the sense that I have found new stim toys to abuse! So hurray for distractions I guess??

Tumblr has. There is now a setting (that they did not announce) to turn on/off your blogs to be used for AI data. Yes, its separate for each blog you might have. Yes, its location is different depending on if you mobile or pc.

I didn’t know Chuck Tingle wrote horror! Heck, despite my general aroace tastes I keep thinking I will dive into Tingle’s work eventually. The titles and summaries are so delightful.

I’ve successfully finished all the pages for my latest PMD oneshot! It’s nice to have something all finished and queued to post so I no longer have to think about it. (also funny that I got it done before that event LeGaosaure had shared last week. will need to find something else to fit into that instead!)

I’m also starting to fall hard into the Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss stuff too. Been teaching myself how to draw the characters and wishing I could share some online because I’m super pleased with how they are coming but since this is a new fandom that exploded it means those who love/hate it are out in full force. I’m not in the mood to have to navigate around fans who ignore basic research and I’m not in the mood to deal with haters who can’t do basic research.

Which my brain should find ironic. I’m in other fandoms where the blind love/hate is equally insane. But. But in general even people who hate Nintendo’s very existence do not accuse Nintendo fans of being pro-slavery despite Nintendo legally gifting themselves indentured servitude in freaking 2020s (for those who do not know, look up the Gary Bowser case).

Because most people have not heard about that. And this is kind of my point. Men getting away with literal slavery in public doesn’t invoke massive online screaming. However a bi hispanic woman who creates a successful franchise with characters of so many minorities and hires minority creators to help make it -doesn’t have a squeaky clean background- means no one can be normal about this.

And just. VivziePop has things she should be accountable for. But how can accountability be asked for when the people who were actually hurt are downed out by complete lies?

I don’t want this post to be entirely negative. I don’t like that most of my posts have been that as of late. But not sure were to go with this. Hazbin stuff has been making me laugh and smile harder than I have in a very long time. I’m a sucker for drama-queen characters so flawed its a miracle they haven’t died via choking on their own saliva.

Very late but wanted to say thank you, it does help!

On the bright side, this magazine has enough activity that just making a new thread doesn’t jump it to the front on hot/top. On the other, need to remember to click on new to make sure I don’t miss Roundups!

On a more “capitalists ruin more things” tumblr is going to join the other big name sites and sell their user’s art and images to their choice of AI. Technically not officially announced and it’s rumours. But given Tumblr’s record of horrible choices I would not be surprised. Further reminder for me to start fixing up my Pillowfort and such lol aaaaa

I’m 3 pages away from finishing my latest comic oneshot. I’m who knows how far away from finishing any pure-text oneshot.

I’m still emotionally shot. Anxiety is amped and it doesn’t take much for me to panic. But hey, I’m existing.

Congrats on those microfics! And thank you for sharing the event. That’s a nice one to vibe with~ (helped you finish 3 fics and a pattern? Insane!)

Congrats to you on catching up to your subscription reads! I’m not sure I’ll ever get there myself. (on the bright side this means I’ll always have something to read I guess?)

I constantly miss anniversary celebrations. It would be nice to join in on those elements for once but aaaaaa. Whether you manage to make something for it or not, I hope the day is fun for you!

My latest PMD oneshot, Snapshot will be going live soon. Just 4 more pages need to be finished and amazingly they are the actual last pages and not randomly scattered around. If I don’t accidentally curse myself surely I can finish the last pages before its March 15th? (ominous music starts playing)

After Snapshot I have no idea what is going to be next in coming out. So many pieces are in vague “more than 50% done” states. I hope what comes next is more comedic. I need it.

Congrats on your first week!

Other comments aside, humans have at least 4 different kinds of pelvis shapes (Caldwell–Moloy classification). If you decide to look further into the research, we actually have no idea which pelvises are most common for any sex. Any research done has largely been “which best for woman give birth” and that’s it.

We have no data to give a proper average of what should be expected for those assigned male at birth. We have no data for those who are intersex either but worse because even many modern practices do their best to hide everything.

No idea where you live, but to give you a start:
https://isna.org/
http://www.ukia.co.uk/

Best luck to you finding your answers.

heck yaaaaaaaaa

These past handful of years have been miserable that at the end of 2023 I was begging for a literal “happy” new year lol.

I’m a chronic doodler. I compulsively create (even on legal papers whoops) unless I’m deeply sick. However if anyone sees what I make is another story.

I never intend to be a first for a fandom! A dread of getting into something that is very indie and knowing, “uh fuck I’m the only one at this party” But yes! To inspire others! I’ve gotten a couple of comments like that for my Dino Run fics! I have no idea those who said they would write when they will be able to post anything,… There is a hope!

Heck, now there is another Sakuna: Rice and Ruin fanfic that isn’t mine! But it’s a crossover and none of the Sakuna characters are in it lol. But hey, no longer alone!

Oh goodness a NNWM vet! Well then excuse me! Then I hope as the intense practice continues, the habit will become smoother to do~

Things easy get quiet when kbin is still struggling in showing when magazines update, let alone comments. Thank you everyone who keeps posting to push through!

I’ve… also not been good. Lots of panic attacks, sobbing, etc. Real life issues aside, I finally had my breakthrough with the comic I thought I was going to be posting last year but couldn’t. If I don’t fumble it should start posting next week (9 pages queued 4 more to ink).

It will be nice to get one more story on my anthology out before I reach its 5th birthday. Trying not to be mad that I haven’t managed to finish the 2nd book of my Anthology before the 5th birthday. But also. Need to remind me to forgive myself? When your therapist is also saying, “holy fuck that’s a lot on your plate” it helps reinforce to me that I’m actually doing really well considering what is always looming.

I have posted another “first” fanfic. Unless someone corrects me I am now the only person to have posted a Squirrel Stapler fanfic. Once again I expected it to be 1-2 hits at most due to curious friends but got a comment from someone who read it blind!

I keep wanting to get into a challenge thing and participate with others but it need to be the right thing given how drained I am. Will look into the fanprompts on Mastodon, thank you~

When it comes to “write this much in this time limit” it helps a lot if you just punch perfection in the face. Allow yourself to write [cool/sad fight scene here], [she said the exact right thing that inspired them to be less stupid], etc, move on and don’t look back to edit until months later. Best wishes on your challenge!

(Virtual hugs vibes over trash January.)

Considering its the expected norm to not finish all of a prompts given for a challenge I think you’ve earned a few incomplete ones given how insane you have been in finishing so many in the past!

(kbin has eaten my comment twice so I’m rather done trying to sound like I know what I’m talking about)

Developing one’s artstyle can very much be built on things you love to draw! My favourite Pokémon is Mew but how I draw its anatomy is based on my love of birds and sighthounds. Perhaps as you develop your skills, your houses can have structures and designs that echo things you love in your favourite cars and planes!

There is also to account for how you write your comic script. To ease what you have to draw, you can challenge how you write the story to avoid drawing things that take weeks to render as suppose to hours. Some franchises are easier to do this than others: I will never have to worry about having to write an excuse to why no one uses a car in Pokémon. Perhaps your stories end up adventurous and your characters end up living in cars or planes as they get to their next destination!

I’ve done a couple of giftfic! A couple of gift comics. But I have done far more general art exchanges/trades. Artfights. I have been a backup for art events and filled out for people who couldn’t fulfill theirs.

I have flexibility to draw somethings beyond my interest. Against my will I have to fight myself to even draw certain things for my stories. Even if they are structurally very simple (like cars, buildings). Thankfully though most people only want characters made of flesh drawn so I don’t have to worry about not being able to fulfill anything that would take too much time.

However when it comes to writing I don’t have that flexibility. Heck, there’s a lot of stuff I’d love to write but I can’t quite get my brain in the right headspace for! Maybe it will be something I can grow into one day but for now, no. Any giftfic I do have to involve things I am also into.

I’ve gotten a few gift arts, always a lovely surprise! Most of the ones I had gotten happened in one Artfight. You are the only person who has written giftfic for me!