#autumn.comics

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scribble comic ft. nimbasa trio

both of those coffees are for ingo. he’s not caffeinated enough for emmet’s shenanigans. also his apartment is full of spiders.

#pokemon #submas #nimbasa trio #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #gym leader elesa #pokemon bw #pokemon bw2 #autumn.art #autumn.fandom #autumn.comics #kinda...? #sometimes it's nice to do something simple and silly to unwind #anyway i enjoy the hc that emmet has a bunch of joltiks #and it's not JUST because i'm the sort of person who had three galvantulas in oras #...maybe it is a little bit #but also handing large bugs to your friends is a joyful activity

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bonk

[reference]

[i have commissions open now!]

#pokemon #pokemon sv #ogerpon #okidogi #fezandipiti #munkidori #the loyal three #the teal mask #the teal mask spoilers #pokemon spoilers #autumn.art #autumn.comic #i was not expecting ogerpon to have a body count #but she is my daughter and despite the triple homicide she has done nothing wrong ever in her entire life #edited to add a link to the video bc i was posting tired this morning and forgor

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comic wip. every time i draw dawn she looks so so tired

#trainer dawn #darkrai #arceus #trainer akari #pokemon legends arceus #autumn.comic #autumn.wip #every time i draw dawn's darkrai they get fluffier #they need a name #also colored panels were a genius move on my part this is gonna look so good when it's done

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a tutorial-adjacent thing about how i make comics

this is just a general guide on how i personally do things, and i'm gonna keep it pretty simple. let's get into it!

for this tutorial i'm gonna be drawing some trainers trying to find a particular pokémon.

i'm gonna jump ahead a little here and show my finished sketch for the full page, so we can see the end goal.

the best advice i have is to treat panels as part of the composition. make them work for you. reading a bunch of comics will help inspire you--there are so many creative things you can do with panels.

next, placing dialogue bubbles! these are a bit more complex than they seem at first glance.

once you've got all that sorted, you can move onto the fun stuff, like lining and coloring. keep in mind that you can partially cover dialogue bubbles, break panel lines, etc. do whatever gets your message across. like so:

you can also apply these guidelines to much simpler comics, too. really, flow is the most important thing, in my opinion. it's like a line of action when you're drawing poses. here's a comic i did that's basically just talking heads, but the bubbles and art still flow together to draw the reader's eye along a path. here's a jokey little scribble comic that does something similar. making a good comic is not about polish at all. it's more about readability, composition, and making your dialogue and art work together.

scott mccloud's book making comics has a lot more useful information than what i can fit on one post. it's been a hot minute since i read it (and by that i mean like. twelve years) but it's a solid resource. you can also just read comics or webcomics that you like and see how those illustrators do it. one of my personal favorites is cucumber quest. it starts off very simple, but by chapter 3 (especially near the end) the artwork, panel choices, effects, etc all work together to make every page a stunning work of art.

anyway, as always please feel free to reach out if there's any part of this that you'd like elaborated on, clarified, if you just have questions, etc. i'm not a teacher by any stretch of the imagination but i love helping people with this sort of thing, so please don't hesitate!

[this post is for @tanlotts <3]

#comic making #art tutorial #comic tutorial #idk how to taaag thiiiis #long post #autumn.comic #autumn.tutorial

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that's cheating.

this is a scene from a emerald fic i'm writing that is unfortunately getting cut from the first draft in exchange for something different. ah well.

that being said: i also write in omega ruby continuity and this feels like the sort of thing that maxie would do, so i'll be redoing this comic with him instead.

[i have comic commissions open now!]

#trainer may #aqua leader archie #pokemon rse #pokemon oras #pokemon emerald #autumn.art #autumn.comic #autumn.fic #fic: eye of the storm #i mean. not anymore. but. #pokemon

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the astromundi cluster certainly is a place [spelljammer scribble comic]

[Rahifa and Hrissock are npcs in a campaign i'm writing]

#spelljammer #d&d #dungeons & dragons #neogi #astromundi cluster #am i tagging a module that came out in 1993? hell yes i am #spiders tw #in case hrissock's little tarantula paws skeev anybody out #autumn.comic #autumn.art #autumn.fandom #''hrissock doesn't look like the official neogi artwork'' listen i got speculative biology brainworms real bad okay #just go with it #autumn.oc #oc: rahifa #oc: hrissock

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i guess this is canon now

it occurred to me a few minutes after posting this that i've previously posted other things hrissock gets up to in their free time, including but not limited to destruction of property, forging of legal documents, and robbery.

they are still, somehow, the best adjusted member of their crew.

[i have commissions open now]

#spelljammer #autumn.oc #autumn.art #autumn.comic #oc: euphemia #oc: rahifa #oc: hrissock #i'm contractually obligated to post incomprehensible oc nonsense for every fandom post i make #hrissock evidently has a rant about the station's zoning commission locked and loaded. who knew #this is also the only time i have ever drawn rahifa smiling

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remember when i said in the tags of that smrpg squad sketch i had an idea for like three pages of a comic? well it turned into seven pages and here are some roughs featuring the best princess (and toad)

happy mar. 10, folks. 

[commissions are open]

#princess peach #toad #mario #mar 10 #smrpg #autumn.art #autumn.comics #autumn.pics #autumn.fandom #howdy folks i am NOT dead #i'm loading up my queue tonight #and commissioners: update emails will be sent within the week #thank you all for your saintlike patience with me and this sporadically updated blog #this winter has been. very very bad. #but i'm still here and if you're reading this you're still here too and that's good! #sometimes you gotta take it one day at a time and that's alright #okay tag novel over i will see you all later this week!