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Another Beo lovechild created, this time with @mistermints‘s Cornelius. Cassidy is an adorable kid and so happy to have two awesome dads! And a cool uncle who makes the best milkshakes! And a nice grandpa who gave him a tiny spiky eyeball in a sphere! Cass doesn’t know why everyone was so bothered by Casimir but they’re best friends now.
the adorable bab <3
Silly doodle comic of Beo dancing to Cool Patrol without knowing Cornelius is there.
Cornelius belongs to @mistermints
I’m screaming this is too good!!
I’m NOT an expert but I have some working experience I can share. You need experience to become great. Here is my set of instructions, tips, and notes towards making a 12-page comic.
My method is to work backwards. Personally I work “backwards” because the end is the only wholly necessary page or set of panels in the story. Everything in between is open to editing and hacking as the most important moments are emphasized and chosen.
I even plan/draw the end page first. The end is the last page a reader sees- so spend your freshest energies on making it as epic, memorable, poignant, and beautiful as #$%^&.
If you draw the pages from 1 to 12 sequentially you run the risk of fresh to burnt out- an uneven distribution of drawing skill. (treat the first page and the 2-page splash as you would the last).
Roughly… the steps to making your comic is
…BEGIN THE WRITING (DO NOT SKIP NO MATTER WHAT) like this, in this order:
EXAMPLE:
CREATING “THE BEAT SHEET” Take the above stuff and reorder it to make sense.
Expand. Blow up important beats for emphasis. Keep less important beats brief.
BEAT SHEET COMPLETED!!!
STRUCTURE OVERVIEW:
[1] point of entry, in media res, hero intro
[2][3] conflict. establish conflict, setting, and mood by the third page. [4][5] rising action/false resolution to conflict/investigation
[6][7] turning point/plot twist/epiphany (this one epic image, to page spread is pivotal, spend a lot of effort into creating this)
[8][9] aftermath/“darkness before dawn”/struggle [10][11] recovery/“rise and conquer”/“fall”
[12] resolution/final end/cliffhanger
[front cover][interior] [interior][back cover]
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My maximum per page is nine panels but I’ve seen pages that have way more. I like to have about 3 to 4 panels per row or less but I’ve seen the “rules” broken before. Advanced comic book artists manipulate time with the number of panels and the size of each panel.
remember, DIAGONALS!!! open up an issue of batman, superman, spider man, deadpool or whatever youre reading theyre everywhere.
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…DRAW IN THIS ORDER:
ONLY “DEVIATION” ALLOWED:
*Draw the first and last page as a spread in situations where the beginning of the story mirrors the end of the story.
Cover is dead last.
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(If at the very end you find out you need more pages and it’s absolutely unavoidable and totally necessary you have to add them in fours. Try to stick to 12 pages for this crash course.)
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FURTHER NOTES:
TIPS | COFFEE? :3 | dA | IG | ♡ | ❤ | ⋆
(more coming soon 11/22/2016)
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so much good stuff
The thing I hate about coming out is the way society expects it to go down.
When gay people come out, more often than not they are expected to almost have to beg for their families love, and if they receive it without having to, they are expected to be over the moon and rejoice and be thankful and think, “what loving family and friends I have”.
The way coming out should go down is the exact opposite.
Families and friends should almost have to beg for your love, and should most definitely be apologetic for the homophobic shit they most likely put you through whilst you were still in the closet. They should be like, “I’m sorry I was a bigoted prick all these years, I hope you can still love me and forgive me”.
The thing that bothered me the most when I came out was that my families reaction was just, “of course we have no problem, we love you no matter what”… when what I really wanted was an apology. An apology for having been ignored for years, an apology for having to sit though homophobia not only by them, but by my extended family and their friends. But what I got was, “of course it’s not a problem, now lets not talk about it again and lets not bring up all the horrible shit that we said to you openly or allowed to be said about gay people openly because we don’t want to feel bad”.
It bothers me so much to this day how much society loves to praise straight people for being so accepting of gay people but no one ever praises gay people for accepting and loving their families through the years despite all the homophobia.
I have to share this because it wasn’t really something I thought about when I first came out. My parents were wonderful and amazing when I came out (in fact they confronted me multiple times about gay porn in the search history. They didn’t know the difference between google and an address bar, but they somehow restored and found cleared search history. I still don’t know how)
However in 2013 my Aunt wanted to show off her new place and invited the family over for Christmas dinner. The night went well and after dinner we were all having a conversation. Because she thought I felt left out, she brought up the fact that my boyfriend is a mathematician and a physicist (he wasn’t attending the dinner, it was just my parents and I). To family that I’d never met before that night. I immediately felt that familiar panic of ‘oh god, how are these people going to react to me being gay’ because even with a loving and understanding immediate family I could not know.
The individual being spoken to was visibly surprised and took it in stride, but I was very upset and didn’t speak to my aunt for the rest of the night. I complained about it to my mother, who in turn confronted my aunt about violating my privacy. Instead of an apology that I was hoping for, a simple “I’m sorry I made you feel uncomfortable”, I received the following:
EVEN IF YOU MEAN WELL you can hurt someone, you can make them feel uncomfortable or fearful. I haven’t spoken to my aunt since this incident aside from other family matters where it’s unavoidable. I don’t want her to have any part in my life, because this is the most basic need to understand: not the need to feel loved and accepted, but the need to feel SAFE and to be able to fucking trust you.
The thing I hate about coming out is the way society expects it to go down.
When gay people come out, more often than not they are expected to almost have to beg for their families love, and if they receive it without having to, they are expected to be over the moon and rejoice and be thankful and think, “what loving family and friends I have”.
The way coming out should go down is the exact opposite.
Families and friends should almost have to beg for your love, and should most definitely be apologetic for the homophobic shit they most likely put you through whilst you were still in the closet. They should be like, “I’m sorry I was a bigoted prick all these years, I hope you can still love me and forgive me”.
The thing that bothered me the most when I came out was that my families reaction was just, “of course we have no problem, we love you no matter what”… when what I really wanted was an apology. An apology for having been ignored for years, an apology for having to sit though homophobia not only by them, but by my extended family and their friends. But what I got was, “of course it’s not a problem, now lets not talk about it again and lets not bring up all the horrible shit that we said to you openly or allowed to be said about gay people openly because we don’t want to feel bad”.
It bothers me so much to this day how much society loves to praise straight people for being so accepting of gay people but no one ever praises gay people for accepting and loving their families through the years despite all the homophobia.
it helps when your Ultimate Wingman #2 has future vision
some guy: instinct just memes around uselessly, i hardly see any of their gyms
me: holds ur face gently listen to me you little shit
I love this so so so much
AND WE ARE LIVE! You ready for a wild ride in the Wild, Wild, (post-apoc) West? Read on to find out! First 3 pages are up on Tapastic with new pages every Monday!
Midday reblog!
lookit this cool new comic that my good friend buddy Sabs is making! Check out Rex Rangers it’ll be a grand time!!
canadian wildlife
DO NOT WATCH THIS IN THE LIBRARY BECAUSE YOU WILL LAUGH OUT LOUD AND GET DIRTY LOOKS OMFG
@crackingskullz holy shit
One of the best Pokemon Go stories so far.
I don't think I've ever been happier about news than this moment
i’m sorry i couldn’t pick just one. these games are both home to me. (also i broke the rules and picked not the first because of specific reasons such as the first tsw gif already being used)
I love Chrono Cross <3 I want to keep playing it forever
Pokemon idea: Giant strips of grass that move and act like snakes. Ground/Grass. Name them ENVELAWN and CONSTRICTURF.
this is such a good idea i
these are ingenius
Remember to save yourself regularly to prevent losing work!
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colour goals, link in op ^
i hate when old people say tattoos are a waste of money like debra you have an entire cabinet dedicated to expensive plates nobody is allowed to use
Fuck you
I have never been so viscerally upset in my entire life.
*angrily slams fist on desk*
I fell for this, I have to reblog it.
