My First Truly Articulated Doll, Capable Of Standing And Posing!

Second in my series of practice portraits.

It's funny... most people won't buy portraits of random people but people won't commission you to do portraits if they can't see other portraits you've done. So I'm making portraits that will just sit in my room lol.

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to celebrate 3 years on testosterone, here’s a tutorial on how I do my quick and dirty screentones

Practicing putting down color/shadow before putting down line – which is the exact opposite of how I normally work.

Not the worst thing I’ve ever drawn.

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As much as I would like to do a big fancy project for Inktober I’m also being realistic that won’t happen, between workstudy & internship. So if I do a page of ink doodles a day, that’ll be an accomplishment.

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I always imagined Naruto as one of those blondes who tans very easily.

It took me a LOT of erasing and restarting to get Naruto's face the way I wanted. These poses where he's calm and doesn't have his big fat mouth open probably occur for milliseconds.

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replying to messages!

there are a lot of them, so they’re going under the cut...

Anonymous said: Your comics are great, I really love your art style and your sense of humor.

Thank you!       

Anonymous said: Therapist Bobby Hill sounds a lot better than my therapist tbh. (Hey there love your art you are amazing!)    

Thanks!

If your therapist is NOT working for you and you have the option/ability -- get a different one. Some therapists are shitty, some therapists are good therapists, but just not for you. I know it can feel shameful, like you’re “quitting,” but the right therapist can make a big difference. I’ve seen 5 therapists over the years. 1st therapist was awesome, but eventually I had an issue she wasn’t versed in, so she helped me look for a new therapist. 2nd therapist was cool with me, but my parents hated her... and it was family therapy so that wasn’t working. 3rd therapist was AWFUL, I saw her for 4 sessions and then never went back. Therapists 4 and 5 were also awesome, and I found them by “shopping around” and making sure I was seeing someone versed in the issues I had.

But I totally get if you’re not in a place where you can do that, and you have my sympathy.

Anonymous said: hey your art is just super wonderful and soothing and it makes me cry and I love it so much please keep on doing it

Thank you! And I plan on keeping it up. When I’m not being steam-rolled by grad school. lol.

Anonymous said: for a sec while I was reading the sequel to the first comic I was like "Noooo.... but... CONNIE", then I thought "Oh well, this is ok too, no big deal", but surprise! also Connie! ha ha, anyway awesome job, thank you  

You’re welcome! There’s no way I could leave out Connie, she’s so cool. And I feel like she’s the kind of person who would be pragmatic and chill about being in a poly relationship.

Anonymous said: So I was a little confused by your cartoon marriage counseling comic at first. I hadn't seen a comic about abuse and relatonship problems populated, completely seriously, by cartoon characters. But I actually really like it! Keep up the good work dude. (also, i saw on an old response that you deal with compulsive skin picking? i totally know that feeling.)  

I’m glad you liked the comic! And good luck with the skin picking. It is NOT fun. I’ve had some luck with keeping a fidget toy at my work desk so I have something to do with my hands when I get the urge.

@kdotjay-draws-and-reblogs said: mr. panic, can i call you mr. panic? how do i become... cool?

Well... be an incredibly anxious, neurotic high school student with no social life and really good grades, go to art school for a year, drop out, go back to school for a psych degree, go to punk & metal house shows but still be a neurotic, anxious, grade-grubbing mess, realize you’re trans, start HRT, move to the other side of the country for grad school, make a comic based on an idea you had in a class on family systems therapy, have the comic go viral and then... that’s how you... become cool?

@angstyboi said: "Clients names have been omitted." Holy fuck that comic was awesome.       

Thank you!

I don’t think many people get the original caption I put on the comic tho... It’s not meant to say you’re not supposed to know who the characters are or act like I did a good job disguising who they are (lol), it’s meant to reference psychological literature/studies, where you remove/alter identifying information of clients.

Anonymous said: That Therapy comic you made was beautiful. I literally cried and I haven't stopped because it's so good. That was amazing and I hope you have plans for more in the future. It really spoke to me personally.  

Thank you so much for taking the time to write me.

@hannahology said: I came across your Therapist RJ Hill comic again after a long while, and it still hits me hard. Then I explored the other things you've published. You do amazing work. Have you ever considered doing a series of Dr. Hill's sessions with other fictional characters?         

Thank you for taking the time to go through my stuff! That actually means a lot.

I don’t have any specific plans to return to the comic. I might in the future if inspiration strikes. I’ve been wanting to get back into sci-fi/fantasy stories, like I used to do in middle school, and I’m finding it surprisingly difficult.

So I’ve scanned the pages of my risographed fashion study zine (you can buy that here) and have got them for sale on Society6!

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I have created a Rug.

it is cat-approved

A hallway rug, made with yarn from old t-shirts. It’s roughly 8ft long and took about a day to make. I’ve decided it’s too narrow, so I’m gonna make a second and then sew them together down the middle.

I didn’t know that!! Thank you for the additional context! It adds another layer to this that I wasn’t aware of. I am delighted!

I have a new comic – a real, physical one – up for sale on my Etsy!

It’s $6 + shipping, and you get a sticker!

Because I have brainworms and want to infect everyone I can with them, I will be posting the whole thing here but the draw for the hard copy is a pretty color cover! And a sticker!

Read the whole thing below the cut and then maybe buy a copy.

Keep reading

grad school has helped me level up my procrastination skills

while avoiding reading and homework, I taught myself how to use Sculptris and created a bust of a character for a huge sprawling comic that may never actually happen!

I’m pretty pleased, what with this being my first sculpt and all.