Inaugurating This Beautiful Sketchbook Made For Me By My Beautiful Boyfriend With Some Gesture Drawings.

I feel this is close to done. Just needs some more work on the hair and some highlights.

Another painting in progress

So I wanted to do some comix on my thoughts/experiences since I've been on testosterone for over a year now and pretty consistently get "read" as a cisgender guy.

But I was like "Ugh, do I really want to do ANOTHER autobio comic? I'm bored of drawing myself."

And then I remembered that I'm an artist and I can actually CREATE CHARACTERS AND MAKE THEM SAY STUFF. So here are some doodles of the various trans dudes that will be in the comic. It'll be like that Bob Dylan movie where a bunch of different people play Bob Dylan.

...except a comic book.

...and I'm not famous.

...and none of these people look like me.

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how do you feel about your bart/chris/bobby comic being low-key iconic in some circles? I just read it again and it really brings me totears

I'm glad you find the comic so meaningful.

On one hand, it's gratifying as an artist, to know that my work has resonated with so many people. Based on some of the messages I've gotten from people, the comic has been part of how they processed their own childhood experiences or part of what inspires them to start their own therapy. That's amazing! It's not like I set out with that being the goal of the comic or anything!

On the other hand, it's given me a small experience of "death of the author." I didn't conceive of the comic as a sweeping critique of the "nuclear family animated comedy" or depictions of violence, trauma, or abusive relationships in media. I have LOTS of complex and contradictory opinions on "difficult" subjects in art. I created the comic while taking a class on family and couples therapy, and was inspired by the class to explore how real family/relationship dynamics might occur if I approached these cartoons as real families. I think a lot of people get this backwards -- they see the comic as using a lens of psychology/counseling to critique popular media. My actual experience of thinking up the comic was using popular media to explore what I was learning about psychology/counseling.

That said, I recognize that once something is out in the world, I can't completely control how it's interpreted or used. The positive messages I've received greatly outweigh my ambivalence about how some people view/interpret the comic.

Look, I'm still alive and making art!

"Shapeshiffterrr"

sculpy clay, acrylic paint, copper wire

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I'm just kinda running into this blind, but is there a way to get your RJ Hill therapist book? I didn't know it was ever made physical, and I'd love to own it.

I have made a printable download version!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1115825810/printable-comic-book-therapist-r-j-hill

I was previously printing and shipping them myself but when my job switched to work from home I lost access to the office printer (lol). Because RJ Hill is my most popular comic, keeping up with the physical printing and shipping can be a bit much on top of having a full time job, especially when there's a sudden upsurge in interest. So I've decided to keep my fancomics as printable downloads.

screenshot study of Lestat from IWTV, done with paint pens

I didn’t feel comfortable talking about the awesome time I had at @shortrunseattle without mentioning what happened after...

That said, I had a great time and met a lot of really amazing people and if I haven’t responded to you yet, it’s because I’m having a bit of a rough time being a functioning human in light of the election. I promise I will get back to you.

Doodled in my sketchbook with pen and markers

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Dreamed that my eyeballs fell out. I poured some contact solution on them and popped them back in.

Dreamed that there was a really creepy monkey outside my house, so I had to bring the cats in. The monkey was yellow, had big hollow eyes, and a big smile filled with sharp teeth. It's nipples were swollen and distended as if it had been nursing recently.

reblogging this today

you can help out activists in Charlottesville through these donation funds

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you can help out Charlottesville organizations that serve populations that have been impacted

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In case it hasn’t been evident, I’ll take this moment to make it clear: I am not here for white supremacists/nationalists, racists, misogynists, homophobes, antisemites, antiziganists, xenophobes, TERFs, SWERFs, or any manifestation of fascism or social darwinism.

juice-demon replied to your post: You not only spent the time making this beast but also the time thinking about these characters, his power, and its explicit uses for sex to come up with this you absolute fucking nerd   

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