Screenshot Study Of Louis, From IWTV. Done With Posca And Molotow Paint Pens.

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.

Drawn on my lunch break with sharpies and crayola markers.

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I’ve sewn the two panels together and, as you can see, there is a bit of a discrepancy in the length of the right hand panel!

My next step is to attempt hemming the ends on the sewing machine and then trimming them down to an even length.

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.

Sketchbook pieces while at work.

Never sure if I like markers or not. Should probably try them out with paper specifically for markers...

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original illustration - fashion 4

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in doing Hourly Comic Day, I am reminded of why I don’t do Hourly Comic Day

So I’ve scanned the pages of my risographed fashion study zine (you can buy that here)

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Previous pages

First page here

Coming soon: Cover art and some suprises.

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so holidays are coming, which means more work and more family time, also I'm trying to get on testosterone so that's a lot of dragging my parents into therapy, also I'm trying to apply to grad schools, so I don't know how much time I'm going to have for art in the next couple of months.

To tide over my vast hoard of fans, here are my sketches and color tests for the other alien scouts, who I may one day do more complex pieces for.

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redangusart replied to your photo: One of my grad classes on Thursday requires a...

THREE HOURS HOLY SHIT. Good job!! What was it in response to?

thanks! I don’t usually work that fast so I was pleased. It’s in response to “Like Water for Chocolate.”

SPOILER: Tita should have married John, Pedro wasn’t worth it.

But the book had this recurring imagery about fire as passion and how your bone marrow actually contains the ingredients to create match heads so that’s why passion burns you up.