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Does anyone here remember this design? “Scumgirl” is the very first sweater I designed for my project @_jammo_ in January of 2015! (This is an actual photo of the sweatshirt)

I’d love to do this sort of illustration/photo mix for each of my @_jammo_ designs🙆🏻‍♀️ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvnnqCTAOVq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=140wssm21yerw

I will say, not a fucking fan of the point I see from some leftists that "Actually specialized artists shouldn't exist as a field, art should be something you do after working all day in the community garden."

Like, A) that would fuck up so many artforms that rely on specialized skill and time it's not even funny and B) Denying "inefficient" art resources and time that being allowed to focus on it brings because you don't consider it "real" labor is already what happens under capitalism, and the results speak for themselves.

Like, I get that there's a deep and abiding working-poor anger at the Middle Class Professionals that are so often the face of art-as-profession and the way they turn skill/polish from a ceiling into a floor for access, doubly so if you're a member of said working-poor denied access to that field.

But like... sweet genius

Fruit Punch

#manga #comics #mangaka #漫画家 #漫画 #らくがき #青年漫画 #seinenmanga #gpen https://www.instagram.com/p/Btt4bytFV_r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sft0a86yk72t

[2016] - Scumgirl illustration used for @_jammo_ for a while! I sold a whole lot of sweatshirts with this design on it, honestly surprising how many ppl liked it at conventions @.@

#drawing #art #illustration #comics #manga #art #漫画 #漫画家 #アート #らくがき #イラスト https://www.instagram.com/p/BtQyeI5gQzo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u8laxlycjn2r

前によりもっと近くだね Closer than before 🌱

I’m just about to get out of bed today; just trying to stay on top of my health but nonetheless, there is more to draw and more to prepare for before AnimeNYC. I will really look into hiring a couple artist friends as assistants for my comics after NYC. Even for screen tones and Black fills. I’m not sure how payment will work considering I don’t make a living yet, so maybe we can plan a Kickstarter release. I don’t know… all I know is: I realize my limitations and have to do my best despite, and I have friends who can help but I need to make it worth their while. Drawing has been really… exhausting lately. It takes a lot from me, and it’s not just drawing in itself; but circumstance. Unfortunately, life currently consists of MUCH more than “just drawing.” I wish it was so.

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For anyone who hasn’t read it yet, I released a pencilled 25 page chapter of my graphic novel I’ve been drafting for a couple years now. (Reads left to right like American comics). Chapters 1 (25 pages) and chapter 2 (19 pages) is uploaded to my Pixiv (link in my bio). It’s moving slowly as I’m working on multiple creative endeavors and battling my health issues, but it’s still very legible and imo as pretty as finalized art in this rough pencilled format. I’m really thankful to all of you who read my my work and are supporting me through my body trying to make me give up 😌 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHtBF_AFQg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1buseo5swrm2m

Here’s the full comic called “生き甲斐” (ikigai) I made for my senior project in high school art class. You can view it in 300 DPI high res. by clicking the link in my bio! IG shits on all of the effort I put into details by butchering the image quality lol. Side note: Idk why but my art teacher Ms. Money was rly cool and just let me draw whatever I want 🤷‍♂️ P sure she said “Just make a comic about what art means to you”. I still feel this way btw except now I have more health problems : ) Thank you for reading 😣💙 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv_OQC1g-cG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vo1cbam6xi9z

Merry Kissmas : )

#manga #comic #らくがき #漫画 漫画家

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With how much pain I’m in and how slow I have to draw because of it, I surely would draw worse than Yoshihiro Togashii at his lowest if I had a hefty deadlines. I remember reading in an interview with one of his assistants during Yuyu Hakusho: he walked in on Togashii in tears on the floor, heating pad on his back and pillow under his belly, but still drawing manga. Togashii-sensei’s back pain got so bad and he just kept drawing manga. That’s a real hero there. He made two of the best shonen manga of all time. I love HxH’s “bad” art work more than anyone because I can feel that pain when I’m reading it. I really understand that pain Togashii is in, if that makes sense. I hope he is ok now. I love that guy. Anyhow, I can’t give up drawing if I’m alive. If I’m alive, I’m drawing, please stop asking me to take a break :/ I have the mangaka fighting spirit at heart. I got that shit heavy and nothing - no matter what pain - can take that away. I can’t stop. I can’t explain why, but it’s almost automatic for me. Do you know what manga has done for my life? It is all I am at my core, I promise. I am nothing without my manga.

#manga #comics #漫画 #漫画家 #clipstudio #clipstudiopaint #mangapage #drawing #art #らくがき https://www.instagram.com/p/BsI7Mm3gYTo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=emlndg6imrjr