A Light in the Dark, A Star Below 🌟

Two similar stone columns from around the 11th century, elaborately carved in striated vertical waves.

Oh yeah?
*wiggles your columns*

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Thank you Izzi! I'm hoping this comic will serve as a sort of "cut scene" for the players while they're away in another part of Wonderland, along with a gift to them, as it's mostly just me gushing about their characters through my art and through Argyle .

a pink-haired elf rests his arms over a comic panel. He has antenna and hair loops that look like bug mandibles

a pink-haired elf who has antenna and hair loops that look like bug mandibles looks a little worried as he shrugs.

I'm working on something for my Wonderland DnD game, and I just think Argypillar is so stinkin' cute! #oc #elf #dnd

I'm really sorry you're going through these feelings of artistic doubt and self-loathing, gosh do I know the struggle myself! FWIW I really enjoy your characters and your art, and it has always seemed to me that a lot of other people do, too!

A screenshot of procreate showcasing a pink-haired character with hair that looks like antenna and bug mandibles. He is smiling crookedly and crying.

This gift + lore comic I'm making for my Wonderland DnD game is allmmooost done! Here's a peek at Argypillar having a panic attack.

Thank you, Dave!! I really appreciate the nice words!

and yyessss on the tracing! Or really hard eyeballing the art I've already done at least. I do get that it's hard to draw a new oc but it also feels a bit of a let down to just have my own art of the OC redrawn back at me??

I think that's *possibly* what happened in my case, as well. But it still made me feel rather crummy, because it was a defense to a piece I worked hard on and took seriously with *care* towards their character. oof!

Yes! I think you made a good point that it's also possible that some people just don't see how that sort of humor should be reserved for friends, and not used on strangers.

I actually let the dice decide if we was going to break a little in this comic or not. He got JUST below the DC I set for him (which was fairly low bc he's decent at constitution and masking). So I figure he keeps it somewhat together but the cracks are starting to show.

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A scrungly pink-haired elf in scrappy and worn out clothes shifts his weight on one foot. He has a wide smile that looks like he is masking some awkwardness or anxiety

I'm working on comics. Look at my son in this panel, he's so scrungly 💞 ( #OC #Druid #Elf #DnD )

I got one myself— it's just deniable enough so I didn't say anything, but I still think about it because it was just kind of rude, haha.

So that in addition to this entitlement/expectation...it was odd outside of my bubble of friends!

yes! I felt like I noticed quite a bit of that. That, and there was a sort of general mean-spiritedness going around, too. Like, maybe it's the younger gen's humor or just a bad pocket i stumbled into or something, but I saw defenses/attacks that seemed to be making fun of the creator/OC.

he still needs his tassels, I tend to do those in a separate layer.

anyway. I have Real Grown-Up Job to to do today and it is killing me not to be able to work on this. Stopping and starting projects is very difficult for me!

A screenshot of procreate showcasing a pink-haired character with hair that looks like antenna and bug mandibles. He is smiling crookedly and crying.

This gift + lore comic I'm making for my Wonderland DnD game is allmmooost done! Here's a peek at Argypillar having a panic attack.

that was another thing I noticed, too. Something about the general vibe outside my bubble seemed a little hostile?? Like, not everyone, but there seemed to be a lot more anger/judgement in the space that made me uneasy,

But my issue has always been and will always be "it doesn't have to be done it just has to perfect",so, siiigh

I need to get comfortable with a character's shapes and iconography before I can really do a decent interpretation, and that takes time you just don't have when you're trying to do several pieces in one month. .

I'm unsure if I'll do artfight this year. I made some peices I'm really, really proud of last year but also some other pieces I'm embarrassed by 😆. I don't do well with new to me characters + time constraints.

sketching some new characters

A elf character in clown garb of a hobo/tramp clown and fool inspirations with some flower motifs. He winks with a drunken smile and holds up a brown bottle of liquid with a flower placed in it as if it were a vase.

Blorbo Purgatory Circus Act of my beloved #DnD #Druid, Argyle! 🌸 A flower that survives in adversity is called a weed.

#originalcharacter #OCmeme #OCsky

A flowy sketch of an elf smiling and moving to the left backwards, s if holding someone's hand dragging them along.

My OC, Argyle, in his deceased wife flashback scene. He's the wife, to be clear. ( #originalcharacter #Druid)

It's not looking good #comics #webcomics #cccomics

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cartoony illustration of a red skinned demon girl with long red and yellow hair. she is dressed in white and light blue, wearing a cropped tee, gym shorts, loose socks, and sandals. her hair is decorated with various colorful hair clips. there's also a portrait of her, and some of her personal items: a lemon, popsicle, juice box, tea, and hair clips. the text under her portrait reads "SUMMER, she/they".

🌞🌼🍋 meet SUMMER! 🌞🌼🍋 #art #ocsky #vgen

A drawing of a sleepy girl dressed in a long fluffy cloak seemingly lined with starry clouds, with long sleeves that cover the hands. She had a long dark snake tail and horns pointed up and away from her face. She is also wearing a short frilly nightgown and tall white socks

Sketch redesign #commission for windthroughthetallgrass on tumblr // Thank you so much again//

yesss puffer jacket looks so good!