my two original OCs Billy and Ilene. the text reads "i did not know how to give my characters personalities. i was just happy i could draw people. i was seven"
for funzeez, i wanna share all my old OCs. so here's my very first two clear back from 1990 when the term OC was not even a thing, yet. they were just characters. i was seven years old and had made up my mind i wanted to draw comics!
#OCs #childhoodmemories #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
my style version of Girl With a Pearl Earring.
the original Girl With a Pearl Earring. it features a young woman looking back at the viewer. she wears a turban and, as the title foretells, a pearl earring.
the weekend got busy but i finally did this last night with some friends. i'll do another one later. anyhoo, draw this in your style! Jan Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring, c 1665.
#DTIYSclassical #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #queerartist #girlwithapearlearring #vermeer
a comic strip. a girl, Britney, comes flying through the air only to land with an ungraceful "Biff!" in the second panel. in the first a caption reads "this girl is much more interesting" in reference to the previous strip where very sad younger Agi is walking away. "you guys are real jerks" Britney yells, "and stop saying "it's Britney, Bitch"!! i hate that meme" a second caption below the last panel reads "okay so she's also sad and tired" once again coming from our unreliable narrator moody young Agi who does not think much of herself. alt-textra; Agi in her younger age always presented me with a challenge. at what point is she just moody tween girl Kierkegaard and where is she authentic Agi? this has always been her most prominant character flaw tho by the time she reunites with Lulu she has more or less shed that skin and becomes her truer self, an imperfect woman hoping for companionship. Britney is remarkably different. she can't help but be her authentic self and it gets her into every terible trouble imaginable including extreme bullying from her peers. so that's where i always felt like the split between A Javan Tiger and Tiger Tea exists.
"Biff" is a great sound effect. terrible name.
#comics #comicstrip #queerartist #biff #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
a comic art drawing of two figures on skates. one is a girl with swoopy black hair and a black flag hoodie and she's on quads. the other is a robot girl with a giant bow, headphones for ears and in on inlines. the swoopy hair one says "i'm a edgy girl!" to which her robot best friend gives a sarcastic "sure".
inspired by last night's rollerskate date to give an update to these two rascals. Dylan gets new swoopy hair and edgy hoodie and G01di3 gets... well let's just say G01di3 (Goldie) is a work in progress still.
#comics #robotskategirl #rollerskates #robot #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #queerartist
a panel from a comic page. Rachel is looking at Bullet Hole the Wonder Horse and he says "Oh, well, now that it comes to it-"
cropped panel of today's Above the Waterfall page. Rachel who is trans masc keeps the name Rachel cuz he likes it and it's people who got to change, not him.
#stories #comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #queerartist
a comic strip called Tiger Tea. it features a poofy haired girl in a black dress with a cigarette. she says "never really finished it- cuz, like, it never really started, did it? so get on that! maybe... or don't... dunno, feeling kinda sad and tired" and walks off in the final panel. alt-textra: Tiger Tea exists because i didn't write A Javan Tiger the way i had really wanted to. that story is a mess and exists on deviantART so long as deviantART exists... gods know how long that will be. still y'all are welcome to read it but it is... problematic... 🫠 i wrote it in 2008 so, know that the author was a bit of an idiot on a lot of things and had not come out as queer, yet.
there comes a point where some of my comics become such convoluted messes that i need to restart them. 😅 once again, it starts with Agi being a moody kid. this is past Agi cuz she no longer smokes or is nearly as moody.
#noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #comics
a comic drawing of three anthro bunnies and a fox. the first bunny says, "Happy Easter, Every Bunny!!" below the text reads "With love from the Bunny Coven 💜"
seems right i ought to make a thing for Easter as i literally have several bunny characters (and a fox).
#comics #queerartist #happyeaster #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
A picture of an anthropomorphic hare in a blue sleeveless coat and mustard coloured pants.
Look a bunny....
Did I do an Easter?
Hope you are having a great weekend.
#easter
#illustration #hare #characterart #madebyahuman
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a colored pen and ink comic drawing of a girl, Britney, in a green beanie kicking a can and yelling, "Fools! Our whole species!!" she's cranky.
colored with clip studio paint. i really like the lasso fill. makes life quite a bit easier.
#comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #queerartist
the final cover for my book Ever & Always. it features the four main characters, e_, little q., Zöe/Kilroy, and Grace.
the full pdf of Ever & Always will be released on April 1st. no foolin'. i never joke about April 1st. it's actually a very important day to our family
anyway, this is finished. 💜
#comics #fairytale #queerartist #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
a blue pen and ink drawing of a markhor goat eating a book as a girl with curly hair swirls in surprise. you would be surprised, too!
a blue pen and ink drawing of Rachel a trans masc character in a brimmed hat and hair in twin tales. he says, "oh, well now that it comes to it, i was always told i was a girl, but i never believed it- i always liked boyish things like fishing, horseback riding, and crocheting -ain't rude t'me at all!" that's right, it takes a real man to crochet! or some other inane gendered absolutism.
a blue pen and ink drawing of Lynn-Ada, (the girl from the first pic) looking over a rock saying "hullo?" in her Donegal accent. you're probably hoping for an alt-textra... 🙃 you are awesome. here it is. in this distant post-post apocalyptic future remnants of old folk traditions have somehow survived. snatchea of popular tunes, accents, and odd habits have outlived so-called civilization. this story is largely a love letter to my favorite folk traditions where i make room for queer folk and adventure and self discovery cuz all those things are important to me!
some panels from the newest pages for Above the Waterfall.
#comics #stories #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #transmasc #GOAT #markhor
a pen and ink drawing. three girls out in nature. one, Lucy, offers a frog to be kissed by another, Britney. Lucy says "we're hoping more to get turned into gay frogs" the third, Red, looks at them and swys "just don't get salmonella". "Sam who?" Britney asks a few seconds too late.
no seriously don't actually kiss frogs for a myriad of reasons.
#comics #penandink #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #queerartist
a blue pen and ink drawing on a green background. two women walking and holding each other. the black haired one turns to a crowd out of shot and yells "i'm not a bit irish, but y'all can Póg mo Thóin" (kiss my ass as Gaeilge) the other replies "i regretteaching you that" but she regrets nothing.
i don't know who she's talking to but Lulu is gonna use the hell out of the one Irish swear she knows. Agi actually doesn't regret anything, here. 🙃
#comics #queerartist #doodle #noai #irishlanguage #madebyahuman #nogenai #stpaddysday
a blue pen and ink drawing if a girl reading a book. she has a feather sticking out her hair.
meet Lynn-Ada, a very bookish girl.
#comics #drawing #penandink #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #queerartist
a pen and ink drawing of two dork punk girls with some strong lesbian coded pins and stuff (not really all that coded, they're lesbians) and some text referencing the Haute and Freddy song Shy Girl. it reads "Stop pretending you're a shy girl. When you gonna rule the whole wide world?"
listened to Haute and Freddy's brand spanking new first album this morning and was inspired to draw these two for the first time in forever.
#comics #lgbtqia #queerartist #dorkpunk #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
a pen and ink drawing of two figures. one wearing a brimmed hat is concerned to have made the other, shorter and wearing a turtle necklace, anxious about something.
more Rachel and Tombow stuff. a panel from latest page of Above the Waterfall.
#comics #stories #fantasy #queerartist #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
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#madebyahuman #noai #stopai
a blue pen & ink drawing of a monitor lizard wearing a tophat and monocle flipping a coin. he is a rather dashing villain, as they should all be.
meet Captain Pebbles, the main villain of Above the Waterfall. a name that will strike fear into goats everywhere.
#stories #fantasy #queerartist #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
a blue pen & ink drawing. two figures walking and talking, the taller one wears a brimmed hat and the shorter a turtle necklace.
i will be posting the full pages here and on Cara once i finish the first chapter. for now they are just on Patreon, but free for anybody to visit and read if'n they'd like.
#stories #fantasy #queerartist #comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
Tombow pets the nose of Bullethole the Wonder Horse while Rachel cautions Tombow.
panel from tonight's page. Rachel, Tombow, and Bullethole the Wonder Horse.
#comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
a blue pen and ink drawing on a boy with black hair and a turtle necklace perched on a rock in a desert setting.
meet Tombow, possibly AuDHD but in this post-post apocalyptic world, a diagnosis would be hard to come by.
#stories #fantasy #queerartist #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
People standing over campfire.
Fire: it is one of mankind's oldest technologies, and one that will outlast the latest gadget or techie trend.
The Warming art print -- stevehendersonart.com/featured/the...
#art #artsky #blueskyartshow #nature #fire #winter #snow #peace #artoftheday #notAI #madebyahuman #trees #weather #share
a blue pen and ink drawing of a figure riding a horse in a desert setting. the figure wears a brimmed hat with a fishing hook to the right. the horse has a distinct black marking on her forehead.
meet Rachel, a soft-spoken trans masc type of fellow. goes by he/him.
and meet Bullethole the Wonder Horse cuz it's a wonder she's even a horse. she bites, bucks, and has a cranky disposition. Rachel is just about the only onw who can ride her.
#stories #fantasy #queerartist #noai #madebyahuman
1 of 4 panels of a comic's page Zöe, a young kabouter with bows in her hair, walks up to a rock she seems to recognize.
2 of 4 she touches the rock and looks around as if confirming her surroundings.
3 of 4 Zöe leans against the rock, her nose at the edge.
4 of 4 looking over the rock, her nose hanging over a la her Kilroy poses, she sees a bed of river rocks and sitting against the rock is a stone triskelion. the text at the bottom reads "Not the end... P" alt-textra: this panel might look familiar to long time readers. it's a bit of a nod to James Joyce's "novel?" Finnegans Wake. the first word in the book is the mid-sentence noun "riverrun" and if you want to fully enjoy the reference you need to go to the last page of Finnegans Wake, read that last sentence which seems to end in the middle and then go back to that first word riverrun again and hopefully my little joke will be appreciated. 🙃 see the cool things you can find out in the alt-text, friends? what's most important, tho... thank you all for reading this. the joy i feel at getting to tell this story and seeing it to it's end is inexpressible. the sequel will be Her Secret Name. and i'll get to that. it might take me a while. i'm slow. 💜🥲
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thank you everybody for reading 💜
#stories #fairytale #fantasy #queerartist #comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
1 of 4 panels of a comic's page Zöe, a young kabouter with bows in her hair, skips along singing a line from Thomas the Rhymer "-do you see yon bonnie, bonnie road, that lies across the ferny brea?"
2 of 4 she passes by some large rocks. "that is the road to fair elf land, where you and i this night must go-" she continues.
3 of 4 "harp and carp, come a-" she stops mid refrain, "Hey!"
4 of 4 she turns to what is apparently a familar rock to her, "i know you!" she says. alt-textra: Zöe would probably leave human child psychologists scratching their heads and suffering terrible insomnia trying to figure her out. but luckily we know that she knows and she's just fine how she is, now.
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one more page to go
#stories #fairytale #fantasy #queerartist #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman #comics
1 of 4 panels of a comic's page. Alisha, the Fae with pointed ears and maroon hair is slipping through a magic door. Zöe the young kabouter with bows in her hair bids her farewell. "hey-when you get to Druidia, tell Bob i said Hi!" Zöe tells her casually dropping one of the big four names. "will do!" Alisha laughs, not quite getting it immediately.
2 of 4 the door is now closed, Zöe is no longer in panel. from behind the door, it dawns on Alisha just what happened. "wait" she says.
3 of 4 flinging back open the door, Zöe is absolutely nowhere to be found. Alisha stares in disbelief.
4 of 4 realizing Zöe has indeed pulled the ultimate prank, "of course she knows" Alisha says. alt-textra: the next page will be around noonish mountain standard time. and of course Zöe always knew. though she mighta forgotten that she knew for a while. i did say whoever learns the names of the Four becomes a force of Nature, and Zöe is most certainly that.
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she knew 🙃
#stories #fairytale #fantasy #queerartist #comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
1 of 4 panels of a comic's page Zöe the fairy with bows in her hair showing Alisha the fairy with curly maroon hair a special magic door. "you are oaken folk" Zöe tells her, "a new yet very ancient kind of Fae. you have a human side, too. hold on to that." "so am i part of some prophesy, then?" Alisha asks.
2 of 4 "Prophesies are only true well after the facts." Zöe explains, their faces now zoomed in, "the only reason my lucky guesses work is cuz i can see the patterns in motion. but i HAVE been wrong!"
3 of 4 Zöe continues "i was wrong about Randy not being able to open portals -and the whole bit with Harvey turned out totally different than i expected- he still hasn't gotten the cups!" she smiles and Alisha giggles.
4 of 4 "two outta ten thousand is still a good track record though, right?" Zöe quips. "it ain't bad!" Alisha confirms, arms out and a big grin on her face. Alt-textra: look forward to friday! it's gonna be a big day! i'll be posting all three final pages throughout the day on BlueSky and Cara. as for that number, i pulled it out of thin air. 🙃
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10,341 to be exact, but who's keeping count?
#stories #fairytale #fantasy #queerartist #comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
1 of 4 panels of a comic's page. a two-fer! Zöe the fairy with bows in her hair is showing Alisha the fairy with maroon curly hair a door, "you can not, must not use portals ever agin." Zöe tells her, "but this door will take you to Druidia-"
2 of 4 "this was the door that brought you to this world" Alisha states, not asking, referring to how Zöe first came to the human world. "yes it is" Zöe confirms with a small smile.
3 of 4 wistfully Zöe turns away for a second, "i had forgotten about it for so many years-" Zöe, though she looks very young is in fact 66 years old and still only a kabouter child, "i found it again just last week on a meandering."
4 of 4 "-but seriously!" Zöe turns back to face Alisha, "NEVER use another portal! they are never safe- and you and i both know the Bean Sidhe is only trapped- you can't kill what isn't alive or dead" "oh, i know!" Alisha waves her hand confirming she has absolutely no intention of releasing such a being again. alt-textra: some of y'all are probably hoping for a clue about the banshee, aren't you? 🙃 goodness me you are tenacious! reading all this alt-text just for a spoiler? i would, too. well, since you came all this way i'll give y'all this; the Bean Sidhe is a major player in the sequel. because of course she is. but how she gets out of the realm between worlds and what her role will be, goodness i'm not telling you all that! 💜
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i will not be explaining how the Bean Sidhe (banshee) might have "survived?" being trapped between worlds till the sequel. 🙃
#stories #fairytale #fantasy #queerartist #comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
1 of 4 panels of a comic's page a fairy with bows in her hair named Zöe continues her conversation with Alisha, another fairy with pointed ears and flowers growing from her hair. Zöe tells Alisha "We can't guess our own secret names. it's like living in a house you never get to leave"
2 of 4 this panel shows them sitting backside to the viewer, "you see other house- but never your own"
3 of 4 this panel still showing their backs is zoomed out to reveal a larger dark forest surrounding them, the Ever-Changing Brambles. "so you have to ask a neighbor to tell you what your house looks like. the description is like your secret name" Zöe adds "anyhoo..."
4 of 4 "-it's time i show you a secret door. follow me!" Zöe gets up and Alisha follows. alt-textra: i never want to over-explain the secret name thing, but i always think of it as a Fae's core, like the start of who they are. i have a hunch about Alisha's secret name but nothing that really really says who she is as a person. again, i'll figure it out one of these days!
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stuff happened over the weekend that made finishing pages very difficult.
#stories #fairytales #fantasy #queerartist #comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
1 of 4 panels of a comic's page the panel shows Zöe, a fairy with bows in her hair, continues talking to Alisha, a fairy with pointed ears and flowers growing from her hair. "go ahead-" Zöe says, "guess my secret name" "riverrun" Alisha says "all one word" "yep!" Zöe confirms.
2 of 4 "wait, how'd i do that?" Alsiha asks shocked at her new ability. "it's the gift of Tat!" Zöe explains by way of not actually explaining.
3 of 4 "Mama and Grace can do it a little bit, too. tho we're way better at it!" Zöe says, her and Alisha presented in silhouette. "what about Aestre?" Alsiha asks. "she's the one who gave Tat her name. it's different for her cuz she's the original story." Zöe adds.
4 of 4 "What about my secret name?" Alsiha continues asking. "i can't seem to guess it- do you know it?" "Yes-but" Zöe adds, "it would be wrong for me to tell you, tho it is very beautiful and appropriate." alt-textra: and indeed it shall be beautiful and appropriate as soon as i figure out what it actually is. this page is a bit cryptic partly cuz some things i have figured out for the sequel already and a lot of things i haven't. but also cuz Zöe has never been good at explaining things clearly. at least she's finally stopped name dropping. she's still young, she'll work things out and either get better at clarity or double down on being cryptic and puzzling. she might do the latter just for the fun of it.
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so, confession time... i don't know Alisha's secret name, yet. i'll figure it out, eventually. but i trust what Zöe says.
#stories #fairytale #fantasy #queerartist #comics #noai #nogenai #madebyahuman
