I Hope Every Assignment. Dies

rb if you vote, i wanna see what tumblr thinks on this.

To piss or not to piss?

Your bladder reminds you to pick quickly and you dash down the tunnel smelling like your dad's musty spoon collection.

You notice after what seems like an agonizing minute of waddling through the tunnel that the tunnel never seems to get lighter. You keep your hand to the wall to guide you through the straight tunnel, the walls getting rougher with each passing second.

Eventually you find a line of light illuminating the ground, indicating a door frame, and you open it.

It opens up to a circular laboratory with gutted machinery, glowing tanks with strange shapes, and naked wires littering tables and floor.

In the middle of it, you find a toilet. Inside a a wire cage. Upon closer inspection, you see that it is a human sized snare trap.

Clam's Quick Tips for Starting Your Very First Webcomic

Howdy! Here are the three bits of advice I tend to give people who ask me about getting into webcomic-making. Maybe they can help you jump into the fray with a little less fear.

1) Make Your First Chapter a Pilot Episode

You will be told by webcomic veterans to start with a short, simple comic idea first - which is wise - but if all you can think about is your big magnum opus, then you might as well hop in, right? Otherwise you'll just be glancing back at the other cooler project forever.

But if you can't start with a small simple story, start on a small, simple part of that larger story. Your first chapter should be a snapshot of the main conflict - show us a simple scene with few characters, ease us in slowly, keep things clear and focus on emotion/impact/clarity. Get the audience to care by offering something easily digested, but full of promise.

Once you're done with that 'pilot' chapter, and you're feeling more comfortable with the whole comic process, you can open the gates and show us the larger world. At that point, you'll be way more ready.

2) Simplify Your Art Style For Your Own Sanity

Always try to make your webcomic's art style as simple as possible - the standard rule is to use only 75% of your artistic skill for every comic page you make. Otherwise you will burn out quickly and terribly.

But you also need to be PROUD of your art style. If you're really feeling itchy, add a couple bells and whistles to your style so you can look at the finished page and say "Yeah, looks cool." You'll find the right balance the more you draw.

Also, don't be afraid to change your art style as you go along. Ultimate consistency is often impossible in webcomics anyway - so embrace your desire to try new things, streamline your work, whatever you feel needs to happen to be happiest. Sometimes the coolest part of reading a webcomic is noticing that style change - so don't hesitate to embrace it!

3) Resist the Reboot! RESIST!

The curse/blessing of drawing the same things over and over is that you'll inevitably get better at drawing those things. The trouble comes when you look back at old stuff and start thinking "Damn, I could draw that way better now."

You must recognize that this feeling never goes away. Not after a hundred pages. Not after three hundred. Not after a thousand.

I think everyone should be allowed one soft reboot for their first webcomic. Redraw some panels that bother you. Change up some dialogue if it doesn't make sense with your new story ideas. Do maintenance, basically. One of the beauties of webcomics is that they can be easily edited, without reprinting a whole book or remaking a whole game.

But if the ultimate purpose of a webcomic is to tell a story, then constant reboots will just be retelling the same story - slightly better each time, but the same at its core. We've heard it before. Most audiences would rather you save your strength and just keep going, rather than circling back year after year and going "Wait wait wait! I'll do it better this time."

Reboot early, not often, and only when you absolutely must! You're a storyteller, and you're constantly getting better at telling your story. Don't be ashamed of it - look back how much ground you've covered, and keep walking!

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That's a good start. Happy webcomicking - don't be afraid to jump in, but be prepared to learn a lot very quickly. And if this advice doesn't work for you or adhere to how you did it, that's absolutely fine - webcomics are diverse by nature, and so are their creation processes. Feel out what works best for you, and good luck!

i actually dont mind tumblr posts reposted to pinterest. the 13 y/o "pinterest in the only social media my parents let me have" girlies deserve a little treat

Oh my gosh

This is pure evil. They say 12 employees participated in Oct 7th so they have to stop feeding the entire population????

United States Department of State

Statement on UNRWA Allegations - United States Department of State

The United States is extremely troubled by the allegations that twelve UNRWA employees may have been involved in the October 7 Hamas terrori

WELCOME TO THE:

TUMBLR CLASSIC HARBOR BRAWL

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES IN A SHIP-OFF

RULES

All pairs have been randomly matched up

All ships are from media around ye olden Tumblr (media older than or was around at 2012 - 2016)

NO RPFs

One wildcard (Shrek/Fiona)

24 hours to vote in each round

Campaign. Vote with two accounts. Whatever. Just remember: VOTE CORRECTLY OR NEVER SEE YOUR LOVED ONES AGAIN

ROUND ONE:

DESTIEL vs. STUCKY (WINNER: DESTIEL)

TENROSE vs. ROSEMARY (WINNER: TENROSE)

JOHNLOCK vs. ENJOLTAIRE (WINNER: E/R)

EDWARD/BELLA vs. BUBBLINE (WINNER: BUBBLINE)

KORRASAMI vs. INEFFABLE HUSBANDS (WINNER: KORRASAMI)

SHREK/FIONA vs. HANNIGRAM (WINNER: SHIONA)

MERTHUR vs. CECILOS (WINNER: CECILOS)

STEREK vs. DAVEKAT (WINNER: DAVEKAT)

ROUND TWO

DESTIEL vs. TENROSE (WINNER: TENROSE)

E/R (ENJOLTAIRE) vs. BUBBLINE (WINNER: BUBBLINE)

KORRASAMI vs. SHIONA (SHREK/FIONA) (WINNER: KORRASAMI)

CECILOS vs. DAVEKAT (WINNER: CECILOS)

NOTE: SEMI-FINALS MIGHT BE DELAYED FOR A DAY AND IT IS POSSIBLE WE WILL HAVE AN INTERMISSION.

INTERMISSION POLL

SEMI-FINALS (ONGOING)

TENROSE vs. BUBBLINE

KORRASAMI vs. CECILOS

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owl lady 🦉

So basically a virtual dictator?

have you ever wished that your blog wasn't as popular as it is? that there were too many eyes staring at your stage?

I want this blog to have 20 times the number of followers. I want more followers than countries have people!

God for a second I read this as female ORCS and got confused for a second, like damn didn't know we had orcs fighting for our rights

sorry i’m still laughing at these pathetic women’s orgs being like we didnt speak out for amber heard and against male violence because we were scared of harassment uwu. like you are massive national organizations with millions and millions of dollars in financial backing. you should have been the main ones speaking up that’s why you were founded……