“Self-Portrait” by Haruka Kawakami

I feel like my comic is cursed to have every other episode be ugly. And all I can say about the episode I'm currently working on is that I expect the next one to look AMAZING if the pattern holds true 🤡

Nothing worse than playing a game, enjoying it enough to look up the developers to see what else they made...only to discover they were shut down.

New story has been posted on Webtoon! (in the less cool scroll format) but you can also find both parts on my Patreon with the much nicer page layout. www.patreon.com/sararydholm www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ta...

I email my 80+ year old grandma each episode of my horror comic and she sends me money with the message Patreon after learning about the site. So yeah, they are all very supportive.

"A feminist retelling-" "A queer reimagining-" I enjoy fanfiction as much as the next guy, but I need it to stay on AO3.

And here's a fun Reddit thread explaining why: www.reddit.com/r/problemgam...

The number of times I have checked this countdown should worry my wallet

Wacom doing planned obsolescence with a "Thank you for your support" on their staggeringly overpriced products wasn't on my bingo card but I am UNSURPRISED. If you too are in this position, allow me to draw your attention to what's probably your best solution: opentabletdriver.net

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I have finally given Pokémon Arceus a try and after 10-15 hours I think my impression is that I really wish it was one of those early access projects that the devs were allowed to spend years tinkering with, rather than a release among many.

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

I think one reason I never "clicked" with any books described as cozy is that I in times of need turn to my comfort reads: Non-fiction about white collar crimes.

Someone actually crunched the numbers, and using GenAI can decrease reviews for indie game on Steam (a useful proxy stat for sales) by as much as *58%* 🤖

I'm so excited for the day horror authors discover that there are other occupations than Writer™ and Ex-army.

Nothing worse than picking up a book with an interesting premise, only to discover that the author is a fan of Joss Whedon dialogue.

Do you ever read a book that is so poorly constructed that you feel like you need to keep going just to see if the author actually is building towards something or if it really is as bad at it looks?

I'd make 0.00 liking them too, might as well stick to my guns.

Steam Next Fest really proves why the site desperately needs an AI-filter.

Happy Pride

I usually feel bad about my art after finishing an episode, but today I apparently decided to spice it up and instead feel terrible about my numbers instead🙃

New short story released! www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ta...

Trying to find something you misplaced is absolutely hopeless when you're this shattered-brained. Considering I found my phone bag in the kitchen drawer and slipper on the the window frame, I don't have much hope that my lost mug will be hiding anywhere reasonable.

me everyday drawing my comic

I heard AI being referred to as an "imitation of labour" and that's such a perfect way of putting it. AI is a Potemkin village showcasing effortless productivity and therefore adored by people detesting actual work and workers.

never believe what you see when you flip your art that is the version of your art that lives in the mirror dimension

"fiction normalizes—" idk abt any of that but I think social media has normalized absolutely batshit behavior and social conventions that are inconceivable to anyone that is actually well-balanced and thriving in the real world and that's a bigger problem than fiction will ever be

I long for the steam summer sale, not because I'm looking forward to buy a ton of games, but because I really need the dopamine that comes with good deals.

literally this

This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.

I will tell myself that "I should try to keep the line art thin, neat and even for this episode" and then two panels later🤡

"oh, I'm just a poor famous industry director/game designer, I have no resources to make my art, help me, AI, save me!" - meanwhile my unemployed bro is out here turning into a renaissance man by the power of youtube tutorials

I'm not worried about generative AI creating something good; I'm worried about it creating something commercially viable as that is all these companies are aiming for.

I love birds that look so fake that I have to google their name to check if they are real or the love child of Photoshop and some stock photos of broccoli.

Youtube keeps wanting me to prove I'm human due to "unusual requests." Don't tell me or my 500 tabs how to live.

It’s really frightening.

I'm usually pretty good at not thinking I could do a better job than the actual creators of a thing....until I see an ugly shiny Pokémon...

Converting to Catholicism so I can tell my bosses using unregulated AI is against my religion and I will sue them like that cake lady who hated gay people if they make me use it

"this piece of media has gross stuff in it" man damn that sucks, did you talk to your mom about how the parental controls aren't working

Everytime I read 'A human artist would not make this mistake' somewhere online, I, a human artist, start to sweat nervously.

I feel like so many "WORST GAME EVER"-reviews can be summarized as "I bought a game that didn't appeal to me and now I'm really mad I didn't like it!"

I miss my giant slug monster. He was fun to draw.

Another day of forcing myself to do core strengthening exercises solely to enable me to sit like a shrimp without back pain.

the fuck it will

New short story is up on Patreon: patreon.com/sararydholm

Forever relieved that norm for artists' Patreon is early comic access and timelapses, because on the streamer side of things they seem determined to normalize the most parasocial perks possible. Having a $100 tier that involves 1 hour of playing games together should be punished by the stocks.

For this upcoming episode I need everyone to completely ignore the wonky environments and pay a lot of attention to the unnecessarily detailed eyes.