My nana was the last family member I personally came out to. She was a lifelong catholic. When I told her I was trans, she told me, “God gives us all our own journeys. God made you trans and that’s beautiful. Who would I be to have an issue with the gift God has given you?”

This is good practice for EVERYONE. Our data is important and is not forever. Having redundancy and parity is important in a world so driven by 1s and 0s.

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Anywho, this is the episode if you wanted to check it out- A lot of good stuff in there, and we hope that more younger artists start creating for themselves and not for likes

Yup, it's harder and frustrating to sell your original stuff you actually care about- and yes, having engagement can fuel your creativity. But please don't become a brand because you think that's the only way to make an impact. Don't sell yourself short because your OC art only gets 10 likes.

And yeah, you can make a cute trendy bird or cat comic that gets 100K notes on instagram, maybe have a small business selling stickers from it. But thats all the audience is here for if that is what you keep serving. You art will become lost in the sea of same.

I know MANY artists who fall into this trap of making cute, easy to digest comics in hopes that it will funnel back to their passion projects- and they eventually hate the cute relatable art they do because of it. Engagment they get feels empty. They start to hate their art.

I drew these for a screen tones episode in which we discuss artists who chase trends to build an audience in hopes of them enjoying the story they are actually passionate about- and I want to warn all younger artists: Please do not fall into that trap.

Best art advice I ever got was from Mark Mayerson at Sheridan saying something to the effect of “if you don’t make your film about something you like to draw, you aren’t going to have much fun drawing it all year”

Ultimately, there is more to success than just chasing popular trends. If you take a follow-the-pack mentality, you’ll always be outclassed by people who *genuinely and sincerely* LIKE the trend you’re trying to chase and your voice will get lost in an ocean of other marketable trend chasers

If you figure out what the thing that makes you happiest is, you will make it with such unparalleled enthusiasm that it will be impossible for people not to notice in a way that will be so much more memorable than treating yourself like a branded product before you figure out who you are.

My advice to young artists is that ESPECIALLY as a young artist you have so much to learn about yourself and the world and what you like about the process and what your favourite things are, and if you do a little bit of everything you will figure out what you love more than anything else

The one-two punch of “I chose to morph my art into this to be more marketable” with referring to all of their work as “content” is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard in my life

Nothing is more depressing than watching young artists give other young artists advice like “only use one colour palette in everything you do to have a more recognizable brand” and “draw everything with a target audience in mind”

Magic cop beefs with infant for no particular reason, makes it everyone else's problem

How about we just follow this rule that a convicted felon can’t actually be president of the United States

This needs to be said. Again.

i am SO stoked to get thru pencils and start inking 😭

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My fellow cis folks, The FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to trans/gender content. Time to be an ally and tell the FCC absolutely the fuck not. It takes five minutes to do.

We have records of diabetes diagnoses going back 2,500 years. We only developed a reliable treatment (insulin) 100 years ago. Now we might have a cure. What an amazing thing to get to witness.

Hi folks, I'm looking for the following to support a grassroots org on a fixed-term project: - Arabic to English translator - Arabic to Italian translator - Book designer The text will be very sensitive in content (e.g., descriptions of violence). Please email [email protected]

The original 2007 "Mononoke" series is now streaming live for free on Youtube for 24 hours. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gX...

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as soon as you actually try to make art in earnest it makes you so understanding and forgiving of everything else that gets made. every publishing or release is a miracle ordained by the holy spirit. I know brushes with death happened to get it to the public. what more can I ask other than you live.

Going to remind everyone now, buy new filters for you air purifiers now, get more masks, buy an air purifier if you don’t have one, think about getting a humidifier, and refill your rescue inhalers. This year’s fire season is shaping up to be a bad one. I hope I’m wrong, but prepare now if you can.

"Just do it big dog" is the energy the world needs right now.

Members Maia Kobabe and Malinda Lo, and others spoke with The Guardian about book banning. I think the pull quote really gets to the heart of it, "They're trying to narrow the worldview of young people."

holy shit...??? legendary animator John Ripa just posted a long lost pencil test from the very first version of Tangled, where it was a cute romcom and Jack Black was the main love interest, omg. we were robbed TWICE #animation #tangled

[ Shares Appriciated! ] HELLO!! My commission for May-June is open again! Check out my VGen for more info! Been suffering a lot with the mental health, but I am slowly recovering! Any help would be very greatful 🥹 Thank you!

coco, child of hope... 🌠 🖋️

My unit losing his fucking mind

🎨 I liked this so much I had to draw it

FRIENDS: this is a NATIONWIDE bill going to a vote in the US congress. the previous book banning bill, 7661, tons of yall called over several days, and it started running out of gas. So they shoved the same stuff under a different number and voting on it as fast as possible.

I hate to talk about it, but I have to talk about it. Long post incoming: www.patreon.com/posts/158715...

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lighting a candle for all trans people to live fucking long lives and get old as fuck and happy and comfortable and satisfied

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It is WILD watching elites actively dismantle institutions and undermine our entire creative economy in favor of an overhyped grift and actually expecting everyone to not just sit down and take it, but be excited about it. Absolutely delusional.

Are you realistic about your artistic/ career goals? Skills/training? The business? Where you see yourself fitting in—do you know the ways you can connect? Are you up to date? Are you lying to yourself? Not sure? Then this episode is for you! Let your 3 expert cartoonists be your guides.

Full offense, but we shouldn't have to stop, hold your hand, and say, "That was a sad choice, wasn't it? Can you help think of a better one?" when writing for adults

If you broke into #comics in the past 5 years, how did you do it? How do you define that success/breaking in? I’m from the 1900s when things were so different I have little or no practical/relatable advice for new creators. Success has so much to do with things like luck, timing, ACCESS/proximity-

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I feel like I'm the only one in my Filipino friend group dealing with this, but my family loves to share those "heartwarming" but fake Facebook stories about tennis player, Alexandra Eala, and it feels like an uphill battle trying to be like 😭 CAN YOU PLEASE VERIFY YOUR SOURCES sigh 1/2

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Predator Neil Gaiman trying to make a soft comeback on social media to boost his book sales by appealing to the fans who are desperate for him to be innocent. Don't give him an inch. He's trying to be a clever, sneaky bastard. Show him we don't forget.

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if you're stupid enough to do this I think you deserve whatever happens to you, there's no saving you from yourself, survival of the fittest rules from here on out

www.comic-con.org/awards/eisne... Eisner time for Tigers... read my webcomic it's good I swear... .......... it's a very normal comic about gay people trying to look at sea sponges..

It saddens me when I look back over books I've read & realize how many of the indie authors have disappeared from the scene. They put out some stellar books but that isn't always enough to make it feel worthwhile if you can't find an audience for them. But I miss them & what they might have written.