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Drawer. Fanart addict. Something else maybe, identity is a social construct // Currently into #reddwarf

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What usually triggers it for me is when I can't find what I want to read or have an idea that's too long for a comic. Gotta feed myself. It helps that I actually like writing so I guess that's the secret ingredient๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธI don't put pressure on myself like I do with drawing so it's like wow, free dopamine

28.11.2025 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, I wish stories would sometimes lean into these characters being the weird entities they are, but since it seems like it's a story about emancipation, it makes sense too. Plus, I like Alexander Skarsgรฅrd, so I'll allow it, lol

15.11.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh right, I've also seen people post a censored/cropped version with a link to bsky for the uncensored version, so I guess that's also a possibility ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

01.11.2025 08:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

prone to deletion when it's properly labeled? (It should also hide those posts from minors.) But I've also seen some ppl here and there straight up ignore all of that ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

27.10.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was trying to find out myself a while ago and still have no idea ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ I often see people censor genitals or crop the drawing right above them. I was told to avoid using the 'nsfw' tag, using 'suggestive' instead. Might be a good rule of thumb to flag spicier posts as mature as it should be less--

27.10.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

tbf I usually pick out episodes about ghosts or conspiracies bcs I welcome their idiocy distancing the topic away since I don't like listening to people who genuinely believe in that stuff... but I don't really trust them on covering true crime since the guys don't have much tact

08.09.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lmao, like everyone else I also immediately assumed you're talking about Last podcast on the left, and if you are... you're absolutely right. And I say that as a casual fan of theirs. Their sense of humor doesn't even align with mine at all, but they grew on me somehow?

08.09.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, hehe

31.08.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A greyscale three panel comic. Ace is sitting in the cockpit of his dimension jumping spaceship, Wildfire, and is looking out where a maneuvering thruster is puffing air. He thinks: "We've been cruising fine, but the portside maneuvering jets don't respond as well as I'd like." In the second panel, he is looking at the screens inside the cockpit. We see them: they are littered in text showing his name and hearts as well as badly written self-insert fanfic of him and Wildfire. He thinks: "I'll check the diagno-" He stammers, then says: "Ah?! W-Wildfire?" The third panel is a wide shot of the ship cruising through space. Dialogue goes as follows: 
Wildfire: "Oh. Sorry."
Ace: "You've been daydreaming again, haven't you?"
Wildfire: "Ah... I thought you liked it."
Ace: "You're not supposed to say that out loud."

A greyscale three panel comic. Ace is sitting in the cockpit of his dimension jumping spaceship, Wildfire, and is looking out where a maneuvering thruster is puffing air. He thinks: "We've been cruising fine, but the portside maneuvering jets don't respond as well as I'd like." In the second panel, he is looking at the screens inside the cockpit. We see them: they are littered in text showing his name and hearts as well as badly written self-insert fanfic of him and Wildfire. He thinks: "I'll check the diagno-" He stammers, then says: "Ah?! W-Wildfire?" The third panel is a wide shot of the ship cruising through space. Dialogue goes as follows: Wildfire: "Oh. Sorry." Ace: "You've been daydreaming again, haven't you?" Wildfire: "Ah... I thought you liked it." Ace: "You're not supposed to say that out loud."

Still in the business of reminding people that the ship's computer in Ace's ship canonically has a crush on him
#reddwarf

31.08.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rimmer rides a ฤŒZ 175/501 ฤŒezeta - a Czechoslovak scooter from the 50s/60s, nicknamed "pig". Any motorcycle museum I set foot in here had one of them, and they are delightfully ugly.

31.08.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ace rides a Ducati 750 SS - I specifically referenced it off a real modified racing version of it nicknamed "Old Blue", which was apparently the first Ducati to win a race in the US (in Daytona in 1977). I only gave it Wildfire's colors...

31.08.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Colored illustration of Ace Rimmer sitting on a Ducati racebike.

Colored illustration of Ace Rimmer sitting on a Ducati racebike.

Colored illustration of Rimmer sitting on a ฤŒezeta scooter.

Colored illustration of Rimmer sitting on a ฤŒezeta scooter.

Sexiest bike ever versus unsexiest bike ever
#reddwarf

31.08.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's awesome! When I go straight to inks, my drawings crumble like a house of cards ๐Ÿ˜… Not too bad with studies, but without 1:1 reference it can be a disaster. I feel like it engages some part of my brain/imagination that I haven't practiced enough, I need to build my drawings from the ground up.

27.08.2025 06:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A study of a ye olde kitten photo, done with copic markers. The kitty is named โ€œBabyโ€

A study of a ye olde kitten photo, done with copic markers. The kitty is named โ€œBabyโ€

A study of that one Gary Oldman Dracula poster but thereโ€™s no Gary Oldman, thereโ€™s only the statue face looking upwards. Done in gray copics

A study of that one Gary Oldman Dracula poster but thereโ€™s no Gary Oldman, thereโ€™s only the statue face looking upwards. Done in gray copics

I recently got really into gray copic markers and ooohh I love the results so much ๐Ÿ˜ญ

23.08.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 371    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I was doing dishes today and it reminded me of this flatmate:

10.08.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 365    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you ๐Ÿ˜ญ

09.07.2025 06:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will always be promoting suspenders, haha

08.07.2025 06:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Damn, you're one of the old guard then ๐Ÿ˜… I've been an RD fan pretty much all my life, but didn't make anything for the fandom until now

07.07.2025 07:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I always recommend it to my brother like "it's not *that* bad" and he rightfully never believes me haha

06.07.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I spent way too much time with the manga bcs of work and it got me so desensitized to the impact of the story that I'm always irrationally surprised when people find it really rough, lol. It's great though!

06.07.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Unfinished cropped drawing of Spanners working at his workbench while Ace sleeps on a sofa with Spanners's cap over his face in the background.

Unfinished cropped drawing of Spanners working at his workbench while Ace sleeps on a sofa with Spanners's cap over his face in the background.

rd wip thread of noncommittal drawings I neglected you for too long

01.07.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black and white comic. A dad walks through the drink section of a supermarket. "Alright, I just need some milk." He opens a fridge door. "Everyone knows the freshest is at the back." He reaches his arm over three increasingly fresh cartons of milk. "Just... A little... Further..." He touches a mysterious glowing carton with odd symbols on it. POP! His eyes are shut, then open. In a softer watercolour style, he leans up from a grassy hill, observing a beautiful castle kingdom in the distance. "Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit..." To be continued.

Black and white comic. A dad walks through the drink section of a supermarket. "Alright, I just need some milk." He opens a fridge door. "Everyone knows the freshest is at the back." He reaches his arm over three increasingly fresh cartons of milk. "Just... A little... Further..." He touches a mysterious glowing carton with odd symbols on it. POP! His eyes are shut, then open. In a softer watercolour style, he leans up from a grassy hill, observing a beautiful castle kingdom in the distance. "Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit..." To be continued.

Started drawing this for bad comic day but ended up going a little ham with isekai dad #comics

27.06.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 170    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Colored illustration of a large recruitment poster with Ace Rimmer on it and the slogan: "Join the Space Corps" as seen in the illustration above.

Colored illustration of a large recruitment poster with Ace Rimmer on it and the slogan: "Join the Space Corps" as seen in the illustration above.

Clean poster

24.06.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Colored illustration. On a messy wall is a large recruitment poster with Ace Rimmer on it and the slogan: "Join the Space Corps". In front of it stands Rimmer in Ace's outfit but with the jacker slung over his forearm and holding a wig in his other hand. He is half hid in shadow, looking at the viewer over his shoulder with disdain.

Colored illustration. On a messy wall is a large recruitment poster with Ace Rimmer on it and the slogan: "Join the Space Corps". In front of it stands Rimmer in Ace's outfit but with the jacker slung over his forearm and holding a wig in his other hand. He is half hid in shadow, looking at the viewer over his shoulder with disdain.

Successor
#reddwarf

24.06.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do recommend the book if you want some fun pilot action ร  la Top Gun or Ace Combat. It *is* a Warhammer 40k story, but it barely matters and the setting adds just a bit of flavor.

19.06.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black and white drawing of Bree Jagdea from the shoulders up. She is holding a bag slung over her shoulder with a cold stare.

Black and white drawing of Bree Jagdea from the shoulders up. She is holding a bag slung over her shoulder with a cold stare.

Black and white drawing of Vander Marquall from the shoulders up. He is holding a pair of gloves with a bitter expression.

Black and white drawing of Vander Marquall from the shoulders up. He is holding a pair of gloves with a bitter expression.

Jagdea and Marquall from Double Eagle by Dan Abnett. I don't often try to pull book characters out of my imagination, but it was fun!
#warhammer

19.06.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•

14.06.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Christmas pfp until july, that's a new record

13.06.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A three page greyscale comic featuring Ace Rimmer and his ship. Ace sketches the ship and shows the drawing to the ship's computer in the cockpit. The ship's computer answers by printing an ASCII art style portrait of Ace.

A three page greyscale comic featuring Ace Rimmer and his ship. Ace sketches the ship and shows the drawing to the ship's computer in the cockpit. The ship's computer answers by printing an ASCII art style portrait of Ace.

This did numbers on tumblr and it's still killing me
#reddwarf

13.06.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you're inclined...
archiveofourown.org/works/651086...

13.06.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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