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approaching your location rapidly

i'm in toronto waiting for a connecting flight to visit my gf.....daydreaming about attending tcaf one day

Warm ups part 1

Warm ups part 2

Warm ups part 3

Warm ups part 4

I went to art school...

I had no clue this is what people meant by "warm ups". Like, a whole routine? Each part specific and functional? Dang.

Probably would have less "forgot how to draw" days if I did these every time. I'm gonna try it.

mostly itll be important to have as a reference for scale and shapes. i'm REALLY excited i was able to figure it out 🥲

i modelled this brig to use as a reference for my comic...it looks like ass and i can't figure out how to do a few things but I DID IT ANYWAY >:)

i never really cared for lucky luke before but ever since Matthieu Bonhomme took over as the artist, i got REALLY into it, it's such a gorgeous comic

From the late Jesse Hamm. My personal mantra for the past decade.

sometimes i forget that in order to stop feeling burnt out i need to rest 🥲

Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.

valentines day is coming up!! if you'd like a cute little sketch to celebrate, or any other kind of commission, fill out my jotform here and i'll get in contact!

#art #oc #commissions #yuri

ive always wanted to work in color for comics but ive always had an appreciation for the skill it takes to do b/w comics. now i even want to do one myself....

thank you!!! 🥲 i have to pack for a trip this week so i need to budget my time carefully but i think i should be able to spend at least monday doing nothing but art 🙏

i havent gotten to draw before work at all this week like my usual routine allows me to and im feeling VERY frustrated about it. thank god my days off are coming up

I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.

Art by Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestami | https://www.instagram.com/neyestanimana

Art by Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestami | www.instagram.com/neyestanimana

Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

An official comic book permission slip granting you, yes you, permission to make a comic.

Seems like a good day to post this again.

Print it out.

Frame it.

Hang it on your wall.

Make your comic.

that's fair!! maybe i'll yap about it once i get home from work :)

like i'll be launching this summer probably but i wanna get people excited about it

HOW do i start talking about the comic i've been working on lol?? i wanna tell ppl about it

The idea of “gatekeeping art” is the reason people turn to AI because of it is funny to me as an artist from a working class family. Like…I learned to draw and my mom was a waitress

I don’t like people trying to hide behind the idea working/poor folks can’t draw, because we create and always have

Imagine being the international Olympic committee and saying yeah, we’re not really into winners

EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT

it looks better this way

an illustration of various ships (and one boat) drawn in red afloat on stylized blue waves, next to a photo taken aboard the charles w. morgan. text in the lower right reads "sail on, sailor!"

let's go sailing!

#art #retro

Screenshot of a map and table listing ICE warehouse purchase data.

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i'm over my cold and i'm so excited to get back to working on art without having to take a nap every 2 hours >:) i'm learning lots of cool shit in my mentorship too so i'm stoked to bring that into the comms i've got on my agenda

youre gonna make ME cry youre so sweet!!!! 😭😭😭

i need to pick up my meds next week and pay my phone bill and i'm a bit in the red right now. if you're in the position to help, please consider taking a look at my commissions! form.jotform.com/royale_/comm...