Them.

I don't care what your perception of the female body has been warped into by the media and advertising prevalent in culture. eat some goddamn carbs

like you're telling me jayce's blanket went with viktor to his commune, was incorporated into his song and his machine herald form, then to the COSMIC VERSION OF THAT MACHINE HERALD FORM. you're fucking kidding me. he's literally never going to let go of that thing he's gonna be dragging it around until it's a single piece of thread

Argos!!!

Me when my tober is jashing.

i couldn’t think of a better way to communicate this so its this . my struggle

Meet Paul & Cyrus!

He/Him & They/It respectively.

Silly facts!!

▪︎ Paul & Cyrus are the same person, but from different eras. One is from the 2000s, the other is from the 2020s. This happens because Paul, an old computer, had modern parts put into him, creating Cyrus.

• If they were human, Paul would be 40-something. Cyrus would be 16.

▪︎ A change from one to the other would be shown with glitching on the screen and the brightening/darkening of the outlines.

Credits to Salven for helping me with some of the design elements for these guys.

This, but also with trans people in general. No one owes you any specific way of expressing themselves.

For example... This person goes by she/her, doesn't pass, but is still happy with her appearance and body? Great for her! I'm glad she is able to express herself how she wants to!!

We /need/ to demolish this weird way of thinking where we believe that what we expect should be what is shown/given to us. As said above, it doesn't make someone any less valid of a community member just because they don't 'look' it. We're supposed to support each other, not bring each other down.

"The nonbinary afab who goes by she/her, dresses femininely, and uses a push-up bra when I—" when you what? What's wrong with her?

Is she not nonbinary enough for you? Is the way she experiences her queerness and how she presents not perfect enough for you? Nonbinary people don't owe you androgyny, right? So why is she the exception? Why does she have to hate herself to appeal to your standards? Why is she any less trans—any less worthy of respect—cause it's "not visible"? Queer solidarity my ass. Don't spout this bullshit on Pride, man.

Michael!!!! I love this [not so] little dude.

The 2nd one has an added static effect!

tips for getting people to like your ocs

*disclaimer: this is based on what’s worked for me, aka an artist that likes to make comics/storyboards. so this advice is directed at people who do that

you can do things like this:

but frankly, I don’t think most people engage with this (at least I personally don’t).

My main piece of advice is: get better at writing.

That might sound harsh, but let me explain what I mean!

What I tend to do is just throw characters into situations with as little handholding as I can. Give enough context that readers can follow along, but don’t feel like they’re being explained to.

what can you learn about the characters through their designs alone? (age, personality, economic status, occupation, etc)

what can you learn about the characters’ relationship though their interactions alone? (are they close? familial? romantic? is there hostility? are they tense/relaxed?)

what are the characters currently doing? what were they doing previously (how long have they been talking)? what are they going to do next? can you convey this without dialogue?

how do they feel about what they are doing? are they content? focused? over/understimulated? would they rather be doing something else?

where are they? does it matter? would establishing a setting in at least one panel clarify the scene? is there anything in the enviroment that could tell some of the story?

what time of day is it? what time of year is it? what is the weather like?

Now, with all this in mind, I'm going to give you another example. I'm going to use completely brand new characters for the sake of the experiment, so you won't have any bias.

Did this get more of an emotional response from you than the first example? Why do you think so? Who are these characters? How do they know each other? What else can you infer about them? What happened? Who is "she"?

Now, you don't have to actually answer all those questions. But think about them! You can tell people a whole lot about your characters without ever showing them a list of their likes and dislikes.

Obviously, comics aren't the only way to get people invested in your original characters! But regardless, easily digestible formats will grab people's attention faster than huge blocks of text, and comics are a lot less work than doing wholeass storyboards.

Now go and share your ocs with the world!!!

Hey guys!! I'm back after, like, a year with some new art!!!

I'm not sure what's going on here, but I think he's going through something.