Claire Scott
@jcscottart.bsky.social
she/they • comic author and illustrator
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Claire Scott
@jcscottart.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Not even half of my workload as a comics major in one picture
Best graduation pic I took this year
Best graduation pic I took this year
To any traditionally published graphic novel authors out there:
Are you supposed to write a completed script before you query literary agents?
My research says no (just write a plot outline) but I haven’t seen a definitive answer…
Are you supposed to write a completed script before you query literary agents?
My research says no (just write a plot outline) but I haven’t seen a definitive answer…
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
To any traditionally published graphic novel authors out there:
Are you supposed to write a completed script before you query literary agents?
My research says no (just write a plot outline) but I haven’t seen a definitive answer…
Are you supposed to write a completed script before you query literary agents?
My research says no (just write a plot outline) but I haven’t seen a definitive answer…
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October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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FUNDRAISER! Give $40 or⬆️ to Trans Law Center, email receipt to helioscopepdx+popup@gmail.com
I’ll send you a postcard sketch of any comics character. No real likenesses-comics only. I’ll do 5! Check replies here; I'll post when they're all gone. Offer good worldwide! transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
I’ll send you a postcard sketch of any comics character. No real likenesses-comics only. I’ll do 5! Check replies here; I'll post when they're all gone. Offer good worldwide! transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
October 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
FUNDRAISER! Give $40 or⬆️ to Trans Law Center, email receipt to helioscopepdx+popup@gmail.com
I’ll send you a postcard sketch of any comics character. No real likenesses-comics only. I’ll do 5! Check replies here; I'll post when they're all gone. Offer good worldwide! transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
I’ll send you a postcard sketch of any comics character. No real likenesses-comics only. I’ll do 5! Check replies here; I'll post when they're all gone. Offer good worldwide! transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
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If you need: developmental edits on your script, help with project management, feedback on your pitch, or help building your world, refining your characters, and improving your story -- I am here to help!
Please feel free to shoot me a DM and we can chat about it. 😁
Please feel free to shoot me a DM and we can chat about it. 😁
Hey! I finished up work on a few projects this week and am looking to take on some new gigs.
I'm still mainly editing comics but if you are working on a novel, short story, podcast, TTRPG, or videogame I can bring my storytelling toolbox and lend you some aid.
Let me help you make cool stuff!!
I'm still mainly editing comics but if you are working on a novel, short story, podcast, TTRPG, or videogame I can bring my storytelling toolbox and lend you some aid.
Let me help you make cool stuff!!
If you have a comic you are planning to crowdfund, or perhaps you are a creative team gearing up for a run at Image and you think you could use an editor -- let's talk!!!
September 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If you need: developmental edits on your script, help with project management, feedback on your pitch, or help building your world, refining your characters, and improving your story -- I am here to help!
Please feel free to shoot me a DM and we can chat about it. 😁
Please feel free to shoot me a DM and we can chat about it. 😁
Artists developing OGN pitches, go check out Konner’s editorial services!
I sent the story outline for my latest pitch, and their feedback was thoughtful and motivating. After our conversation, I felt confident that I could make a stronger story by implementing their advice.
Thank you, Konner! :)
I sent the story outline for my latest pitch, and their feedback was thoughtful and motivating. After our conversation, I felt confident that I could make a stronger story by implementing their advice.
Thank you, Konner! :)
If you need: developmental edits on your script, help with project management, feedback on your pitch, or help building your world, refining your characters, and improving your story -- I am here to help!
Please feel free to shoot me a DM and we can chat about it. 😁
Please feel free to shoot me a DM and we can chat about it. 😁
Hey! I finished up work on a few projects this week and am looking to take on some new gigs.
I'm still mainly editing comics but if you are working on a novel, short story, podcast, TTRPG, or videogame I can bring my storytelling toolbox and lend you some aid.
Let me help you make cool stuff!!
I'm still mainly editing comics but if you are working on a novel, short story, podcast, TTRPG, or videogame I can bring my storytelling toolbox and lend you some aid.
Let me help you make cool stuff!!
October 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Artists developing OGN pitches, go check out Konner’s editorial services!
I sent the story outline for my latest pitch, and their feedback was thoughtful and motivating. After our conversation, I felt confident that I could make a stronger story by implementing their advice.
Thank you, Konner! :)
I sent the story outline for my latest pitch, and their feedback was thoughtful and motivating. After our conversation, I felt confident that I could make a stronger story by implementing their advice.
Thank you, Konner! :)
Check out this zine I’m in! It’s all about drawing backgrounds and learning different techniques to make them :)
Take action and check out our newest set of artist spotlights!
Featured in this post are Claire Scott (@jcscottart.bsky.social), Eli JF Davis, and Casper Symons (@marbleboa.bsky.social)
#zine #zinemaking #zineart #backgroundart #artistspotlight #illustration #comicart
Featured in this post are Claire Scott (@jcscottart.bsky.social), Eli JF Davis, and Casper Symons (@marbleboa.bsky.social)
#zine #zinemaking #zineart #backgroundart #artistspotlight #illustration #comicart
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Check out this zine I’m in! It’s all about drawing backgrounds and learning different techniques to make them :)
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Take action and check out our newest set of artist spotlights!
Featured in this post are Claire Scott (@jcscottart.bsky.social), Eli JF Davis, and Casper Symons (@marbleboa.bsky.social)
#zine #zinemaking #zineart #backgroundart #artistspotlight #illustration #comicart
Featured in this post are Claire Scott (@jcscottart.bsky.social), Eli JF Davis, and Casper Symons (@marbleboa.bsky.social)
#zine #zinemaking #zineart #backgroundart #artistspotlight #illustration #comicart
October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take action and check out our newest set of artist spotlights!
Featured in this post are Claire Scott (@jcscottart.bsky.social), Eli JF Davis, and Casper Symons (@marbleboa.bsky.social)
#zine #zinemaking #zineart #backgroundart #artistspotlight #illustration #comicart
Featured in this post are Claire Scott (@jcscottart.bsky.social), Eli JF Davis, and Casper Symons (@marbleboa.bsky.social)
#zine #zinemaking #zineart #backgroundart #artistspotlight #illustration #comicart
Adapting books to comics takes more writing chops than people realize, even if the artist doesn’t have to write the story from scratch.
If a comic is filled with prose narration that could’ve been drawn or dialogue that hasn’t been adjusted for comic pacing, it’s an illustrated novel, not a comic.
If a comic is filled with prose narration that could’ve been drawn or dialogue that hasn’t been adjusted for comic pacing, it’s an illustrated novel, not a comic.
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
October 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Adapting books to comics takes more writing chops than people realize, even if the artist doesn’t have to write the story from scratch.
If a comic is filled with prose narration that could’ve been drawn or dialogue that hasn’t been adjusted for comic pacing, it’s an illustrated novel, not a comic.
If a comic is filled with prose narration that could’ve been drawn or dialogue that hasn’t been adjusted for comic pacing, it’s an illustrated novel, not a comic.
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Comics aren’t a stepping stone to film or TV adaptation. Sequential art is a rich and varied medium that doesn’t get a fraction of the respect it deserves ESPECIALLY for the amount of labor that goes into it
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
October 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Comics aren’t a stepping stone to film or TV adaptation. Sequential art is a rich and varied medium that doesn’t get a fraction of the respect it deserves ESPECIALLY for the amount of labor that goes into it
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September 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
September 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Did some inking today :)
September 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Did some inking today :)
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September 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
September 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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🦇 HAPPY BATMAN DAY 🦇
September 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🦇 HAPPY BATMAN DAY 🦇
inking wip complete after working on it on and off for the past month or so
can’t wait to color!
can’t wait to color!
September 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
inking wip complete after working on it on and off for the past month or so
can’t wait to color!
can’t wait to color!
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New YouTube short! Meet some of the artists at Helioscope: @jcscottart.bsky.social, @jeffparker.bsky.social, @emmetthgraham.bsky.social, Gordon Graham, and @colleencoover.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/shorts/zM4NA...
Meet some professional cartoonists!
YouTube video by Helioscope PDX
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
New YouTube short! Meet some of the artists at Helioscope: @jcscottart.bsky.social, @jeffparker.bsky.social, @emmetthgraham.bsky.social, Gordon Graham, and @colleencoover.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/shorts/zM4NA...
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i am so tired of the tasks. i want to make the comics
September 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
i am so tired of the tasks. i want to make the comics
inking wip I’ve been working at for far too long (working on setting up my studio!)
September 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
inking wip I’ve been working at for far too long (working on setting up my studio!)
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Try to figure out how a scene could work with no dialogue, and then taking breaks, imagine it a couple more times until you get to the most interesting way to show it play out. Now you're telling the story visually. Reward yourself with the possibility of some dialogue
Following up on my portfolio critique list: Any of you comics writers who teach feel like coming up with a list of 12 Things You Would Probably Tell an Aspiring Writer about their Comic Script?
Great idea! I'm not the guy to do it, but I'm sure it could be done: "The story starts on page three." "The protagonist's efforts would be more compelling if you established what the stakes are if she fails" etc.
August 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Try to figure out how a scene could work with no dialogue, and then taking breaks, imagine it a couple more times until you get to the most interesting way to show it play out. Now you're telling the story visually. Reward yourself with the possibility of some dialogue
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somebody emailed me to ask for tips on finding style, so i'm gonna share my thoughts here, too: first of all, don't worry about what you're good at it, or what you want your art to look like. figure out what's fun about the /process/ for you and lean into those elements!
August 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
somebody emailed me to ask for tips on finding style, so i'm gonna share my thoughts here, too: first of all, don't worry about what you're good at it, or what you want your art to look like. figure out what's fun about the /process/ for you and lean into those elements!
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one very real, concrete way to help feed Gaza right now is through donating to World Central Kitchen
WCK’s mobile bakery in Gaza is currently producing 45,000 loaves of bread every day. With more supplies, including flour and fuel, we'd be able to more than double that daily output and support more Palestinian families in need. #ChefsForGaza
August 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
one very real, concrete way to help feed Gaza right now is through donating to World Central Kitchen
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Comic folks: Share a favorite dumb sfx gag you came up with.
August 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Comic folks: Share a favorite dumb sfx gag you came up with.