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Repost it like you're broke and don't forget to click the story.
#photography
This is one of those many reference photos I took with the aim of using as the basis of an illustration. I never did. Maybe later.
I do like the raised train tracks receding into the distance and mopeds pushing into the intersection.
deets- Seoul, Korea 2019 Samsung NX500
This is one of those many reference photos I took with the aim of using as the basis of an illustration. I never did. Maybe later.
I do like the raised train tracks receding into the distance and mopeds pushing into the intersection.
deets- Seoul, Korea 2019 Samsung NX500
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#photography
This is one of those many reference photos I took with the aim of using as the basis of an illustration. I never did. Maybe later.
I do like the raised train tracks receding into the distance and mopeds pushing into the intersection.
deets- Seoul, Korea 2019 Samsung NX500
This is one of those many reference photos I took with the aim of using as the basis of an illustration. I never did. Maybe later.
I do like the raised train tracks receding into the distance and mopeds pushing into the intersection.
deets- Seoul, Korea 2019 Samsung NX500
Redd Foxx was preaching the importance of sexual hygiene all the way back in 1975
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Redd Foxx was preaching the importance of sexual hygiene all the way back in 1975
-Share something that reminds you of your childhood-
One of my earliest memories is being called "faggot" by the older boy down the street because I was wearing a peace medallion my mother gave me.
It was a lovely warm and sunny Saturday. I stayed inside but the bullying continued for years.
One of my earliest memories is being called "faggot" by the older boy down the street because I was wearing a peace medallion my mother gave me.
It was a lovely warm and sunny Saturday. I stayed inside but the bullying continued for years.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
-Share something that reminds you of your childhood-
One of my earliest memories is being called "faggot" by the older boy down the street because I was wearing a peace medallion my mother gave me.
It was a lovely warm and sunny Saturday. I stayed inside but the bullying continued for years.
One of my earliest memories is being called "faggot" by the older boy down the street because I was wearing a peace medallion my mother gave me.
It was a lovely warm and sunny Saturday. I stayed inside but the bullying continued for years.
5/5
Anyway, the point is things are wide open for me creatively with the comic and I'm both apprehensive and eager about it. Write a crowd pleaser or strive to remain an unknown marching to his own drum?
Regardless the goal of GIT GUD remains the priority.
/End of Wednesday Ramble
Anyway, the point is things are wide open for me creatively with the comic and I'm both apprehensive and eager about it. Write a crowd pleaser or strive to remain an unknown marching to his own drum?
Regardless the goal of GIT GUD remains the priority.
/End of Wednesday Ramble
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
5/5
Anyway, the point is things are wide open for me creatively with the comic and I'm both apprehensive and eager about it. Write a crowd pleaser or strive to remain an unknown marching to his own drum?
Regardless the goal of GIT GUD remains the priority.
/End of Wednesday Ramble
Anyway, the point is things are wide open for me creatively with the comic and I'm both apprehensive and eager about it. Write a crowd pleaser or strive to remain an unknown marching to his own drum?
Regardless the goal of GIT GUD remains the priority.
/End of Wednesday Ramble
4/?
And then there's the tried and true: LOVE TRIANGLE!
That's a genre that writes itself!
I've done a romance comic before. I thought it was immature, unrealistic, and generally not how humans operate. But I understand that's the appeal of the genre.
cont'd...
And then there's the tried and true: LOVE TRIANGLE!
That's a genre that writes itself!
I've done a romance comic before. I thought it was immature, unrealistic, and generally not how humans operate. But I understand that's the appeal of the genre.
cont'd...
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
4/?
And then there's the tried and true: LOVE TRIANGLE!
That's a genre that writes itself!
I've done a romance comic before. I thought it was immature, unrealistic, and generally not how humans operate. But I understand that's the appeal of the genre.
cont'd...
And then there's the tried and true: LOVE TRIANGLE!
That's a genre that writes itself!
I've done a romance comic before. I thought it was immature, unrealistic, and generally not how humans operate. But I understand that's the appeal of the genre.
cont'd...
2/?
I have a few directions to go in and no fixed ending planned.
Part of me wants to do the typical adding more oddballs to the cast in the name of wacky hijinks. There's a proven audience for that.
Go full Rumiko Takahashi.
cont'd...
I have a few directions to go in and no fixed ending planned.
Part of me wants to do the typical adding more oddballs to the cast in the name of wacky hijinks. There's a proven audience for that.
Go full Rumiko Takahashi.
cont'd...
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
2/?
I have a few directions to go in and no fixed ending planned.
Part of me wants to do the typical adding more oddballs to the cast in the name of wacky hijinks. There's a proven audience for that.
Go full Rumiko Takahashi.
cont'd...
I have a few directions to go in and no fixed ending planned.
Part of me wants to do the typical adding more oddballs to the cast in the name of wacky hijinks. There's a proven audience for that.
Go full Rumiko Takahashi.
cont'd...
1/?
This image is for Part 3 of my comic, but I'm working on the back end of the story now. It's got me plucking at my beard.
The thing about Fish Outta Water stories is that ignorance is a short lived thing... unless someone is determined to stay that way.
cont'd...
This image is for Part 3 of my comic, but I'm working on the back end of the story now. It's got me plucking at my beard.
The thing about Fish Outta Water stories is that ignorance is a short lived thing... unless someone is determined to stay that way.
cont'd...
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
1/?
This image is for Part 3 of my comic, but I'm working on the back end of the story now. It's got me plucking at my beard.
The thing about Fish Outta Water stories is that ignorance is a short lived thing... unless someone is determined to stay that way.
cont'd...
This image is for Part 3 of my comic, but I'm working on the back end of the story now. It's got me plucking at my beard.
The thing about Fish Outta Water stories is that ignorance is a short lived thing... unless someone is determined to stay that way.
cont'd...
I sometimes think the big difference between me and a real comic artist is the willingness to let minor things slide because they got the job done.
That radiator grill would have me breaking out the ruler and making sure each line was as straight as a bullet. It doesn't matter that it reads already
That radiator grill would have me breaking out the ruler and making sure each line was as straight as a bullet. It doesn't matter that it reads already
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I sometimes think the big difference between me and a real comic artist is the willingness to let minor things slide because they got the job done.
That radiator grill would have me breaking out the ruler and making sure each line was as straight as a bullet. It doesn't matter that it reads already
That radiator grill would have me breaking out the ruler and making sure each line was as straight as a bullet. It doesn't matter that it reads already
In South Korea, Nov 11 is Pepero Day. (Their Memorial Day is June 6)
It's one of those days that exist solely to sell things like our Valentines Day. I've been told it's because the 11/11 on the calendar looks like Pepero sticks.
Korea transforms the week before as...
It's one of those days that exist solely to sell things like our Valentines Day. I've been told it's because the 11/11 on the calendar looks like Pepero sticks.
Korea transforms the week before as...
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In South Korea, Nov 11 is Pepero Day. (Their Memorial Day is June 6)
It's one of those days that exist solely to sell things like our Valentines Day. I've been told it's because the 11/11 on the calendar looks like Pepero sticks.
Korea transforms the week before as...
It's one of those days that exist solely to sell things like our Valentines Day. I've been told it's because the 11/11 on the calendar looks like Pepero sticks.
Korea transforms the week before as...
Linux Rasslin' Music - We Can't Be Stopped by Geto Boys.
Somehow they managed to create a handful of perfect hip hop songs that stood the test of time, while simultaneously having a discography that was one endless Double Dog Dare.
In the dictionary next to "Aged Poorly"
6/10 gangstas
#MusicSky
Somehow they managed to create a handful of perfect hip hop songs that stood the test of time, while simultaneously having a discography that was one endless Double Dog Dare.
In the dictionary next to "Aged Poorly"
6/10 gangstas
#MusicSky
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Linux Rasslin' Music - We Can't Be Stopped by Geto Boys.
Somehow they managed to create a handful of perfect hip hop songs that stood the test of time, while simultaneously having a discography that was one endless Double Dog Dare.
In the dictionary next to "Aged Poorly"
6/10 gangstas
#MusicSky
Somehow they managed to create a handful of perfect hip hop songs that stood the test of time, while simultaneously having a discography that was one endless Double Dog Dare.
In the dictionary next to "Aged Poorly"
6/10 gangstas
#MusicSky
"I am Sandwich Guy!"
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"I am Sandwich Guy!"
I dusted off Inkscape to slap this title on here. I'm looking for good tutorials about making word balloons on YouTube right now but most everything is near a decade old.
I assume the program hasn't changed that much since then? Hard to know with tech companies.
But if it works out, bye-bye CSP.
I assume the program hasn't changed that much since then? Hard to know with tech companies.
But if it works out, bye-bye CSP.
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I dusted off Inkscape to slap this title on here. I'm looking for good tutorials about making word balloons on YouTube right now but most everything is near a decade old.
I assume the program hasn't changed that much since then? Hard to know with tech companies.
But if it works out, bye-bye CSP.
I assume the program hasn't changed that much since then? Hard to know with tech companies.
But if it works out, bye-bye CSP.
To repeat myself:
Stand for something. Fight for something. Get votes.
Stand for something. Fight for something. Get votes.
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
To repeat myself:
Stand for something. Fight for something. Get votes.
Stand for something. Fight for something. Get votes.
C'mon Alan, follow Budd's lead.
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
C'mon Alan, follow Budd's lead.
Working Music- I Got Next by KRS-One
IMO one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
"Step Into a World" (the best rap song ever made) does loom over it, but most of the tracks ARE strong enough to be seen, which is amazing.
It should be in your collection.
10/10 dope lyrical flows
#MusicSky
IMO one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
"Step Into a World" (the best rap song ever made) does loom over it, but most of the tracks ARE strong enough to be seen, which is amazing.
It should be in your collection.
10/10 dope lyrical flows
#MusicSky
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Working Music- I Got Next by KRS-One
IMO one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
"Step Into a World" (the best rap song ever made) does loom over it, but most of the tracks ARE strong enough to be seen, which is amazing.
It should be in your collection.
10/10 dope lyrical flows
#MusicSky
IMO one of the best hip-hop albums of all time.
"Step Into a World" (the best rap song ever made) does loom over it, but most of the tracks ARE strong enough to be seen, which is amazing.
It should be in your collection.
10/10 dope lyrical flows
#MusicSky
Title page done and nothing broke!
As for the source of my CSP troubles: License limits. Each Linux distro is seen as a whole new computer and I can't install it again until I remove it from the last one.
I can't remove the license from the old one because there's nothing to remove it from.
As for the source of my CSP troubles: License limits. Each Linux distro is seen as a whole new computer and I can't install it again until I remove it from the last one.
I can't remove the license from the old one because there's nothing to remove it from.
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Title page done and nothing broke!
As for the source of my CSP troubles: License limits. Each Linux distro is seen as a whole new computer and I can't install it again until I remove it from the last one.
I can't remove the license from the old one because there's nothing to remove it from.
As for the source of my CSP troubles: License limits. Each Linux distro is seen as a whole new computer and I can't install it again until I remove it from the last one.
I can't remove the license from the old one because there's nothing to remove it from.
I'm looking at this page to ink and not doing it because every time I get motivated to make art some bullshit happens and I can't finish it.
Is it a curse of the gods or is it just chronic pain and fatigue fucking with me again?
I envy the young, the fit, and the passionate.
#wip #art #woe
Is it a curse of the gods or is it just chronic pain and fatigue fucking with me again?
I envy the young, the fit, and the passionate.
#wip #art #woe
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Today's Drawing Music- Iikakodori by Charan Po Rantan
When I was there I found Japan had a diverse music industry where a lot of not-popular genres were given a chance to find their audiences.
Charan Po Rantan's genre? "Any song with an accordion." Fun stuff IMO.
9/10 Ya Mustaphas
#MusicSky
When I was there I found Japan had a diverse music industry where a lot of not-popular genres were given a chance to find their audiences.
Charan Po Rantan's genre? "Any song with an accordion." Fun stuff IMO.
9/10 Ya Mustaphas
#MusicSky
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today's Drawing Music- Iikakodori by Charan Po Rantan
When I was there I found Japan had a diverse music industry where a lot of not-popular genres were given a chance to find their audiences.
Charan Po Rantan's genre? "Any song with an accordion." Fun stuff IMO.
9/10 Ya Mustaphas
#MusicSky
When I was there I found Japan had a diverse music industry where a lot of not-popular genres were given a chance to find their audiences.
Charan Po Rantan's genre? "Any song with an accordion." Fun stuff IMO.
9/10 Ya Mustaphas
#MusicSky
Thumbnailing Music- Good Company by The Dead South
I'll be real:
"In Hell I'll Be In Good Company" totally overshadows everything else on the record. It's a good enough 2010s folk revival record on its own, but nothing measures up to that one track and it suffers for it.
7/10 banjos
#MusicSky
I'll be real:
"In Hell I'll Be In Good Company" totally overshadows everything else on the record. It's a good enough 2010s folk revival record on its own, but nothing measures up to that one track and it suffers for it.
7/10 banjos
#MusicSky
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thumbnailing Music- Good Company by The Dead South
I'll be real:
"In Hell I'll Be In Good Company" totally overshadows everything else on the record. It's a good enough 2010s folk revival record on its own, but nothing measures up to that one track and it suffers for it.
7/10 banjos
#MusicSky
I'll be real:
"In Hell I'll Be In Good Company" totally overshadows everything else on the record. It's a good enough 2010s folk revival record on its own, but nothing measures up to that one track and it suffers for it.
7/10 banjos
#MusicSky
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Inking Music - Violent Femmes
The album that launched a million college bands. Its place in music history is pretty established but is it actually good beyond the influence it has?
Gonna say yeah, actually. It deserves its laurels. Songs could have been made today.
10/10 big hands
#MusicSky
The album that launched a million college bands. Its place in music history is pretty established but is it actually good beyond the influence it has?
Gonna say yeah, actually. It deserves its laurels. Songs could have been made today.
10/10 big hands
#MusicSky
October 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Inking Music - Violent Femmes
The album that launched a million college bands. Its place in music history is pretty established but is it actually good beyond the influence it has?
Gonna say yeah, actually. It deserves its laurels. Songs could have been made today.
10/10 big hands
#MusicSky
The album that launched a million college bands. Its place in music history is pretty established but is it actually good beyond the influence it has?
Gonna say yeah, actually. It deserves its laurels. Songs could have been made today.
10/10 big hands
#MusicSky