ART HARDER
Author: Alex Heberling
Alex Heberling here. I own the place.
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My cartoonist autograph shirt! This was taken when I had access to a large-format archival scanner at the OSU Cartoon Library in 2008, but back then, the t-shirt was only just starting to fill up on the front. It is now nearly covered in signatures from all the cartoonists I have met at conventions. I really ought to get some more up to date photos of it because it’s amazing.
The first people to sign it were Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud, which set a pretty high bar! A lot of the cartoonists I’ve since asked to sign it were often honored and humbled to share autograph space with them.
I had to stop taking it with me to shows because they’re so little room left to sign! (And also I’d be devastated if it got lost or stolen.) Putting this here as a reminder of all the amazing people I’ve gotten to meet over the years.
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My cartoonist autograph shirt! This was taken when I had access to a large-format archival scanner at the OSU Cartoon Library in 2008, but back then, the t-shirt was only just starting to fill up on the front. It is now nearly covered in signatures from all the cartoonists I have met at conventions. I really ought to get some more up to date photos of it because it’s amazing.
The first people to sign it were Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud, which set a pretty high bar! A lot of the cartoonists I’ve since asked to sign it were often honored and humbled to share autograph space with them.
I had to stop taking it with me to shows because they’re so little room left to sign! (And also I’d be devastated if it got lost or stolen.) Putting this here as a reminder of all the amazing people I’ve gotten to meet over the years.
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Basically done with this though I might touch it up if I’m in the mood for it later.
FFFFFFFF Emy you are way too good at digital painting. This is so beautiful, it’s like an old-school ink drawing, but in COLOR. Texturesssss <3
We need more good webcomics.
A medium gains legitimacy and respect when people making work in that medium legitimize and respect it.
Comics as a whole are in the process now of gaining that legitimacy, and it’s because of the people doing good work in that medium, more than any other reason. Superficial aspects like deciding to call them “graphic novels” instead of “comics” don’t help. Good work helps.
Webcomics are a subset of comics, and for the time being are seen as a distinct thing because of their mode of distribution. They’ll probably lose the prefix before too long, but who knows. They are in some ways becoming the new “indie” comics, and replacing the niche filled by minicomics and zines, bit by bit. Because it is effectively free and easy to put this stuff online, it will naturally have a lower signal-to-noise ratio than print comics, and a lower percentage of good stuff—and I hope it is always that way.
There are a lot of really excellent and varied comics being published online, and if there are more it will help all of us: the ideal self-policing culture that decides which comics are good will become more streamlined and accurate. Creators will work harder and have more good comics to judge their work against. More people will care about webcomics. There will be more good things to read on the internet.
If you are making or aspire to make a webcomic, take your work seriously, be engaged in it, and believe in it. Do good work, and be consistently critical of it so you will keep improving. You have your reasons for choosing this particular means of distribution, so own it: don’t think of it as a shortcut or an excuse to do anything less than the best you can.
– Evan
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Loot at these beautiful women!
Ladies (and men too!) remember, diversity is beautiful!
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The photoset wasn’t working the way I wanted, so here’s the original “base” by itself:
The red lines are meant to mark the contours of the body.
Once again, a very quick guide as tips for drawing breasts. As before, this is a bit rushed and just a starting point for drawing breasts in different sizes with attention to the shape, nipple position as it relates to/and sag.
Not an authority, just doing this since people have asked nicely for a long time. May do a better one in the future.
