Oh Boy Here We Go

Oh boy here we go—

F - “F” by MAXIMUM THE HORMONE

R - Roses & My Sons by Simgm

0 - Oh! MAJINAI by BABYMETAL and Joakim Brodén

0 - Oh My Goth! by Voltaire

T - Toxic by ONICKS

S - Sex Metal Barbie by In This Moment

N - No Exit by LongestSoloEver

A - Are You Satisfied? by MARINA

C - Cheerleader by Ashnikko

C - Copy Cat by Melanie Martinez

Did the same thing of no artist repeats— and the 0s are Os cuz I don’t know any songs that start with a 0 XD

@willowspeak65 @the-hobo-pig

Put a song for every letter in your url and tag the amount of people in your url ! (Original by @starmanbutitsregulusblack) Tag game <3

Irresponsible, Emei

Mad at Disney, salem ilese

Animal, Sir Chloe

Choke,I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND

Hawk in the night, Madds Buckley

Ainsi bas la vida, indila

Oh Klahoma, Jack Stauber

Too sweet, Hozier

I love you so, The Walters

Casino Royale, derivakat

GOSSIP, Måneskin

Happier than ever, Billie Eilish

Oh no! MARINA

Scatter brain, emei

Take me to church, Hozier

@karmas-a-bitch-and-so-am-i @jollyoldjellie @nevaeh-daughterofvalcarol @supermilkshakebanana and anyone else who wants to join in :)

Yesterday’s prompt, “insect!”

I was motivated mostly by me being so upset that cute little butterfly girl from the movie If is from a movie where the director(same guy who made A Quiet Place) actually rips off story ideas a bunch

So this was self healing of me making a ballerina butterfly clown toon girl—

@clownartmonth

I decided to use the prompt “whimsy” for the art style rather than the subject of the art! I used an art style reclaimed by artists since originally it was used by an AI “artist” XD

I call this “The Cycle of Sadness,” and absolutely love this

@clownartmonth

For “StarDust” I’ve given the SeaFoam clown a friend! A…two headed sideshow celestial clown girl XD

@clownartmonth

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:

Which is fun! Character sheets like this are great, especially for personal reference! But frankly, I don’t think most people engage with this (at least I personally don’t). You could have the coolest character in the world, but it will be harder for most people to feel invested when they’re presented so neutrally like this.

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

That might sound harsh when said like that, but let me explain what I mean! (Not trying to imply you’re bad at writing either!)

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 (aka I can’t use Protagonist from above, since you already know all about him).

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!!!

Just checked my followers on tumblr and holy shit 763??? If this is the social media I get 1000 followers on I’m gonna laugh XD