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February Newsletter

Hello everyone!

Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet for the last week, I ended up going on a kind of unexpected trip to Scotland that messed with my schedule but I’m back now and ready to get back to work! Firstly I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has chosen to support me through my first month of Patreon! I can’t believe it!

I’ve been a little thrown off by the fact that I started my Patreon on the 17th of the month rather than at the start so I’m a little behind o...

Comic Script: Catastrophising

I write a lot of my comics in the moment that I’m experiencing the event or emotion that inspired them. I have google keep installed on my phone, iPad and laptop so that I can jot things down at any given moment and not have to worry about having things in a million different places. I also find that people will just assume I’m texting or something when I’m actually working through a mini breakdown. Here’s a comic script about something that just happened to me:

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Comic script: Worthy

I spent so long feeling like I wasn’t worthy of anyone’s time or grace.

I agreed with everything I was told and convinced myself I was wrong or stupid for having a different opinion

I tried to make myself small so I wouldn’t stand out or be an inconvenience

I wanted to hide away. If no-one knew me, no-one could judge me

But I want to laugh loudly and share my joy

I want to take up space and create spaces for others

I want to be ...

Reputation (comic WIP)

I wasn’t sure which tier to post this in bc this is definitely trauma art haha but I feel like I’ve been neglecting my lower tier patrons so here’s a peek behind the curtain! I had some time to kill on the train and ideas like this tend to come about when I’m left alone with my own thoughts haha ;;;

As usual, there was a lot I was trying to say with this comic but I’m not sure I was able to nail it hmm

Sketch Request Rewards

Hey everyone! Thank you SO MUCH for pledging to my Patreon aaa it means a SUPER LOT to me and I'm extremely grateful!!!

I just wanted to give you a little update to say I'll be messaging you all about your sketch requests soon so look out for that! (Feel free to message me first if you want to haha)

I'm still very much figuring this out but I think that starting in February, I'll send messages out on the 1st of the month and then have all the sketches done by the end of that month...

If Only

Sometimes I like to make little comic scenes just to practice! Usually these scenes have no greater context but I like doing dramatic things because I’m an edgy bitch like that ;>

Moving On

I’m really loving these watercolour brushes wow. Hopefully I didn’t go overboard with them haha! See the sketch post for this comic for more info as to what inspired it.

I’m still in the process of building a backlog of comics so I’m basically planning to do as many this week as I can and then hopefully I’ll be able to show you guys finished comics about a week before everyone else.

Hourly Comic Day 2019 PDF

I totally forgot I did this but here are my hourlies from 2019! Hourly Comic Day takes place every year on 1st February and I can't wait to do it again this year. The idea is that you do a comic panel (typically autobio, but not always!) every hour for as long as you're awake. 

It was really fun for me to look back on this because I hadn't quite nailed down my autobio comic style yet. I can't wait to see how different my hourlies will look this year!

Some trivia:

Fallin...

How I Write my Comics

Here’s a peek at what my note-taking/ idea generation looks like! I know a lot of artists are super visual with their development but honestly the drawing part is what comes the least naturally to me!!

I use Google Keep to jot down ideas. I like it because I can have it on my iPad, on my Android phone and on my PC and it all syncs up immediately so I never have to worry about having ideas written in different places or forgetting my notebook etc.

My comics are pretty much alway...

Comic WIP: Moving On

This comic is based on something really specific but it’s something that I’m trying to keep in mind in general. It’s ok to remove yourself from situations that are harmful to you. For the past couple of years, I’ve been having a lot of complicated feelings to do with moving on and distancing yourself from things (or people) that are bad for you.

The context for this comic without going into too much detail is a friendship breakup that happened a couple of years ago. Our friendsh...

Sketchdump!

Pokemon from Memory Sketchdump!

I got this idea from watching Kasey Golden's Pokemon from memory videos on YouTube but it's actually really fun to doodle them when I just want to unwind! 

Feel free to suggest which ones I should doodle next! I'm familiar with all the gens! ($5+ tiers, this won't count towards your sketch request!)

The Crumbled Empire of our Youth

I developed a short comic for a pitch in late 2019 about two online friends trying to reconnect after drifting apart not talking for about ten years and parting under weird circumstances.  Drawing heavily from my own experience of spending a significant portion of my youth on Habbo Hotel, this comic would use a similar online environment to tell the story.

I still think about my teenage online experience a lot and how meaningful it was for me to be online and make friends that way....

Cassie and Dawson

I've never posted these anywhere but Cassie and Dawson were OCs for a comic that I ended up scrapping in late 2019. I'd like to revisit them someday for a short comic! Their story was basically about being in a 10 year relationship with no desire to get married and how everyone around them thought it was super weird but they were happy regardless

Melody Doodle

I'm REALLY digging these watercolour brushes. Next time I'll post more detailed drawings and poses!

Not a Delicate Flower

Open Wounds

Some wounds never heal. I bought the watercolour maxpack brushes for procreate and I've been having so much fun with them! 

You can buy them here if you're interested:  https://gumroad.com/maxulichney#xzDl 

Melody Concept Art

Also a Zarthur at the end. I've been really struggling wtih his design! It's always been kind of a joke between my and my close friends that he looks like Peter Parker from Spiderman 3 haha

Violapse Project Overview

CONTENT WARNING: DOMESTIC ABUSE

Hello! Thank you so much for pledging to The Private Gallery! 

This tier is where I'm going to be sharing the development for my passion project, Violapse. It's a graphic novel that I was developing in my final year at artschool before I dropped out. Violapse is a deeply personal story to me and was originally conceived in 2016, but at various points I had to put the project down to focus on my own healing. Violapse is both cathartic and highly...

Fonts

Here are the fonts I've made!

The comic font is a basic lettering font that I still use from time to time, but not the font I actually ended up using for my comics. It's fun to use but doesn't have a lot of the extra characters (< >{ }[ ] these kinds of symbols and such) 

The handwriting font is what I use for all my autobio comics these days! It has pretty much all the extra characters although the apostrophe has been a bit weird with Procreate. Works fine in Photoshop...

Suffering a Gloomy Death PDF

Suffering a Gloomy Death was my project for Inktober 2018. In a time where I felt insecure about my ability to make comics, SaGD was my attempt to prove to myself that I was actually capable of creating one. The story is very loose and open to interpretation!

Epithelium PDF

TRIGGER WARNING: this comic uses violent imagery to portray an abusive relationship. Please proceed with caution!

Epithelium is about the vain search for meaning in the aftermath of an abusive relationship. Drawing on my own experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse, I wanted to explore how I feel my abuser irreparably infused me with his unrelenting anger. I have dedicated my entire being to not continuing the cycle, but my gnawing desire for revenge frightens me. This comic is an ex...

Welcome to my Patreon!

Hello! 

Thanks for checking out my Patreon page! If you're here, you probably know who I am already but just in case, I'm Bex! I make comics on the internet about my feelings. 

I'm launching my patreon with the goal of being able to make more of the comics that matter to me. Comics that discuss mental health, disability and abuse are always extremely high on my priority list but sadly often get pushed aside. With your support, I hope to be able to dedicate more of my tim...