Elephant Town Chapter 1 (pages 4 & 5)
Based on a misunderstanding by me and my old housemate Ryan last year, except it took us... much longer to figure out what bogo was.
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Elephant Town Chapter 1
Update number one!! Next few pages will be up next Monday. :)
Hats off to patron Emily Wolf for picking what was in the frame: “An austere woman with a gazillion cats all over the...
2020-05-04 04:35:26 +0000 UTC View PostElephant Town Page Zero
Elephant Town officially starts Monday!! (Does "Page Zero" count as an update?!)
Have you ever thought about something SO HARD you assume you've already told everyone else around you? That's what I've been doing. But I don't think I've told you guys about all of this! So, here's an overview:
Elephant Town takes place in my little town, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and follows four characters who don't know each other. And a cat. And maybe an elephant? I can...
2020-05-01 06:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostDumb little comic, and a note about April…
I haven't touched a bra in a week. What's really stupid is, I've worked from home for 15 years now and never NEEDED to wear a bra, but this is the week that made me go "ah fuck it, why?!" Maybe it's solidarity with ...
2020-04-01 00:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostHazel Jamie drinky animation
Figured I'd get straight to the animation I *wanted* to make. ;)
If time were really money this would be a very expensive hobby! But I'm LOVING IT and doing these instead of regular daily drawings, so maybe I'll just restrict myself to little tiny animations that only take two hours? This took ALL MORNING and then suddenly it was 3 pm and I hadn't eaten in seven hours.
Gimme some prompts that might be easy for me to do (one character, few elements) and I'll ...
2020-02-18 20:16:32 +0000 UTC View PostBaby's first animation!
I had this super talented Girl Scout in the comics workshop I taught last weekend, and she showed me a short animation she made (this is for some meme that I don't get because old, but check out the rest of her work, too, I love her characters!).
I asked her what she used to animate it, she told me about FlipaClip, I r...
2020-02-17 22:47:16 +0000 UTC View PostHourly Comic Daaaaaay!!
I was flying home all day Saturday, February 1st, which was Hourly Comic Day! I've never been awake for so many hours on Hourly Comic Day before. Which just means more panels, yaaaaay here we go!
(I think Air France was on strike?)
2020-02-04 12:34:46 +0000 UTC
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Omnis Linea Diem
**edit: decided to make this one public so people know what I'm sharing with $1+ patrons this month. This year? I sure hope I keep doing this all year!**
I'm no Latin expert (or hobbyist for that matter), but that translates roughly to "a line every day." This (or something close to this) is something Michael says every once in awhile when we talk during figure drawing. He ...
2020-01-01 22:45:34 +0000 UTC View PostFrivolity
Today while I was finishing a painting, I let myself catch up on Lucy Bellwood's delectable 20-minute audio ramblings that she shares with her patrons, and was both startled and tickled to discover that she mentions me several times throughout 2019-12-19 06:14:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Newsletter Recap
You may have gotten this in your email just an hour ago, in which case, ignore this message!
For those who aren't on my newsletter (sign up here if you want that), here's a recap of what I sent out:
You already know this one. There are 2019-12-02 19:16:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Inkcember
Well, better a December reveal than a NEVER reveal.
I liked these three final Inktobers a lot! These are the ones that will be available for sale on my Etsy shop in about an hour and a half, so remember to check in and use the coupon code I sent out today if you're a patron!
2019-12-01 23:26:08 +0000 UTC View PostCaricature Week Day 1!!
Hey and hello! I'm back home after spending a week in Memphis for this year's International Society of Caricature Artists convention, my favorite week of the year!
The week starts off with registration and breakfast on Monday, after which we storm the ballroom of whatever hotel we're infesting for the next few days with our gear. We set up our art supplies, take pictures of people we want to draw, and settle in to draw through Tuesday, Wednesday, and most of Thursday. Each of us (there ...
2019-11-26 16:19:09 +0000 UTC View PostLaura Mae Watercolor Poster
Had a fun weekend fiddling with this poster design for my old pal Laura Mae Socks's record release show this coming weekend!
If you're in the area this Saturday and you like old-style country music, drop in! The Folly is a pretty magical place. :)
Also if you have any frisket/masking fluid advice, I'm all ears! Boy oh boy do I have bad luck with this stuff. The yellow-colored fluid was ...
2019-09-02 16:21:31 +0000 UTC View PostComic: Stress Eating
I picked up a new hobby last night.
If you’re white or you pass as white, your voices are needed now. There are a lot of people out there who can’t hear beyond the color of someone’s skin; let’s amplify those voices so they don’t miss a word.
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I made this comic to post to Instagram sooner rather than later, so I hope you patrons don't mind that I didn't ...
2019-07-18 17:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostTODAY ONLY! GWS hardcovers HALF OFF!!
Hey friends! TODAY ONLY, Iron Circus is having a HUGE half-off sale for GWS hardcovers! The price of the physical book costs LESS THAN THE EBOOK VERSION, it's that cheap!!
I'm posting this for my Patreon peeps for two reasons: one, because obviously I want you to hear about is asap (I'm late on promoting it in the first place), and also to ask any of you beta-tester fans out th...
2019-07-15 17:40:58 +0000 UTC View PostBook Progress!
It's about time I posted a progress report up here. :)
For those who don't know, I'm in Portland, Oregon, on a bit of a writer's retreat (<-- singular possessive, it's just me who's retreating), pecking away at that graphic novel with no name, alongside fellow artists like Erika Moen, Lucy Bellwood and 2019-06-30 06:58:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Comic: Hitchin'
I'm never sure if little quiet stories like this deserve the time it takes to make them into a comic, but I figured that it was good practice for me on Procreate anyway.
There's something about the east coast that I think makes people instantly react to strangers with a bullshit defense. And there's something about the rest of the country that gives a little bit of room for those people. There's no wrong way to say "no," I guess, but I was disappointed in myself for not giving thi...
2019-06-23 02:09:28 +0000 UTC View PostIs There A Vet In The House??
Hmmm yeah I guess it's "in the house," not "in the audience" usually? Oh well, audience fits better!
I'm looking for a seasoned veterinarian who would be happy to answer a bunch of questions about... secret cat stuff.
Don't worry! It doesn't have to do with Pip or Ellie, or Flapjack, or any real cats. Just a fictional cat. In that book I'm writing.
I...
2019-06-19 01:21:17 +0000 UTC View PostSigning TOMORROW in Portland!
Hello hi, it's your old pal Danielle on west coast time! I made it to Portland, I'm here at Helioscope with Erika and Lucy, and we're doing a signing tomorrow from 5-7! If you're in the area, I'd love to see you! We'll be at 2019-06-15 04:15:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Little Linn
I spent the night at The Linney Residence, aka Lucy Knisley's house, and Linns snugged me real good.
(On the off-chance you don't already ready Lucy's excellent comics, here is Lucy's take on Linney!)
2019-06-09 04:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostSUCH UPDATE MUCH TRAVEL
I've had a lot to update y'all on, but every time I start to write up an update, something else gets updated. I think things are settled enough for now to share. Here's the list!
the end of BOO!
Some of you may already know that we 2019-06-03 20:31:38 +0000 UTC
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BOO! It’s me.
We’ve only got three more BOO! It’s Sex updates before the end! I’m working on #94 today and remembered this set of WEBTOON rules stuck to the front of my BOO binder:
- no penetration of any kind
- no female nipples
- no genitalia
- tasteful side boob is ok
- abs are cool
- abstract metaphors are good
- aim for 12-year-old audience
... and thought it’d ...
2019-05-18 16:41:14 +0000 UTC View PostGraphic Novel Progress
Last night I spent a few hours listening to podcasts and music while sketching up the secondary characters in the graphic novel I'm working on. It's weirdly difficult for me to write their dialogue without giving them faces first. Imagine if I wrote prose novels!
If you've been a patron for awhile you already know this, but in May I'm shelving a big project that's been taking up much more time than I'd expected, in order to make space to work on this book. I regret that I haven't h...
2019-04-10 05:13:57 +0000 UTC View PostHow do you want your Patreon? And: Oh Joy Sex Toy guest strip!
Hey there and hello! I'm gonna start this with a TL;DR: here's a guest strip I made for Oh Joy Sex Toy, and what do you want me to share on Patreon? Scroll down to answer some poll questions!
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2019-03-16 19:09:57 +0000 UTC View PostPatron Face February - last ones!
Here's the last run of my Patron Face February drawings!
I'm doing TWO MORE WEEKS of these in March! After that I'm going to try something new. :) I'll post instructions for $3+ patrons on Friday just before 2:00 pm EST, so if you want to get in the March lineup, have your photos ready! (Please CHANGE THE FILENAMES OF YOUR PHOTOS to include your name! If you don't know how to do this, ask someone who does. It makes it way less of a mess...
2019-02-27 18:22:20 +0000 UTC View PostHourly Comic Day 2019!
I participated in Hourly Comic Day on Friday, kind of! I was wiped out yesterday after teaching comics to Girl Scouts in the morning, so I kinda crashed when I got home. Figured I'd finish them all today. :)
Here's Lucy Knisley's Hourly Comics from 2007 to 2018!!
2019-02-04 02:15:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe State of Stuff, January 2019
Now that I’ve contacted everyone who needed to be contacted about everything I’m about to tell you, I can share this State of Stuff with you. There’s some secret info in here, so kindly keep this on both the down and the low!
You know I love an organized list, so here’s an organized list of what’s up over here:
The Book
As you may have noticed from the lack of sneak peeks, I have *barely touched* the graphic novel this month, aside from some ...
I'm in LA! (And updates for November!)
I'm in LA and it's warm and I love it.
I'm out here for Patrecon tomorrow and Saturday, and next week I'll be in San Diego for the annual ISCA caricature convention! Will I see any of you here?
I was on the fence about doing ISCA this year because I'm devoting as much time as I can to writing this book....
2018-11-02 05:04:07 +0000 UTC View PostBEACH PARTY SKELETON COSTUME
It's no secret that I throw a pretty serious Halloween every year. This year we threw a blacklight party and I wanted my costume to glow, so a skeleton in a fluorescent bikini was the obvious answer.
I could've paid $40 for a black bodysuit with a skeleton already printed on it, but instead I paid $20 for a black bodysuit and $4 for a yard and a half of white felt, and cut out + hot glued a bunch of bones onto my body. Luke and I kind of have an unspoken no-premade-costumes rule!
<... 2018-10-29 17:00:53 +0000 UTC View PostInktober #1: 304 West German Street
This inktober is gonna be a tough one for me this year! The book I'm working on is going to be very environment-heavy, and environments are NOT my forte. So I'm going to practice drawing houses, rooms, and other scenes for the rest of the month, mostly from Shepherdstown.
This is the house that inspired the very book I'm writing, so it seemed fitting to start here. This is me drawing it how I normally would - clumsily, impatiently, and with a brush pen. My goal is to draw places like thi...
2018-10-02 04:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post