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Went to the art museum and spent about 2 hrs just wandering around. A really lovely break after having an absolutely RIDICULOUS Thursday. The museum trip reminded me that painting will, I think, always be my main medium. I love doing weaving and embroidery and comics, but nothing gets to me, stops me in my tracks, makes me look, and makes me want to rush home and make my own art the same way that paintings do.

So I wanted to do some comix on my thoughts/experiences since I've been on testosterone for over a year now and pretty consistently get "read" as a cisgender guy.

But I was like "Ugh, do I really want to do ANOTHER autobio comic? I'm bored of drawing myself."

And then I remembered that I'm an artist and I can actually CREATE CHARACTERS AND MAKE THEM SAY STUFF. So here are some doodles of the various trans dudes that will be in the comic. It'll be like that Bob Dylan movie where a bunch of different people play Bob Dylan.

...except a comic book.

...and I'm not famous.

...and none of these people look like me.

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I’ve added new stuff and restocked old stuff!

Check out my etsy!

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So I’ve scanned the pages of my risographed fashion study zine (you can buy that here)

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Well, clearly, I’ve peaked as an artist.

*gets that one comic where bart simpson and chris griffin are in relationship counseling and their counselor is bobby hill tattooed on my back*

replying to messages!

lb-lee: The images seem to be dead?

Aw, dangit. This is an ongoing problem I’ve been having! I can get the java code for the little etsy ad to work on my blog, but not the java code for the Society6 ad. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d appreciate them.

Anonymous: Not much to say regarding recent works. I just really want to say you're a really neat artist! Keep up being the helpful person you are ^_^             

thank you!

Anonymous: i recently came across your comic strip dealing with the relationship Homer, Peter, and Hank had with their sons. I just wanted to say that it was awesome, and a bit thought provoking. i had never put to much thought into those shows besides just simply watching it. i really enjoyed your take on it stuff. im not very good at complementing art and whatnot but yours is fantastic. keep trying cause its only gonna get more amazing! 😊😊   

thank you very much! It means a lot to hear my art got you thinking about stuff in a new way. For me, the goal of art is to communicate, whether that’s communicating my personal experiences or my perspective on something, so it’s really cool to hear that my scribbly attempts at communication are working!

Anonymous: I just wanted to write you a message to say I think you're really great and looking at your art (especially your comics) makes my soul feel good.             

Aw, thanks! Always glad to hear I can cheer the soul.

Anonymous: you're the one who did the therapy comic right? With the chris, bart, and bobby? i want to say at first it was weird seeing them all in the same place. but the message it brough across made me cry so hard because it hit so hard to home. it makes me wish i could be able to do what bobby did at the end. i honestly started cry, I've never really had anything hit me so hard like that. Dont take this the wrong way, its a good thing and what you drew has so much truth to it. I just wanted to tell you

Dang, I don’t think there is a wrong way to take such a heartfelt message. Thank you so much.           

Inktober day 4. Another interior.

This would have worked better as a painting. It’s the color composition of interiors that interests me.

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I did a small interview with Eric March over on Upworthy! He was super nice and it was a really cool experience.

Promise to post some new art once I’m done being slaughtered by essays.

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charismaticoutcast said: These are really neat! Do you mind me asking how you put your artwork on shirts/other accessories like this? Is it silk screening? I tried doing this awhile back and failed miserablyXD

No problem!

I use a printing service -- society6. I size my images to their specifications and they print and ship the product for me. They use, at least for the cloth products, a "direct to fabric" printer. I've ordered shirts from them before, but only on white so I can't speak for the other shirt colors, and the images have always been well printed and pretty darn colorfast.

However, because they do the printing and shipping, I only get a portion of the payment. But, compared to other printing services, their prices are pretty good. At society6 a 21x28 inch print costs $35 and I earn $8.65. You can raise the prices on your prints so that you earn more, but I try not to price myself out. Compare that to the print services at DeviantArt where the standard cost of a 24x24 inch print is $45 and the artist earns $7.50.

I haven't done screenprinting before, but I have used linocuts and fabric ink. If I ever chose to sell those, other prints that I created myself, or original pieces, I would sell them somewhere like etsy or storenvy, where I would just pay for hosting on their website and would be able to set the product prices myself.

I was super inspired by @g-e-gogarty ‘s drawings about the personalities of dog breeds, so I thought I’d do drawings of cat breeds but then I realized I’ve never encountered a cat that is actually a specific “breed.” I’ve just had cats that were “it showed up on our porch” breed.

So here is a guide to the many cats that raised me.

(Please view on my tumblr page since it got butchered on the dash...)

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