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This is the public statement from @alepresser and myself which went up at Webtoons tonight.
Now for some ranting. Just from me, not from Ale—she's innocent of the art crimes I've committed in the past, and boy howdy have I committed art crimes.
This is the first page of my first webcomic, A Girl and Her Fed. I started this thing back in 2006. (I don't actually need a head count of those reading this who weren't yet born in 2006. I'm sure you're delightful and I wish you well in college.)
And this is the last page I drew in early 2020 before I turned art duties over to Dr. Beer. It's better, right?
Well, these days, A Girl and Her Fed has pages like this:
I drew this comic for fourteen fucking years because it's a story I wanted to tell, and I thought webcomics were the perfect format for it. I didn't know how to draw. I got better through sheer obstinate perseverance and sticking to deadlines as best I could for, again, fourteen fucking years. I sought out a replacement artist when I ran into time constraints and couldn't do art plus writing anymore; I'm a much better writer than an artist, so I had no problems whatsoever kicking art to the curb.
The first time Ale sent me art that would go up on the website—art I hadn't needed to draw myself—I literally cried in relief because I had been grinding myself down for, yet again, fourteen fucking years.
So when I read comments from people who say they want to make a webcomic but can't draw themselves and therefore need to resort to AI, that little line between my eyes gets dangerously deep.
This isn't like I'm some old dude who's bitching over student loans getting cancelled after making regular payments. This is me, someone who threw raw art onto the internet like a monkey hurling fresh poo, because I wanted to make a webcomic and the art is part of the process of storytelling via webcomics! I could've (arguably should've) hired an artist right out of the gate, and that would've been part of the process of making comics, too: a partnership between an artist and a writer is also something which grows and develops over time.
For example, after Dr. Beer and I spent two years working on AGAHF, we decided we enjoyed our partnership so much that we set out to make another webcomic! It's great! It's got wonderful art and consistent storytelling! You should read it!
But turning art duties over to unaltered images generated by AI because you want to make a webcomic but "just can't draw" is, frankly, a bullshit excuse. I'm not talking about persons who are physically unable to draw due to disability—I'm talking about people who say they want to make webcomics but simply don't wanna do the art part.
Friends, if you don't want to show your entire ass in front of God and country, you don't actually want to make a webcomic.
Do the thing yourself.
If you're scared, don't be. Take the plunge. Set a goal of twenty strips and do the thing yourself. If you can already draw but can't write? Great! Write twenty strips, write forty panels, etc. You might surprise yourself. If you can write but can't draw? Great! Draw twenty panels and see what happens.
Whatever comes out of it, it's a thing you've done yourself. It's something new you've given to the world, no matter how big or small. Be proud of that. And if you need to partner with someone else to make your comic dreams work? You can do that, too! It's still a thing you've done yourself, and many projects are stronger when done together.
...but maaaaaaaaaybe hire that partner before you've busted your own ass for fourteen fucking years. That one's on me.
#webcomic#webcomics#side quested#comic#comics#indie comics#webtoon#webtoons#AI#ai art#ai generated#ai image#ai artwork#artificial intelligence
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Hey hello?
Do you know Side Quested, the webcomic created by me and @kbspangler ?
It's a crazy-bananas Fantasy RomCom with magic, dragons, a pink-goth super strong princess that didn't need rescue, an unfortunate librarian in training, and much more nonsense!
Read for free at https://sidequested.com !
#webcomics#romcom#ranma 1/2#comics#comics on tumblr#sidequested#webcomic#side quested#illustration#artists on tumblr#illustrators on tumblr
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#neigh say#skyrim#the hyperfixation i get on skyrim every couple of years is back 👍🏻#it’s kind of insane that i’ve been playing skyrim since like 2012 and i’ve never actually finished it#i love doing thousands of side quests ! i don’t even rlly know what the main plot line is !#pony’s greatest hits
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i need more side quests i already tried drinking water.!!
AND YOU FAILED???/j
ok here are your quest options
Tidy up your room, starting with your desk/workspace, keep working outward from there
Eat something hot, this could be something you cooked on a stove, in the oven, microwave, or the air fryer (air fryer mention)
Take a stroll around the block, bring a drink with you in a water bottle, it can be anything you want
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Robert House watching The Courier rip all the copper wiring out the walls of the Lucky 38
#omw to sell it as scrap at Mick and Ralph’s#or for the gun runners maybe#oc: wesson-smith kelly#he’s awful he’s the worst he’s my little pookie bear#no time to listen to your plans or views on social economics#need money to loose at the slot machines#you bet the wrong horse in this race#no main quest side tasks only#I am in your walls stealing your loft insulation#do not talk to me#crime time 😎#all bundled up in the backseat of The Highwayman#the custom license place says $CAM1IN#fallout new vegas#fallout#courier six#courier 6#Robert house#fallout memes#fallout nv memes#fallout nv#so many tags#babygirl why are we talking about philosophy#no helgian dialects here I’m about to send ghoulies to the moon#exploding house with my mind#my courier is the worst I love him I hate him I would not let him in my house#fallout new vegas memes
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#ambassadors#comic books#Comics#game designers conference#gargoyles#gdc#library#multiversus#side quested#spa#we wicked ones
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"If the Hargreeves had phones every season would end in two episodes!" Babe if there were cell phones in the Umbrella Academy it would be so much worse. Not a single person in that house is capable of conveying information in a coherent manner. Diego has them all blocked. Viktor only listens to his voicemail in bulk once a month. Five developed his own shorthand during the apocalypse that he truly thinks is coherent to other human beings (it is not). Luther, by nature of who he is, absolutely Does Not Text for any reason and keeps calling the others. Klaus is carrying at least four conversations in the same thread at any given point in time. Even if they all managed to remember that they owned phones (unlikely) and then proceeded to convey relevant information in a timely fashion (even less likely), not a single one of them would figure it out. Allison could probably muster the braincells necessary but would not under any circumstances manage to stay on task long enough to do anything about it. Phones would absolutely not help with anything at all.
#cell phones would add at least two possibly six side quests to any given plot line#someone has to convince five not to just smash his phone with a hammer at least twice a week#the umbrella academy#diego hargreeves#viktor hargreeves#five hargreeves#luther hargreeves
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These three are so important to me
#bg3 rolan#rolan#bg3 cal#bg3 lia#bg3 fanart#baldurs gate 3#the tiefling siblings#reuniting them was one of the best side quests of the game#they love each other ur honor#even when they’re arguing#rolan’s relief that they escaped the cult is so sweet#my art
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i know people are good because of this: the universe often assigns me side quests. in a circular strangeness; despite my inability to locate my-own-anything, i am almost-always finding someone else's lost things. dogs, coats, phones, cash, laptops. it happens so often it's almost tiring; suddenly being looped into a tiny amount of detective work.
but when i'm with other people who are not used to this: the response is almost invariably delight. yes, maybe they are simply thrilled by the mystery. it's just... they light up so much. i think maybe more... i think they like the opportunity to do something kind.
a few weeks ago, i was at a bar and i found a wallet as soon as we stepped outside. i felt nervous to ask for help, worried i would be holding up the night. i picked it up and said go on without me, i should help this get back to its home.
instead, three people pulled out their phones - to find him on facebook, to help cancel his credit cards. two people went back into the bar to tell the bartender, two others went calling down the street. group texts, facebook posts, instagram stories. people, without even seeing what happened, start offering help to me. fifteen minutes and: someone knows someone who knows the guy. the cheer that went up - just for finding him, just for this small thing. someone gets him on the phone. strangers dance around me, hopping on their feet - are you the girl that found that wallet? good for you, that's a good thing you're doing/same thing happened to me and somebody did what you're doing and i thank god everyday for people like you/i can't believe you found him so fast this is so exciting
i gave it back to him in a parking lot. i watched his shoulders sag with relief. there was cash in it still - he checked the pocket, and then sheepishly held the money out to me. i didn't take it. i held up my hands. "it's no problem, man. i know you'd do the same for me."
i don't know him, to be honest. i don't know if he is the same kind of person i am. but he nodded at me.
and i know people are good. i know people are good, because the way this story ends isn't surprising. we wave goodbye awkwardly. my friend loops their arm around me.
"i can't believe we got it back to him," they said. "i'm going to be riding that high for weeks."
#i lost my wallet in disney world once#and really thought i had beefed it bc i was 19 and alone#and a woman got it back to me within an hour#just like . a mom#i have no idea how she got my number or info#and i do think that since then karmatically god has been like.#ur about to be the same person in someone else's life#btw i like the side quests but they never happen at a good time#once saved 2 lost dogs while on the way to the airport. i already had my 70 pound dog in the back of my car#and had to chase 2 dogs down the street to wrastle into my passenger seat#(she ended up writing me the fucking nicest thank you card and sending me WAY#W A Y too much in target bucks as a thank-you)#i went 2 go see batman the other night and legit like. had already been running late#to go see a friend#and instead was like. sorry i have to step outside and use this person's phone to see if i can find them#i once found 250 dollars in cash lol#MEANWHILE IN MY PRIVATE LIFE#I LOSE FUCKING EVERYTHING#adhd will be like#: thou art so observant that it is distracting :#: BUT not observant towards items that are not novel to you :#: die mad about it :#: so it is written. so it must be :#: no nobody saw where you put the fucking car keys :
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It's new webcomics day and...she's here! She's here! She's finally here!
The Wicked Queen of Deepsea is living her best life over at SIDE QUESTED:
And A GIRL AND HER FED is...even more atypically chaotic than usual.
We'll talk a little more about her character design when she's more established. I think it's another 20+ strips before we even learn her name. But she is a powerful round girl and I love her so much.
#webcomic#webcomics#side quested#comics#comic#agahf#indie comics#a girl and her fed#character design
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If you keep up with Side Quested, you must know that every month we do this thing with the Patreon backers where they can suggest themes and I'll make an Alternative Universe Illustration.
Well, this month's suggestion was Ranma 1/2.
Have a gender-bende Charlie to celebrate!!
(it felt like CHEATING. How dare work feel so much fun?!)
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I love daydreaming about if my OC x Canon/ Self insert x Canon ships were real bc like.....woah ...what it there were special episodes/side quests dedicated to their relationships....ouhh..
#like.... there would totally be a Valentine's Day episode/side dedicated to them okayyyt#self shipping#self ship#self ship community#oc x canon#oc x canon community#*side quest. what
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I love this character sm *draws his traumatizing resurrection*
#I spent on it like 40 minutes so everything is not really good looking#but I love it#actually it was a side quest I was supposed to draw something else#but well#art#dc#dc fanart#jason todd#jason todd fanart
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reunited eventually 🌼
#ffxvi#ffxvi spoilers#my art#clive rosfield#jill warrick#clive x jill#coping very hard abt that ending :sob: but im hopeful because of the priceless side quest TT___TT#final fantasy xvi#ff16#cliji
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Aventurine and his insane luck. The blessed one but his blessing is also a curse. He uses his good fortune like a weapon. It cuts him like a knife. It's meant to protect him, but he wanted to protect everyone else. He doesn't see the point of it. He resents his luck because it made him survive every tragedy, when his loved ones didn't. He loves it because he loves his mother, his sister, and his father, and it's one of the few fragments left of his first self, his truest self. Lucky boy, boy made of gold and honey. When he was born, rain fell. It was the god's blessings. Or was it the god's tears?
#two sides of the same coin#honkai star rail#hsr aventurine#aventurine#hsr spoilers#the die has many faces etc#always emerging victorious but never unscathed#he main charactered the hell out of that trailblazer quest#i love him so much#hsr#newt rambles
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Introducing the other little adventurers on the Cutie Quest! Sky Chime and Rosy Posy! They're on a quest to find out who they are, and they will never stop the journey - not until they have their Cutie Marks!
Bonus: Our Cutie Quest Adventuring Party all together!
#my little pony#mlp#cutie mark crusaders#the cutie quest#my art#Dinky Doo#Rosy Posy#Sky Chime#Apple Bloom#Scootaloo#Sweetie Belle#mlp g4#mlp fim#mlpfim#my little pony friendship is magic#swap six#side stars au
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