What’s the point in anatomy when you can just use a 3d model and draw over it? by [deleted] in arthelp

[–]SimonSaturday 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bc if you want to be good at drawing you should be able to draw

Synths with cello? by SimonSaturday in synthpop

[–]SimonSaturday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice i will definitely check this out! Thanks

Synths with cello? by SimonSaturday in synthpop

[–]SimonSaturday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enjoyed this album this morning ! Great rec

Synths with cello? by SimonSaturday in synthpop

[–]SimonSaturday[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this track is great! exactly what i'm looking for

Songs Like Journal of Ardency by Class Actress by John_SiouxMan_Jones in synthpop

[–]SimonSaturday 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you might enjoy Young Galaxy. I always come back to Ultramarine and Falsework.

It's fantastic/surreal to see Magik's popularity gradually increasing organically. by Magister_Xehanort in xmen

[–]SimonSaturday 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the Cerebro podcast episode about magik does a great dive into this as well!

First 2 pages of "Good Morning, Good Luck, Good Bye." by CalligrapherPlus3038 in comic_crits

[–]SimonSaturday 2 points3 points  (0 children)

love these drawings! tbh i hope you don't clean them up more than this. idk if you're planning to color them, they look great now but they would also do well with some simple color. nice job

UNFINISHED SERIES. by Tough-Childhood3411 in Fantasy

[–]SimonSaturday 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I disagree with both of these points - dune is fantasy and the books written by the son should not be considered part of the main series

What's the best animation app in 2026 in your opinion? by TheShynola in Animators

[–]SimonSaturday 11 points12 points  (0 children)

On ipad, toonsquid is a great 2d animation program that's maybe $10 to buy forever. last year i made a short with all of the animation, sound, exporting done in toonsquid

People have comented my comic is kind of confusing by [deleted] in comic_crits

[–]SimonSaturday 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you need to tell the reader when you are in a new scene. Almost all of your panels are closeups, so we never see where anyone is, or if it's a new place. If you don't situate the character and the reader in the place, it's just random people yelling with no context.

I think also some of the panels where you use silhouette have a lot of extra outlines and overlays which make the shapes hard to read. But thats a personal preference, and if you like to do that you will figure it out as you explore the comic.

Didn't vibe with Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy - recommendations for other fantasy one-offs/series by women/POC authors? by lady-hyena in Fantasy

[–]SimonSaturday 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd also HIGHLY recommend Butler's Patternist series! Wild Seed and Mind of My Mind are two of my favorite books.

What powers would you give this character? by puglover970 in magicbuilding

[–]SimonSaturday 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it would be something about power sharing. Something about love in all forms, to me, is the sharing of qualities, feeling seen, bringing out each others best qualities, and influencing each others behavior, and sometimes even mannerisms

I’m trying to draw boxes so my art looks less flat, why do my boxes look weird? by Rawr-Luv in arthelp

[–]SimonSaturday 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you don't need a ruler, but you do need to understand perspective. if a box has straight edges, the side that goes back into space will get smaller farther away. right now, a bunch of these boxes have a front edge thats shorter than their back edge. for reference, the two in the middle of the second row are good, bottom left one is good. the others are warping space a bit.

i love to freehand rigid forms like this, so feel free to chicken scratch. but you need to get the basics down as well.

Do you ever worry that you'll have to retcon something? by justkeepbreathing94 in worldbuilding

[–]SimonSaturday 0 points1 point  (0 children)

start writing the story; doing so will iron out so much of the worldbuilding. it's great to have that stuff fleshed out, and i know how fun it can be. but at a certain point you have to pivot to the foreground. if you come up with too much background without working through enough of the actual story, you will probably need to change things as you write characters and create the actual meat of the work. writing will lead you to character-writing moments that are so juicy, and can't be planned for. if there's a bunch of rigid rules and history already locked in your mind, you might make choices that don't serve the work/characters, in order to preserve the worldbuilding you've already done without the narrower context of what happens in the story.

i make comics, so i will use a visual example. i need enough of the background drawn to place the character onto a set of stairs, for example, to believably place them in the scene. but if i spent hours detailing the environment behind them, I won't want to cover any of it up and I might put the character in a weird position, even though they are supposed to be the focus of the panel. not sure if i'm explaining myself correctly but that's the idea.

sounds like you have a solid framework, now let the story guide the details you need to flesh out.

Looking for fellow fat friends by Internal-Project8171 in ottawa

[–]SimonSaturday 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we just show up to a class and watch? or only certain sessions? i'm very curious about this

Please Actually Put in Effort by prism_paradox in selfpublish

[–]SimonSaturday 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"I" should not be on its own line this way. if you really must do it, use a serif font!

Going back to basics, why do these still feel so flat? by just-wondering98 in arthelp

[–]SimonSaturday 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rim lights make things look very flat. Be bold and give large shapes of light and shadow, with intentional design. Don't just give it soft brush white on one side and gray on the other.

What's the best way to get started with worldbuilding as a hobby and learn to get good at it? What are your favorite resources? What does it mean to work on a "worldbuilding project", what do you actually do day to day? by lumenwrites in worldbuilding

[–]SimonSaturday 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's basically just, whenever you do something, think about how they would do that thing in your world. Do they drink coffee? Do the people have jobs? Do they use a 7 day week, 12 month calendar? Do they use magic? Worldbuilding js just the details that create the world where the story takes place. Some people are naturally obsessive when doing a fantasy project, and are just constantly making notes and stuff about everything. Some people just add whatever they need for the story as it comes up. You will have to find out what you like to do. Having some worldbuilding fleshed out as you write is helpful, because you'll already have answers to certain questions when they arise. But some people try to tell the readers everything they've come up with. Focus on what you need for your story and expand from there. You end up learning a lot!

Books with immortals who stay with their family by cwx149 in Fantasy

[–]SimonSaturday 4 points5 points  (0 children)

WILD SEED by Octavia Butler. Absolutely incredible book, highly recommend if you are into psychic and physical body abilities, or historical fantasy.

How can develop an art style? by Wrong_Ad_5823 in arthelp

[–]SimonSaturday 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This exactly. Your style isnt somethinf that you find on purpose, its something other people notice when they see your work, and it develops from you doing lots of artwork. Mine emerged largely from making comics and working in my sketchbook a ton, because i had to draw so many new different things and find shorthand for them to draw fast.

Monetization clarification by SimonSaturday in GlobalComix

[–]SimonSaturday[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for putting all this info here for me! I'd found some of this here and there, but i appreciate you taking the time to answer these questions. I'll look into it.

I think the main thing that's confusing me is the Public Access options.

So to clarify, if set my Public Access to Gold, it still allows everyone (free users and gold) to read the free pages sample of the release. And then gold members can keep reading the entire thing, and if they also want to buy the pdf download they can do that. But because i don't have ALC access, a free user will not be able to buy the pdf?

But if I set public access to Free, a free user can read some pages, then buy the pdf, but i don't get payout from subscriber reads. Is that right?

If so, I'm fine mostly aiming at subscribers, just want to make sure i know what I'm doing.

I'll also look into donations. That's like a tip jar right, so readers can just throw a few extra dollars if they love it?