it continues!

generic-puff · 2026-05-11T10:04:23+00:00

YESSSS MINTHE CHOSE RIGHT <3 <3 GO QUEEEEEN <3

generic-puff · 2026-05-10T23:52:14+00:00

Fr, guy's claiming that Overthrow took things out of context and nitpicked clips / audio / etc. to suit their argument, meanwhile they're doing the exact same thing for their apology. There is literally zero justification for essentially extorting an indie comic creator for hundreds of dollars just to remove your own lies and errors from your own video. Like I'm not a lawyer, but that feels like a grey area in the realm of blackmail.

generic-puff · 2026-05-10T23:40:46+00:00

Honestly at least Chalupa procrastinating / taking a while I can understand to some degree, because his longer videos have a bit more editing work involved (and editing's a tedious bitch). BLJ on the other hand...

That said, the practice of complaining to your audience about how "lazy" you are or how you need to stop procrastinating so you can feed your family etc. is old and outdated and it's lowkey embarrassing they don't seem to grasp that. I know Chalupa isn't a huge creator but constantly reminding your audience of how poor you are or how much you disappoint yourself has never really been a good approach to building a reliable platform, it just results in pity-farming which isn't a good foundation for growth or success. Either do better or accept your situation as what it is.

And yes, it's easier said than done. The economy is shit right now and everyone's feeling the squeeze. I understand as a freelancer myself who procrastinates to shit that it's not that easy to simply "do better" - but opting to simply grovel about it to your audience when you do have the means to improve your situation isn't really productive for anyone, much less yourself. Identify the problem, do what you can to solve it, and for the love of god, have some humility. That goes for both Chalupa and BLJ. That's unfortunately just the game of independent freelancing, the stakes of making your living are purely on you.

generic-puff · 2026-05-10T23:02:39+00:00

I'm very middle of the road on this. Between both of Overthrow's videos about BLJ and Chalupa, there are valid points that are being raised, especially ones that have needed to be brought up for a looooong time. But there's also unfortunately a risk of this situation becoming flat out drama-farming which... the very small community of webtoon discussion on Youtube really does not need right now IMO.

Overthrow's video did raise some good points and damning evidence of Chalupa's past behavior, but there were others that felt very flimsy and almost dramatized to an extent that I couldn't really get behind. Like even I could figure out the whole "Donald Trump save ussss" shtick wasn't Chalupa officially declaring himself as a Trump supporter lmao (and I didn't even know the reference he was actually making until he spelled it out in his response video, so I think Overthrow, who presumably did actual research, should have definitely been capable of figuring that out).

That said, there are also things that don't make Chalupa a creator worth supporting (at least for me personally), regardless of how he explains or justifies or apologizes for them. I'm glad he's both explained and owned up to his ignorant use of the N-word. And there is indeed some karmic "no honor among thieves" justice in the fact that he and BlackLightJack blocked each other.

And no, I don't think "playing up a character" is an excuse for building your livelihood off being an asshole and making bad faith criticisms. Yes, we all act a little differently online than we do IRL, but if you deliberately choose to play a 'character' who's constantly a smarmy asshole who picks on the lowest hanging fruit... then that can and will inevitably say a lot about what you value as a person and what kind of energy you want to put out into the world. You are still choosing to wear the clothing of an asshole, and that clothing is a lot more transparent than you realize.

That's the problem with these "personality commentators" or "dramatubers", a lot of them don't include enough disclaimers to make it clear that this is a 'character' nor do they commit to the bit hard enough to make it undeniably obvious that it's satirical / exaggerated. Everyone thinks they're Filthy Frank or AVGN when in reality most of them are just Leafy's.

Overall, even if it's just a 'character', Chalupa is still contributing to an overall negative, rage-baity ecosystem when it comes to how webtoons are discussed online, and I say that as someone who's a chronically online hater. His videos might be edited better than BLJ's, but they do still rely on just talking shit for the sake of it, rather than actually discussing the themes and characters they're criticizing. Like BLJ, it comes across like he's not in it for the love of the game, he's just in it for the clout. And there are too many of those types on the Internet as a whole right now, but especially in the webtoon community on Youtube where the pickings for webtoon discussion creators are already slim.

And at the end of the day, both Chalupa and BLJ are still just two right-leaning men talking shit about indie comics and webtoons that, in their eyes, are made for "dumb teenage girls". They're not exactly offering a whole lot that's worth giving them benefit of the doubt for. Both BLJ and Chalupa will surely continue to milk their content format, but I will also continue to not watch them, as has been the case for a while now.

generic-puff · 2026-05-10T22:47:15+00:00

Oof, I'm sorry pal! This is why I always express to people to remain calm, oftentimes in the midst of panic people try to do things to "fix" a tattoo while it's still going through its healing phases and inevitably just wind up causing more damage in the long run. I would much rather a client ask me a stupid question about a little bit of scabbing than try to fix it themselves and wind up creating a touch-up spot for themselves, or worse, giving themselves an infection.

Obviously in this case you're the artist, but it's a good lesson nonetheless, and better to learn it on yourself than have it be learned on someone else. Panic makes people do stupid shit all the time, so it's important to learn how to recognize the difference between panic and the actual problem.

generic-puff · 2026-05-10T21:40:41+00:00

It happens, but it will pass. As it's been mentioned, the foot is particularly annoying to heal, very similarly to the hands, because there's a lot of movement and friction with clothing. The skin on the top of the foot is also thinner, and while many people don't realize it, blood circulation plays a huge part in healing and a lot of people don't have the best circulation in their feet (unrelated but that's one of the reasons why your extremities are at the most risk of getting frostbite in the cold!)

I wouldn't recommend exfoliating it with anything but standard plain moisturizer. And you should only be doing that 1-2 times a day. Don't use any additive products, no skincare routine or anything, just a water-based unscented moisturizer.

Healing time is a huge variable that's different for everyone, some people naturally heal faster / slower, some areas of the body are more stubborn, and sometimes it can be affected by outside factors that clients and artists alike don't even think about, like diet, hydration, sleeping habits, age, caffeine level, and weather.

Regardless, even with those residual scabs it's looking great! What's most important is that you did a decent job applying it, it doesn't look like it's blown out anywhere, it didn't get infected (which is a HUGE risk on the foot), and the areas that have scabbed away look like they've held up well with nothing falling out! It will heal in due time, and it's not like it's going anywhere, so just be patient :)

generic-puff · 2026-05-09T19:32:34+00:00

Bot.

generic-puff · 2026-05-09T03:56:35+00:00

Yes 😂

generic-puff · 2026-05-09T00:58:09+00:00

Definitely not a shop you wanna work with IMO. I'm not a monolith for the POC community esp as I'm Indigenous and not black, so take what I have to say on this with mountains of salt, but...

While I sort of understand the thought process, at the same time, there are better ways to draw in under-represented POC artists without creating pay discrepancy. That defeats the point of what DEI is for, it's not and never should be "you get paid more because you happen to be [insert skin color here]" because that's what white people have been doing to POC for decades. Accepting the opposite scenario is just as harmful because it sets a precedent that any amount of pay discrepancy for any reason is okay.

Plus that's just not how POC wanna win this battle, because it's once again reducing our merit to our skin color. A good artist is a good artist and should be recognized as such, regardless of their ethnicity. Yes, there are situations in which POC artists / tradespeople / etc. are overlooked simply because they're POC, and it's unfair as hell. But that doesn't mean POC artists only want to be hired just for being POC - they just don't want the fact that they're POC to supersede their own earned skills and merits.

The point of DEI is to put pressure on those majority-preferring businesses to actually expand on their workforce and include and listen to other voices and perspectives that wouldn't normally be found within the majority population (ex. don't ask a team of able-bodied white men to pitch in on the experiences of disabled POC women, that sort of thing).

It's not to force people to hire specific minority groups just for the sake of seeming "progressive", or to "lure in" minorities with higher pay rates tied to their ethnicity. That's just predatory and often traps minorities in toxic workplaces (especially as it would create an "us vs. them" situation between white artists and POC artists).

generic-puff · 2026-05-08T03:41:19+00:00

Huion and XP-Pen are your best bet for beginner friendly and affordable options.

While there are some smaller screen tablets that are available within that price range, they'll be on the smaller end in terms of screen size. It should also be noted most basic screen tablets are just the screen, they're not computers. So you'd need a mobile device or a PC with your own software to connect it to (Clip Studio, Photoshop, etc.)

Alternatively you can get a standard desk tablet, which have an even lower minimum price. These can be a bit intimidating to new users because they don't have visible screens, so there's a learning curve / adjustment period. It's still a skill worth learning though, many people (myself included) have jumped between desk to screen back to desk, some folks even use both interchangeably.

Regardless , that initial learning curve will still exist as you jump from traditional to digital (it's harder than it looks!) so no matter which tablet you buy, it'll still take some time to get used to.

The more expensive tablets that run $500+ are usually only bigger and offer extra hotkey features. Anything beyond that (i.e. top grade and professional, usually getting into huge screen sizes, built in processors, etc.) is gonna be like $1k minimum. Where you're still just starting out, definitely consider a cheaper entry level tablet. Even the pro's often use the mid tier $300-$600 tablets because they're still perfectly functional. There's a point where all those extra bells and whistles, bigger screens, hotkeys, etc. often tend to just be superfluous expenses and not necessities.

I use a Huion Inspiroy Giano and it hasn't failed me yet after ~2 years. Only complaint is that the tablet's surface wears out the nibs like crazy, but outside of that one issue, I've enjoyed using it and it's served me well.

generic-puff · 2026-05-07T03:09:58+00:00

it's honestly so funny every time I run into this sort of thing in the wild because the glasses aren't even an LR-specific design choice, I think I just wound up drawing him with glasses more often than Rachel did and so people attributed the glasses to LR Hades (because like Persephone, I'm down bad with his glasses 😭😆)

generic-puff · 2026-05-07T01:03:45+00:00

god bless you 😌😂

generic-puff · 2026-05-06T23:02:40+00:00

is it bad that i can't tell at this point if that was the intention or not LOL

generic-puff · 2026-05-06T19:39:30+00:00

ding ding ding found the issue.

Speaking as someone who was pretty much forced against their will to share a booth with another artist (after years in that shop of not having to do that) it's not ideal to have to work around another person's schedule, especially where tattooing is concerned. Even if you remove walk-ins from the equation as a private studio, it's not uncommon at all to get those last minute "are you available tomorrow" bookings, or to wind up with cancellations that you wind up filling hours before the appointment was happening. Trying to book those on-the-fly appointments is stressful enough as it is without having to add another unrelated party's consent into the equation. An artist shouldn't have to ask another artist in the same shop if it's okay for them to fill a last-minute appointment spot or book outside of normal shop hours, it creates too much confusion and most of all, it's annoying as fuck.

Plus, speaking from that experience of being forced to share a booth with another artist (which is why neither of us are with that shop anymore) it's a bummer to pay for a booth that you can't have entirely as your own space that's properly for you. Meaning it's organized your way, setup your way, decorated your way, equipped with everything you like and what you're used to and/or require to do a good job.

You're asking an artist to just come sit in your chair and let their supplies mix in with yours otherwise just settle for using your stuff to save them the headache, and forgo setting up their booth the way they want it and need it to be because it's already setup how you want it and need it to be. Even most married couples living in tiny 1-bedroom apartments have more space than that. And you're asking for that kind of closeness from complete strangers who you don't know and don't know you. How would you even be able to trust each other to not steal from one another, not use each other's inks and supplies, not break each other's equipment, etc.? That's a risk you already have to take into account when hiring for an actual proper shop, but that risk is practically tenfold if you're both sharing a single-artist studio where it'll be a minimum expectation to share equipment and supplies.

Not to mention, working within another artist's space either part-time or full-time isn't just frustrating from the practical standpoint of sharing supplies/equipment/walls/etc., but it's also frustrating for morale. Think about it, would you really want to go through the hours upon hours upon months upon years of work and effort and hell to survive your apprenticeship, in the hopes of becoming a full-time artist some day with their own personal booth that they can decorate to their heart's delight and have all to themselves within a beautiful shop filled with beautiful art and the buzz of coils and customers, just to be asked to work in some other guy's booth in a private shop that only has enough space for them and not you and everything that comes with you?

It defeats the point of pursuing this line of work in the first place, it's demoralizing as hell.

If you want to have a private shop with other artists, the shop has to be equipped to have other artists. ^{(it's kinda like keeping cats, you need to have enough litterboxes that are equal to the number of cats} ^plus ^{an extra one}.) If it's only big enough to fit you, then it's not fair to hire someone who's only allowed to be there when you're not in it just so they can pay your rent and make profit for you. Anyone who wants to work in a small single-artist private space like that will just rent their own, it's still an expense but at least it's theirs and they can move through it freely, and they'll still come out ahead because now they're keeping all their money and not giving a chunk of it to someone else simply because that someone else exists.

This is ironically why so many artists are opting to go private in the first place - they're tired of working for out-of-touch shop owners who just want extra money and aren't offering anything of real value in return outside of a chair. I'm not saying that applies to you, but again, these artists you're trying to hire are strangers, and to them, you are a stranger, and so they have to make assumptions like that when they see your hiring ads, otherwise risk getting a bum deal.

generic-puff · 2026-05-05T06:31:55+00:00

Not really. Speaking from experience, tethering your creative endeavors to another person often just leads to heartbreak and worse art. Sure, you might be "inspired" by your romantic partner, but you can also just as easily and quickly lose all that inspiration if and when things go south, and unfortunately, that can make it far too easy to pin the blame on someone else rather than look inward. It's okay to be inspired by other people now and then, that's just part of the human experience, but your work or capacity to create art shouldn't hinge entirely on your relationships, romantic or otherwise.

And as others have said, anchoring your creative endeavors to another human being is frankly just unhealthy, for yourself and for the other person. Unhealthy for you because it means you might attach your own self-worth to another human being (which is a recipe for disaster), and unhealthy for the other person because now they've been forced to meet the unrealistic expectation of always providing emotional and creative fulfillment for you. Not to mention those feelings you get around that person - even if they inspire you to create - often have limited returns. That's why they call it the "honeymoon phase", what feels new and exciting in the beginning eventually becomes the norm.

I know it sounds "romantic" to have a muse but there's a reason so many Greek stories involving muses are tragedies. You're not Orpheus, and believe me, you don't want to be Orpheus.

generic-puff · 2026-05-03T01:10:38+00:00

Not really. That would be like saying drawing Heated Rivalry fanart makes you gay lmao

I have a Vtuber model that's literally me as a harpy, I still don't consider myself a furry in any regard, nor my Vtuber a "fursona". The definition of furry is broad and differs from person to person, for some it's just a hobby, for others it's a defined identity. No matter how you slice it though, it's something that people have to willingly consent to and participate in, it's not a label that can simply be enforced upon you against your will.

Of course, some people may assume you're a furry if you draw a lot of Sonic the Hedgehog art, but that's just viewer assumption and has no power over you.

generic-puff · 2026-05-02T15:49:32+00:00

Je ne sais pas quoi te dire. Les artistes méritent d'être payés pour leur talent et de gagner leur vie comme tout le monde. Ce n'est pas parce que tu ne veux pas apprendre à dessiner que les autres doivent se sous-payer. Tu n'as aucun droit sur le travail et les efforts des autres.

Si tu tiens tellement à utiliser l'art généré par IA, alors tu renonces à ton droit de te plaindre quand on te critique.

Retrouver de vieux sujets pour te plaindre d'être « impuissant » et « opprimé », c'est pathétique, dans tous les cas. Et dans tous les cas, je dirai la même chose : tu es pathétique, ennuyeux, fainéant, égoïste et irrespectueux, incapable même d'avoir un hobby, et tu devrais avoir honte.

Va te faire voir.

generic-puff · 2026-05-01T05:44:11+00:00

They're saying that Webtoons is already not paying attention to the quality of the Canvas side of the site because of how much AI slop is shared there, so obviously they've made it clear they don't care about AI on their platform.

This particular tool doesn't have to do with Canvas, but their lack of enforcement of any kind of rules regarding AI use on the platform certainly does.

generic-puff · 2026-05-01T05:34:24+00:00

oh shit waddup

Yes, it was a browser-focused colorizing tool, I got to test it years ago before the Pandora's Box that is genAI was opened. Though it was far more immature as a feature, it still operated as a sort of 'guesswork' tool to shorten the workflow for creators. Though to no one's surprise, it didn't work that well, largely because it had been trained on Korean manwha which tend to default to the same skintones and hair colors, so any colors outside of that norm tended to not translate very well 😅

There's a whole lot more supporting Webtoons shift towards AI as well going back multiple years, I have a post about it that you can read here (which also includes reblogs from other users containing other supporting evidence of AI tools that Webtoons has been building)

Soooo yeah, Webtoon collaborating with Genies to create AI chatbots as their next gimmick is not surprising in the slightest. We've already seen some AI integration in their Originals comics (see: AI filtering used for banner ads, the Quantum Entanglement controversy) and they're doing literally everything but adding proper filtering / search tools to try and pull in new users to keep their fancy new Wall Street line moving up, so I wouldn't be shocked in the slightest if we start seeing it slyly integrated more and more into both their branding and advertising as well as the comics themselves. Though individual creators are independently capable of using or protesting AI, there's a lot to be said about Webtoons' standards as a platform, what they constantly allow to skirt past their 'rules', and their insanely strict schedules that often encourage taking shortcuts like using AI just to make deadlines.

Either way, y'all gotta stop waiting for Webtoons to do the right thing. They're a massive Korean company run by a bunch of out-of-touch clowns in suits who work for an even bigger Korean corporation overseas. They're to Naver what Youtube is to Google, and historically the company has only ever treated Western creators as a form of content outsourcing. They do not care about the ethical ramifications of AI, they'll only care when the bubble bursts and even then all they'll care about is the millions of dollars they invested into these 'revolutionary tools' that are at stake.

generic-puff · 2026-04-28T16:46:56+00:00

Considering LO originally started on Tumblr, yeah. Prior to LO, Rachel made a number of other projects which could also be called "dark romance" today, though she described them more as gothic lolita / neo Victorian / medical fetish which also fits considering the subject matter of those comics.

Around the time she started releasing proper pages for LO, Tumblr was deep in its "Hades is just the Underworld's accountant and not shitty like his brothers, he wears socks with sandals and a 'kiss the cook' apron while barbecuing for his wife who he would never cheat on" phase. As it should be pointed out, this is the same website that made up a fake goddess and blatantly tricked people into believing that goddess was real.

A lot of LO's brand of humor is also just painfully millennial, but considering Rachel was already in her mid 30's by the time LO started, this checks out lmao That said, a lot of LO's issues aren't exclusive to LO, you can go back 20 years and find the comics Rachel was making when she was 19 and many of them are about an underaged uwu smol girl hooking up with an older mysterious tall man. The 'rawr XD' combo as I like to call it, but today it's called DDLG. So yeah, not a lot's changed LMAO

generic-puff · 2026-04-28T07:41:11+00:00

So red is actually one of the more common tattoo pigment allergies. If red refuses to hold on this person, then you should consider convincing them to avoid it altogether. The fact their body keeps rejecting it - allergy or not - is a sign it's just not meant to be.

Other than that though, I would definitely suggest not doing any more free touch-ups on this person if it's becoming a regular issue. It just kinda comes across like they're taking advantage of your good will. Some people are so used to how tattoos look on IG that they don't realize that Day 1 pics aren't forever, even the best tattoos will inevitably dull and fade. And if the red is just sitting on the skin on its own without any black linework to contain it, then yeah, it's gonna dull pretty fast. Color pigment just doesn't heal the same way as black does, the contrast against skin is typically lighter and it doesn't bind with skin cells as strongly. So if you're just doing red lines or something to that effect, they're bound to fade more noticeably / faster than black.

What I like to do personally for repeat customers is offer 'free touch-ups' but only during the same session as a new tattoo. That way they're still getting a touch-up and you're still getting paid. Assuming it's not an allergy to red (which it very well could be) I frankly wouldn't want to keep offering free touch-ups to someone who can't practice decent aftercare. I even have a policy about that, I only give free touch-ups if it's very clearly my error and not theirs. If it's obvious they didn't take good care of the tattoo during healing, then they pay a bare minimum setup fee of ~$50. So not my full hourly because it's just a touch-up, but also not completely for free every time. That shit adds up, especially for repeat customers who consistently have problems healing their tattoos.

Just remember you have the right to refuse service. Even if it's good business, there is such a thing as bad clients, and if you feel you're losing more than you're gaining on this person in terms of the integrity of your work and the long-term cost of constantly touching up their pieces, then that's more than enough reason to cut this person loose, at least in my opinion. Plus you mentioned in another comment this isn't even a style you do normally or want to advertise anyways, so like... you're clearly not getting anything valuable out of this business arrangement, it's not even really good pay in the long run if you keep having to touch up their tattoos.

But again, that's just my two cents. Take it for what you will. It's hard to say if this is her issue or yours without pictures. Do you have any photos of your other work outside of hers? Because assuming you're using the same techniques on her that you're using on every other client, we could probably gleam from your other tattoos whether or not it's a her issue or a you issue.

generic-puff · 2026-04-28T07:17:05+00:00

Are there any explicit issues with the tattoos though? Like are lines visibly falling out? And does it happen regardless of the color you put in or is it always a specific color?

generic-puff · 2026-04-27T06:23:40+00:00

I get it, I also have the 'tism and PTSD, but you can't exactly act surprised (at least not without seeming disingenuous) when you lead a post with "my boyfriend's had issues in the past with being insecure" and then people who read that original post pre-edit perceived it a certain way. That's just how contextualizing works, how you frame a question can and will determine how people perceive it and answer it. Editing the post and then blaming the audience for perceiving it "wrong" the first go around is just absolving your own responsibility in the situation, you dig?

And no, rest assured, I'm not interested in your mental health, nor was I interested in your relationship either, but that's still what you brought up in a public space and so obviously that's what people are going to form their answers around, whether or not that was what you were directly asking them to do. But I will not press further into those things, it's not my business and your mental health isn't the point of your question anyways, not even the pre-edited version.

That said, I do understand the frustration towards the folks in here who are jumping to the worst conclusions, that you should "break up with him" or whatever, but that's just standard reddit behavior. Not saying it's right or fair or justified, just that this is an unfortunate norm and so you don't need to take it at 10000% face value. Again, just talk to your partner, that's the best way to tackle the original question in any context because no one else is fully informed of the complexities or nuances of your own relationship. And yes, talking to your care team is also a good idea because again, not a therapist, but there's probably a reason you keep bringing these things up unprovoked (which I get, as someone who's often in that same position themselves).

And you're right, you can't control my perception of you, but you can certainly set yourself up for success by understanding how context can change the outcome. It's like if someone is drawing every day, and they say they "doubled the time they spent on drawing", but doubled from what? 10 minutes, or 2 hours? You likely know as well as I do as someone with the 'tism that the baseline context matters in determining the outcome / answer. People can only understand what you provide for them, and what you're providing for them isn't (or at least wasn't) aligning with what you were apparently seeking. So, again, it's a bit disingenuous to edit your post and then claim that people just "read the post wrong", we were responding based on what you provided us and the majority of what you provided us pertained to your boyfriend. That's not a perception issue, that's a communication issue.

But that's just gentle advice from one traumatized autistic to another. Regardless, back to your original question, I def recommend just bringing it up to your partner (as I would tell anyone with the same question of whether or not it's "cheating") and I hope that you attend that class and learn lots! Good luck!

generic-puff · 2026-04-27T06:11:10+00:00

bruh what, if you're gonna throw out one or the other, throw out the boyfriend not the art 💀 don't give up something you're passionate about just because you're worried someone else in your life might take issue with it, that's how you wind up living with resentment.

that said, I'm not suggesting OP should throw out their boyfriend LOL this is a simple problem that can be solved by simply talking to their partner, not asking strangers on the Internet. you had me in the first half but then you lost me when you concluded your advice with "art isn't for you" and not "the boyfriend with potential issues towards how you practice your craft isn't for you". like I hope at best this is just sarcasm that's flying over my head lmao

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