they call me the oc enjoyer

This is what we mean when we say that "sex is a social construct." And it's disappointing how many people on our side even misunderstand that. Sex being a social construct does not mean it isn't real. It just means that it can't be a biological category, and its a crime to science that it currently is considered to be one. Every biologist who refuses to recognize this and continues to insist that "sex" is a biological category instead of a social one is doing a disservice to science, which becomes very evident when you ask them to define "sex." It quickly falls apart in exactly the same way that "tree" does when you try to biologically define that.

Like, they'll usually say something like "female humans have xx chromosomes, and estrogen-dominated endocrine system, enlarged breasts, a uterus, a vulva, and a vagina. Sounds reasonable, right? Except that there are people who do not meet one or more of those categories who are also definitely female. When someone gets a hysterectomy, do they stop being female? What about if they're born without a uterus but meet all those other categories? This is actually not uncommon. What about people who have xy chromosomes but meet all the other categories? Another thing that is not uncommon, and I am not just talking about trans women, there are a lot of cis women who are born with a y chromosome that is not expressed for various medical reasons. Defining "male" also has the exact same problems.

💫: do you have any characters who are women

🌱: do you have any characters who aren't white

🎁: do you have any characters who are fat

Okay here there is a very important talk. cw: transphobia

I live in the environment where is being queer person is considered illegal.

Every day of my life I struggle, having no real safety even inside my own house, surrounded by my transphobic family, forced to hide important part of myself so I AM NOT fucking with people who have an AUDACITY to call my feelings wrong and make “responses” with their offensive drawings, misgendering me and complaining about how “sad” they are, because I love Viima and see my own story resembled in him. Juma’s take on identity is very comforting to me personally, and to a lot of queer people I am sure.

start now. now. now now now. or else you'll never draw this damn thing

it's fine if you don't have the entire story figured out yet, it'll happen naturally

draw what you want to draw!! webcomics often run for years, so you better work with something you like

don't overcomplicate things. a simple, efficient work flow is your top priority in order to stay consistent

bullshit some things. trace background refs. reuse poses. draw your character's face from different angles and just copy paste it in to save time. be smart about your work baby

take breaks if needed. webcomic burnout is real

sometimes, a panel or a page looks bad. shit happens. move on

lettering is actually really important and super hard to pull off

it's your comic. do what you want forever!!!

I'm begging you again to work smart, not hard. reuse backgrounds. use brush sets for webcomic artists. trace 3D objects. use 3D models to pose your characters

you may need hours or days to draw one panel, but people will look at it for 5-8 seconds. keep that in mind

a simple background is better than no background at all (avoiding the white void increases the quality of your work by a ton!)

sometimes the anatomy needs to be a little off to make an interesting shot/panel. that's fine, don't worry about it too much

at least 2000px canvas and 300 dpi for good quality results

1/3 Mini comic scene based on la primavera events! Where Wither talks to the superheroes for the first time via Emily's body