Dymarob

Hello. Welcome to my Tumblr blog thingie. My name is Dymarob, but you may know me as "Who the hell are you?"

.....Yeah, I'm not that popular.

Anyway, I'm a cartoonist from Canada. I got my hands on a graphics tablet back in Christmas of 2017 and I've been drawing ever since.

I have a webcomic series called "The Adventures of Penny and Judge" that, while you can see some of it here as I post them, you can read the series in its entirety on Tapas or Deviantart. It's a wholesome slice-of-life-style comic about a fun-loving 7-year-old and her more cynical father who wants the best for her.

If you like what I do, I have a Ko-fi page that you can donate to if you'd like. You'll get access to the original sketches of the comics I make, as well as time-lapses of me drawing them. I also have a merch store on Teepublic if you're interested

I hope you enjoy what I have to offer.

Being

Penny tried to get rid of her want for material things…… Tried.

I came up with this a couple of weeks ago, and I knew I had to draw it. It tracks, since they did try meditation before.

I was sick for a few days before I drew this after meeting extended family for a get-together. I didn't draw anything during that time, and I was running late with drawing this, so when I first finished it, all I could see were the flaws, and I went, "Dammit, I suck!" I drew no backgrounds, and Judge's arm in the last panel is kinda short. I didn't notice that one until I was almost done, and I just didn't have the energy to fix it.

Looking at it now, sure, this comic could have looked better, but I don't think it's inherently bad. I mean, yeah, that arm still bothers me, but I think it's still a good comic with a decent joke. It's really cute, and I love how the two of them are acting in this. I added the FX in the final panel, and I think it really added.

So, yeah.

All The Thing We Can Do

Forgive me, but I'm about to trauma dump quite a bit here.

So, for quite a while, I've been trying to come up with ideas for comics that utilize the fact that it is Summer vacation. I mean, what should I do with that? Should they go out? Where should they go? Should they go to a water park? Should they have a picnic? Should they go camping? What jokes could I even make with these situations?

Anyway, last month made one year since my father died, and 4 and a half years since my Mother passed. I've been dealing with that and processing my feelings about my childhood.

I'm not gonna beat around the bush: My parents were emotionally abusive.

I look back on a lot of things they did to me and realized I didn't deserve it. They didn't really know how to raise me, and instead of trying to figure it out, they stuck with the same old methods and blamed me when it didn't work.

I've recently been replaying old PS2 games I used to play, or wanted to play, as a kid. It brought back good memories, but that also made it worse because I realized my best memories as a kid were of sitting on my ass watching TV and playing video games. My best memories should be of my parents, but it isn't. My childhood memories of them were of them watching TV in their room and complaining about work. When we hung out, we always did what they wanted to do, never really caring enough to join me in any of my hobbies.

More often than not, I was alone.

I've said this before, but Penny and Judge are both based on me. Penny is the childhood I wish I had, while Judge is the parent I know I could be. After processing all of that stuff about my childhood, the idea for this comic popped into my head, and I realized this was all that was needed. This is all Penny and Judge really need to spend their Summer vacation. And this was what I wanted when I was a kid.

That's it… This was all I wanted.

Forever Action

Penny finds something to watch that makes her think.

I have a whole assortment of thoughts to go with this one. I came up with the idea for this comic when I remembered the Pokémon "Spoink". It bounces all the time, and the shock pumps its heart. If it stops bouncing, it will die. I remember when I first learned that fact, I thought it was pretty morbid for a children's game, but I liked it. It made me wonder how annoying it would be to have to do a specific action all the time to live, and then I went, "Oh, right. Breathing."

So…… Yeah.

If I'm being honest, I'm not entirely happy with this comic. I'm in a bit of a rut in coming up with comic ideas, and I can't think of much to go with the Summer Vacation. I pulled this one out of a list of comic ideas I had. I thought it was fine, but as I was drawing the TV, I thought, "This feels uninspired." I feel like the silly face Penny makes at the end is what carries this, but I am pretty happy with that face. I feel like I finally mastered the puckered lips look.

Summer Plans

Penny and friends plan out their Summer Vacation together, but only one thing is on their minds.

I feel like this is a common thing: people planning out all sorts of grand things, then just not doing any of that and just lounging at home. I do it all the time. Some of the best moments in my childhood were in front of the TV, and some of the worst were away from it. That's all the trauma dumping I'll do today. Anyway, case in point, there's a lot of pleasure to be had in the little things. I've seen videos of people eating $100,000 meals, and I always think to myself, "I bet it doesn't compare to a street vendor hot dog."

As I was drawing this, I was bummed out that I didn't make any backgrounds, except for the thought bubble. I wanted to add something, but I knew the comic didn't need it. Also, I draw all three of them in nearly every comic, and I do it twice in panel 3, so even without backgrounds, this took a while. I'm sure you can understand.

Backgrounds or no, I'm pretty happy with this comic. And I love that I'm finally showing a happier, friendlier Cree. A year ago, she would not have been making that face when gaming with them. I feel like, after her character arc back in April, I've barely shown her since, and I'm not happy about that.

Hopefully, she, as well as others, will show up more during the Summer. We'll see.

Smells Like Hot Dogs

Penny and Judge have quite the miscommunication. This happens more than you think. I feel like this is one of my more relatable ones. This feels like something that happens with parents and their kids a lot.

There's not much to add here. I like this one.

Aren't You Forgetting Something?

To anyone concerned: my goal with this comic is not to sexualize, but to normalize. I am a nudist, and this is the best way for me to show people how wholesome and healthy it can be. I understand and respect any concerns, and as long as you are civil in the comments, I am happy to talk about it. For more on my thoughts, see this post.

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Another Summer vacation, another family trip to the nude beach. Penny was a bit too excited this time, though. This has been something I try to do every year. I didn't last year for obvious reasons, but the tradition resumes this year.

I had this idea in my head for a while, and I knew I had to draw it the moment I imagined panel 4. Something about Penny covering up her pants, reacting as if she wasn't wearing pants, made me laugh. I mean, who else but Penny? I also like how the text balloons censor everything. I've said it before, but when I draw nudity, it's usually butts. Butts are funny.

I'm proud of this comic, but I don't think it's drawn very well. I drew this on the same day as "Doing My Business" because I wasn't drawing in the days before my birthday. I had to make up for the lost time. Even so, this could look better. I wasn't sure how to draw the area they were in at the beginning, and I still can't draw cars. I also feel like Judge is too tall in the final panel, and the proportions are just off.

Well, I'll try to get in more practise for next year's trip.

Doing My Business

It's Summer vacation, and Penny is looking for ways to entertain herself all day. This is one of those ways.

Okay, so I have never liked the phrase "Doing your business" as a euphemism for going to the bathroom. It just feels…… vague. And I get that's the point, but…. I don't know; It just feels off to me. I thought it would be funny to make fun of the phrase and actually have Penny pretend to do business. Welcome to her office, guys.

Anyway, I've talked about it before, but this is the first time I have shown the upstairs bathroom. Different wall, different floor, different toilet, and it has a shower instead of a bath (Though you can't tell in this). It is right across the hall from Penny's bedroom, so she normally only uses it when she's upstairs.

Not much more to add here, other than I love the final panel. She's using a cardboard box for a desk, and a banana for a phone. I wanted to draw her using one of those plastic cell phones that have candy in them, but I don't know if they sell those anymore, so banana it is. And of course, the profit chart is sideways. Whoops! 😜 It's a business owned by Penny. What did you expect?

Keep Your Pants On

It's Summer vacation here in Ontario, Canada (I checked), and Penny is all sorts of excited. I've done a joke before where Penny was so excited for Summer vacation that she got naked, so this tracks.

I've always wanted to do a joke like this where Judge asks an undressed Penny to put her clothes on, only for Penny to ask if they were going somewhere or if they were having guests. I didn't because it was too obvious a joke, and the comic reached a point where Judge accepted that Penny's a nudist. I love how the joke flows in this one. It works really well.

I think this is one of my best-drawn comics in a while. I recently swapped out my pen nib and cleaned my tablet. My pen was practically gliding as I drew. Drawing this was a cinch. My only real complaint is that the hands are iffy, but if you've ever drawn hands, you understand.

Hope you all have a great Summer vacation. Penny definitely will.

Spoiled The Joke

Dammit, Judge! Penny wanted to tell the joke!

I feel like this was a common thing in childhood, where a kid wants to do something, only to be thwarted at every step. It definitely happened to me a bunch.

Not much to say about this comic, but I'm pretty happy with how it came out. When I first came up with this, I knew I had to exaggerate the pout on Penny's face. It's not perfect, but I think it gets the point across.

Post Party Depression

Judge comes home from a party that some of his friends set up….. He does not like parties.

A while back, someone asked me how Judge's autism is different from Penny's. I gave a few examples, but nothing huge, and I realized I needed to look into it more. One thing that quickly became obvious is that, unlike Penny, Judge doesn't like talking to people. But when a friend invited him to a party, he couldn't bring himself to say no, so here we are.

I'm pretty happy with this comic. The only panel I have issue with is panel 3, when Judge slumps down onto the couch. I wasn't sure how to draw him slumping down. I put his hands behind his back to help show he was leaning, but….. I don't think that helped.

Other than that, I do like this comic. I always love showing when Penny and Judge are there for one another. The moment Penny realized Judge was socially exhausted, she went straight for a calming hug.

Dream House

Penny has some fun playing The Sims…… Really, that's it. I mean, what didn't people do while playing these games?

I drew this on June 1st. The one-year anniversary of my father's death. I was reliving everything in my head during those few days he was in the hospital, and I started replaying Sims games to get my mind off of it. As a kid, my first exposure to The Sims was the PS2 game, and its "Get A Life" story mode. I was 11 years old, and I was hooked. I recently replayed it using emulation and beat it in three days. I also got my hands on "Bustin' Out."

The screenshot in the first picture is of The Sims 2. I used to play the Ultimate Collection on Origin, and I even made Penny and Judge's house in it a long time ago for reference. Now I have the Legacy Collection, and it's so nice to have a version of that game that doesn't require extensive tweaks to work correctly anymore. I plan on playing a bunch more.

And so, it also felt right to have Penny and Judge be fans of the series too. I came up with the idea for this comic a while back. It's based on the Scrubs episode "My Porcelain God," where the Janitor installed a toilet on the roof. I originally wanted to use Paralives for the screenshot once it came out, but money is kinda tight now, so I don't own the game yet. I also don't know if you can put a toilet on the roof in that game, and quite frankly? I'm afraid to ask. I've seen some footage, and it looks great, though.

As I said, I drew this on the anniversary of my dad's death. I wasn't exactly in the best mindset drawing this, but the main thing that helped was that the majority of the comic is copy-pasted. I didn't do that because of my dad's death, but because it kinda had to be. They barely move, and I think the humour works better because of that.

Breakup Song

Penny's still playing away on her violin. She's trying something a little new this time.

I came up with this joke a while back. The line "There's a fart in my heart" popped into my head, and I started laughing because it sounded like something a kid would say if they were sad. I could totally see Penny saying it if another kid was mean to her, so it made sense to me that she would use a line like that in making a song about a breakup.

The original punchline was Judge with a tear in his eye saying, "……There's definitely something there," but I thought it might be funnier if it was just zoomed in on his face. I'm not quite happy with the face, though. Drawing subtle expressions is harder than it looks. To be clear, Judge is actually moved by the song, but is trying to remain stoic. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to make him look stoic. This was the end result of that experimentation. I'm a little bummed, but then I remembered the main reason I started this series was so I had an excuse to draw more for practice.

…..So……. Here we are.

I will say that I really like the camera angle I went with in Panel 2. I didn't want each panel to look exactly the same, so that's why I went with that angle. I could have done better with Penny's face, but I think it works well.

She's Gone

Penny has gone missing, and Judge can't find her anywhere. Where has the light in his life gone?

This popped into my head weeks ago, and I'm so happy to finally draw it. It's one of those comics I put off because I knew if would be a lot to draw, but I did it, and I'm very happy with how it looks.

The only real issue I had was Judge's eyes in the final panel. I tried to make him look like he was pretending to be mad at her, but secretly enjoying it, but it's kinda hard to draw subtle facial expressions. I'm probably going to look at this one years from now, and go, "Dammit, I should have done X!" Other than that, I struggled a bit to draw Judge on his knees. It's one of those times I needed to look up reference photos, and even then, I feel like I could have done it better.

But in the end, I'm still really happy with this one. I love the fact that Judge looks like he's serious for the first half of the comic, until he points out the lamp "that's there for some reason." RIght there is where it becomes clear he is just playing along.

I'll be honest, I got the idea from this video: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DAuG9EUSJY-/

It was just so cute, and would absolutely be something Penny would do after watching an old episode of Scooby-Doo. I had to draw it.

Birds On Wires

While walking around town, Penny ends up having a question about power lines.

I came up with this a while back after seeing some birds on power lines. That question popped into my head, and I looked it up……. Good story, Mat. Anyway, from what I looked up, they don't get shocked because they aren't touching anything else.

I'm glad I drew this comic, but I'm not happy with how it looks. It does a bunch of things that I don't like doing with my drawings. Panels 2,3, and 4 are all copy-pastes with minimal changes, and I don't know how to draw birds, so they are silhouettes in panel 1. I also didn't draw any poles, and I feel like I should have. If I'm being honest, the way the backgrounds are shaded is what carries it for me.

Maybe my standards are just too high. I think, after doing this for 8 years, I don't really know how to improve on my art anymore. I think that's what's bothering me here. It's not that the comic necessarily looks bad. I just wish I could make it look better.

……I guess that's a good problem to have, actually.

May I Say It?

Penny vents about another day at school ruined by Mrs. Halibut.

Ordinarily, you shouldn't let your kids swear, but I think it's okay here. I like how Penny asked for permission first. My parents let me swear on certain occasions when I asked for permission first. I mean, I'm no expert, but I think it's important to let kids express themselves without restrictions, at least sometimes. Obviously, she can't swear like that in public, but every once in a while at home seems fine to me.

I like how this comic looks. My only regret is that I didn't put more detail into Penny's face in panel 2, but even so, I like this one.