moved to twitter @lunarts97 :3

been a while since i drew these two and i miss drawing them D: consider this a lil valentine’s day sketch 

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heres a skintone pallete!!! feel free to rb/use it!!!

they loved each other…

… i swear i can make it all better. if you want me, i’ll give it all to you … 

i played this song on repeat a lot today + i was in a r76 mood. 

 Hello Hello! I’m opening up commissions again! 

So this time around, I’m opening limited spots. I’ll open only 10 slots just so they are easy for me to manage. So first come, first serve. :D 

Please message me either here or on my twitter @lunarts97. my email is kind of a mess so these two profiles would be easier to contact me. I ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL! no payment, no commission and the slot will be remain open until I get full payment. 

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Please READ the info correctly and if you have any questions feel free to ask :) 

now onto other things regarding commissions. 

If you have any reference on poses, oc’s, outfits, etc. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE provide it in the message. a simple screenshot or link would do 

If you want a commission with a ship you like, please keep in mind that I’m comfortable drawing certain ships so please ask ahead of time. 

If you want me to only send you the full commission and not post the full work let me know (meaning that i’ll crop it when posting to this blog or my twitter) 

the only time your commission will be cropped when posting no matter what is if the commission is n/sfw (thank tumblr for that one) 

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to make this easier for you guys, here’s a list of fandoms  (video games, movies, tv, anime/manga) i’m familiar with :P 

Overwatch 

Final Fantasy XV 

Bayonetta 

Legend of Zelda 

MCU 

Life is Strange 

Castlevania (both game and netflix series)

Voltron 

Kirby 

Honestly, most Nintendo games 

Naruto 

Attack on Titan

Persona 5 

Tekken 

Kingdom Hearts 

Most Disney/Pixar movies 

Dreamworks movies 

Resident Evil 

The Evil Within 

A:TLA / The Legend of Korra

Happy New Year! 💕 i hope 2019 brings you guys all the good things you deserve! 

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SHORT STORY/ONE-SHOT/ONE CHAPTER/COMICS 101 CRASH COURSE RAPIDPUNCHES’ STYLE

I’m NOT an expert but I have some working experience I can share. You need experience to become great. Here is my set of instructions, tips, and notes towards making a 12-page comic.

My method is to work backwards. Personally I work “backwards” because the end is the only wholly necessary page or set of panels in the story. Everything in between is open to editing and hacking as the most important moments are emphasized and chosen.

I even plan/draw the end page first. The end is the last page a reader sees- so spend your freshest energies on making it as epic, memorable, poignant, and beautiful as #$%^&.

If you draw the pages from 1 to 12 sequentially you run the risk of fresh to burnt out- an uneven distribution of drawing skill. (treat the first page and the 2-page splash as you would the last).

Roughly… the steps to making your comic is

WRITE

PLAN THUMBNAILS

DRAW

…BEGIN THE WRITING (DO NOT SKIP NO MATTER WHAT) like this, in this order:

How does it end?

Does the protag succeed or fail?

What is the turning point of their story?

What the protag do that led them there?

Where does it start?

Who is this protag?

EXAMPLE:

Guy gets mauled by a bear.

This is a fail on the guy’s half.

The bear must eat something or he’ll starve to death.

It’s the guy’s fault the bear can’t find other food. He caused the avalanche that buried all the cabins.

The guy is yodeling in an avalanche zone.

The guy is some guy.

CREATING “THE BEAT SHEET” Take the above stuff and reorder it to make sense.

This guy yodels.

Echoes roll.

Snow slides down.

Avalanche buries the mountain.

Cabins are engulfed.

This bear has no access to cabin food and garbage.

Bear eats this guy.

Expand. Blow up important beats for emphasis. Keep less important beats brief.

This guy is hiking in the snowy mountains.

He comes across an avalanche warning sign.

There is nobody around but him.

A dumb expression forms over his face and he yodels.

Echoes roll but nothing nearby is moved.

At the top of the mountain the snow drifts twitch.

Guy, satisfied, hikes away from there still yodeling.

Frozen snow cracks.

Snow puffs billow and great slabs of ice crash down the mountain side.

Guy sees this and hightails it to safer ground.

Animals, people, are all panicking and getting pushed over by the rushing snow.

Cabins are destroyed.

The guy takes cover by an outcropping of rocks, fastens himself securely to the rock face, and waits for the avalanche to die down.

Avalanche dies down.

A lone bear shambles over from the other side of the mountain.

The bear goes to where a cabin used to be (only roof tiles are left). Bear sniffs a dish satellite.

Bear forlornly eats a food wrapper.

Bear tries to dig.

Guy comes down from the rocks he as climbing and sees bear.

Bear stops digging and sees him.

Guy runs.

Bear chases him down.

Bear eats the guy.

BEAT SHEET COMPLETED!!!

After the beat sheet, write up all the sound effects and speech bubbles and conversation/dialogue you want to be in your comic.

Since comics are a visual medium, highest priority is given to the beats. If a story can’t be told with the art without the dialogue– you messed up and it’s time to rethink your life choices.

Try to keep all your text chunks as short as a tweet. Professionally you don’t want more than 25 words per speech bubble and no more than 250 words per page.

Next is translating the beats to pages…

STRUCTURE OVERVIEW:

[1] point of entry, in media res, hero intro

[2][3] conflict. establish conflict, setting, and mood by the third page. [4][5] rising action/false resolution to conflict/investigation

[6][7] turning point/plot twist/epiphany (this one epic image, to page spread is pivotal, spend a lot of effort into creating this)

[8][9] aftermath/“darkness before dawn”/struggle [10][11] recovery/“rise and conquer”/“fall”

[12] resolution/final end/cliffhanger

[front cover][interior] [interior][back cover]

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My maximum per page is nine panels but I’ve seen pages that have way more. I like to have about 3 to 4 panels per row or less but I’ve seen the “rules” broken before. Advanced comic book artists manipulate time with the number of panels and the size of each panel.

remember, DIAGONALS!!! open up an issue of batman, superman, spider man, deadpool or whatever youre reading theyre everywhere.

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…DRAW IN THIS ORDER:

Page 12,

Page 6 and 7 (this is typically one large image that takes up the space of two pages),

Page 1,

and then the rest.

ONLY “DEVIATION” ALLOWED:

Page 12 and 1*

Page 6 and 7,

and then the rest.

*Draw the first and last page as a spread in situations where the beginning of the story mirrors the end of the story.

Cover is dead last.

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(If at the very end you find out you need more pages and it’s absolutely unavoidable and totally necessary you have to add them in fours. Try to stick to 12 pages for this crash course.)

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FURTHER NOTES:

Plan and draw the pages in spreads (the twos) since this is how it will appear in print and when you submit them to an editor for review guess what, the pages with an exception to the first and last will be reviewed as spreads.

You at most only need one establishing panel of the setting and environment (scene) per page.

Forget “true to life” perspective outside of the establishing panel). Practice diagonal composition of objects and subjects within panels. For dynamism.

You don’t have to present the text all in one go (one paragraph or bubble). You can and should break up paragraphs, sentences, and if you need to single out words– to make smaller, more easily managed bubbles to scatter through the panel.

Less important moments have smaller panels and or lesser detail. More details (or more word bubbles) slow down time. More drawn detail also creates a concentration of values (it’s darker and sometimes combines together as one shape or mass)

Know your light sources. Control the blacks. Control the values.

TIPS | COFFEE? :3 | dA | IG |  ♡ |  ❤ |  ⋆

 Hello Hello! I’m opening up commissions again! 

So this time around, I’m opening limited spots. I’ll open only 10 slots just so they are easy for me to manage. So first come, first serve. :D 

Please message me either here or on my twitter @lunarts97. my email is kind of a mess so these two profiles would be easier to contact me. I ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL! no payment, no commission and the slot will be remain open until I get full payment. 

————–

Please READ the info correctly and if you have any questions feel free to ask :) 

now onto other things regarding commissions. 

If you have any reference on poses, oc’s, outfits, etc. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE provide it in the message. a simple screenshot or link would do 

If you want a commission with a ship you like, please keep in mind that I’m comfortable drawing certain ships so please ask ahead of time. 

If you want me to only send you the full commission and not post the full work let me know (meaning that i’ll crop it when posting to this blog or my twitter) 

the only time your commission will be cropped when posting no matter what is if the commission is n/sfw (thank tumblr for that one) 

————

to make this easier for you guys, here’s a list of fandoms  (video games, movies, tv, anime/manga) i’m familiar with :P 

Overwatch 

Final Fantasy XV 

Bayonetta 

Legend of Zelda 

MCU 

Life is Strange 

Castlevania (both game and netflix series)

Voltron 

Kirby 

Honestly, most Nintendo games 

Naruto 

Attack on Titan

Persona 5 

Tekken 

Kingdom Hearts 

Most Disney/Pixar movies 

Dreamworks movies 

Resident Evil 

The Evil Within 

A:TLA / The Legend of Korra

 Hello Hello! I’m opening up commissions again! 

So this time around, I’m opening limited spots. I’ll open only 10 slots just so they are easy for me to manage. So first come, first serve. :D 

Please message me either here or on my twitter @lunarts97. my email is kind of a mess so these two profiles would be easier to contact me. I ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL! no payment, no commission and the slot will be remain open until I get full payment. 

————–

Please READ the info correctly and if you have any questions feel free to ask :) 

now onto other things regarding commissions. 

If you have any reference on poses, oc’s, outfits, etc. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE provide it in the message. a simple screenshot or link would do 

If you want a commission with a ship you like, please keep in mind that I’m comfortable drawing certain ships so please ask ahead of time. 

If you want me to only send you the full commission and not post the full work let me know (meaning that i’ll crop it when posting to this blog or my twitter) 

the only time your commission will be cropped when posting no matter what is if the commission is n/sfw (thank tumblr for that one) 

————

to make this easier for you guys, here’s a list of fandoms  (video games, movies, tv, anime/manga) i’m familiar with :P 

Overwatch 

Final Fantasy XV 

Bayonetta 

Legend of Zelda 

MCU 

Life is Strange 

Castlevania (both game and netflix series)

Voltron 

Kirby 

Honestly, most Nintendo games 

Naruto 

Attack on Titan

Persona 5 

Tekken 

Kingdom Hearts 

Most Disney/Pixar movies 

Dreamworks movies 

Resident Evil 

The Evil Within 

A:TLA / The Legend of Korra