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I was asked by a friend yesterday if I could offer basic tips about comic paneling. As it turns out, I have a lot to say on the matter! I tried breaking down the art of paneling using the principles of art and design, and I hope it helps you out!

EDIT: uh uh there are a lot of people reblogging this, so i figure i may as well append this now while i can lol

This whole thing was very much cranked out in a few hours so I had a visual to talk about with a friend! If this gives you a base understanding of paneling, that's awesome! Continue to pull in studies from the comics you see and what other artists do well and don't do well! You can tell paneling is doing well when the action is flowing around in its intended reading format.

Here's the link to the globalcomix article from which I pulled the images about panel staggering! Someone sent in a reblog that it wasn't totally clear that the 7th slide mostly covers what NOT to do in regards to staggering, and that is my mistake!

I saw in a tag that someone was surprised I used MamaYuyu too, and I don't blame them lol. If I had given myself more than a couple hours maybe I would have added something else on, I just really admire MamaYuyu's paneling personally.

Team 1 !

this was supposed to be a comics of Sonetto and Vertin after the first trial. i can’t write the dialogue properly and i don’t remember the point behind it. but!! pretty Vertin ^^ !!

ISOKANIA!! might finish this later, because i’ve been thinking about them lately

my first ever Schneider!! she looks funky, this sketch is more than year old hehe. the zine server liked it, so i’ll let it be here

Yep, more smut, if you can even call this that. I'm sorry 😭

I blame you both for this. You know who you are.

(I'm not mad dw, now have this that has been sitting here since Sept 16)

Heya. I've never done one of these before, but I thought, hey, better had, right?

Today is Christmas; and for me, the first anniversary of playing Reverse: 1999. I started on this day during the 2.1 update, the day I got my new phone, heh.

I started playing out of pure curiousity, and something to relax me while college and other games are in my head.

This, of course, led me to discovering the treasure trove that is R1999; from getting Lilya, to playing to get enough Clear Drops to get the limited characters, to Voyager constantly dodging me... it's been a heck of a year.

But, that's just my experience with the game; I have others to thank.

To the R1999 RP server: My opinion on most of you all are... mixed. Not in a bad way, no, rather I feel you have a mixed opinion on me. This, well, I guess was to be expected. Not everyone can get along, after all. Even still, I offer my utmost thanks to you all for granting new ideas, and if I may be selfish, furthering the lore of my own original characters.

And to my friends, on Tumblr, and to especially Jamie... thank you. So much.

No words can express how much you all mean to me (empathy moment, I know 😭), and in a way, you and this game also led me to discovering that gender is a ridiculous notion.

Or, maybe that's just me. I'm sure there is another lesson here, somewhere.

It's just... it's been a long, long year. One without my Grandma, and one that's turbulent with some members of my family IRL.

Still, I can't just focus on the bad parts: I'm awful at taking my own advice, but I'll always try my hardest to take this one most of all:

To be better. To be better than the last year, and to be even moreso in the next.

So... yeah. Thank you, again, for being friends with me.

And to those who miss, say, the glory days of SAGAU... I do, too 😔

Anyhow, that's my love letter done. I love this game so much, and not just because of my gambling addiction, but also because of the amazing work put into it.

And that's about it, I think. Thanks again. Let's hope 2025 is better ^-^

Yours, Most Sincerely and Generously,

Sonetto had believed she had seen all the world had to offer, in regards to how bizarre Vertin is.

Yet, this... this takes the title of Most Bizarre.

Vertin was on their bed, her almost omnipresent top hat on the bedside table, and herself had shed her coat, it hanging off the coat rack.

And in her hands...

The sounds of squeaks echoed in the room, as a blob shaped Sonetto was, for lack of a better word, railing a blob shaped Vertin into their mattress.

The two were connected by a metal chain from both of their 'heads' which, while adorable in any other context, was certainly more... risqué, in this one.

Eventually, Vertin's hands must have tired, because she placed them down, and heaved a sigh.

And then her eyes wandered the room. And then the door.

Colour drained from her face as Vertin's head slowly turned to face her wife, who had decided today of all days to wear those damn jeans.

"...Hey." Vertin greeted, trying to distance the imminent conversation far away from the fact she was just simulating coitus between compressed, circle-shaped versions of herself and her partner. "I. Didn't hear you come in."

"I was being quiet, as I thought you were asleep." Sonetto's reply was quick, and her accent made it sound as if it was she who held the conversation in complete and utter control. "...May I ask what that was, Vertin?"

"You may not."

"..." Sonetto's gaze wasn't judgemental. Rather, it was more exasperated than anything. "Vertin, you know that we have tomorrow, right?"

"I-I know, yes," a rare stutter from the normally stoic woman; it was no wonder, really, given how flustered Sonetto can make her.

Sonetto approached slowly, but soon enough, she stood directly above Vertin.

Her wife's face had regained its colour, and was now coupled with a bright red hue, as well.

She looked like a Christmas tree, in that regard, oddly enough...

Sonetto's hand went forwards, and soon enough, found her wife's cheek. She rubbed her thumb against it, even as Vertin looked away in embarrassment, bright red turning a shade darker yet.

"For the record, Timekeeper," that title, once used religiously, was now only used when the Italian poet truly wished to tease the Brit. "You having the plushie version me being on top says quite a bit."

Vertin spluttered. Then she got her hat, and tilted it as to hide her red face.

She was adorable. And Sonetto couldn't help it!