dusting off the cobwebs because a friend threw me an idea for a funny comic and i had to draw it. I really cant believe i havent done this joke in the five years i worked on this thing, it seems far too obvious

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dusting off the cobwebs because a friend threw me an idea for a funny comic and i had to draw it. I really cant believe i havent done this joke in the five years i worked on this thing, it seems far too obvious

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there is no need to be angry any more
so that was it.
that was the ending of jennyffer.
long long ago, back in 2008, i made a deviant art account and i started sharing my works online. i made the very concious and very deliberate choice back then, to fake it until i made it. every time i posted something, every time i updated my journal, every time i left any kind of note for a potential audience, i would talk with the register and confidence of someone speaking to a huge audience of adoring fans. would apologize for delays, i would advertize big ambitious porjects i had in the works (which i never finished or published). i would explain what i was going for with every work as if i had my dms filled with questions and fan theories.
much of that was me mimicking the style with which pretty much everyone posted at the time in deviant art. i did this when i only had like 4 followers there.
i carried this attitude with me when i came to tumblr and started posting my work here, but it wouldnt find much use until i started my webcomic Disregarding Reality back in 2016. in there, much like i did in deviant art, i would post extensive authors notes explaining my thought process behind every strip, id make announcements, id update people on my schedule, i make big celebrations of milestones achieved and would give tearful gratitudes to my audience for sticking with me all those years. again, i did all this for an audience of probably less than ten people.
a part of me was perfectly aware that this was all theatrics, it was me roleplaying as a famous artist and comic creator, because that had always been my dream, to be recognized for my art. it wasnt even necesarily fame what i was looking for. i was perfectly content to be someone on the same tier as, say, tom sidell or zach morrison or scott dewitt. someone with a well liked webcomic who could feed a relatively small but loyal group of fans that would spurn discussion, analisis and fanart. that was the thing i was looking most of all, praise i can do without, i wanted engagement, i wanted analisis, i wanted the kind of fan interaction that is measured in fan content. i wanted reviews, even bad reviews, it meant people were thinking about my work.
one thing i started with disregarding reality was to make small self contained story arcs, that is where we got mama bird, soft boys, hexen snatch and the begginings of max splosive.
and every time i concluded one of this arcs i would post a giganting wall of text as a sort of retrospective, an after game analisis, where i would explain what i was going for, what inspired me to do this, how was the process of creating the thing and to what degree i succeeded or failed. i did the same for my novel there is a crack in the world.
and is time to do the same for Jenniffer. except this time is special, is it not?
this time i do have an actual, proper audience.
this is no longer theatrics, this is no longer me roleplaying, now there are a significant ammount of people listening.
dreams do come true after all.
in many ways that was the second greatest success of this project. the fact that i actually garnered a following of some kind. to be sure, i doubt there are more than a hundred people who have seen jennyffer, but that is irrelevant to me, i got engagement, i got comments and analisis and fanart, that was all i ever wanted and i got it. i am realized, i am fulfilled.
the actual biggest success of this project id say is the fact that people got me. people truly understood what i was going for. i have heard many analisis of what is art in the last few months, wether there is such a thing as objective criticism of art, what is art for, what is the purpose of art, why we make art. and one position i heard over and over again was that art is not for communication. you know, death of the author and all that, what the creator meant has no bearing on the work and the experience of the work itself.
and yet i cannot help but disagree on some level, because if so what else can i call jennyffer other than an absolute triumph of conveyance. people understood it, time and time again i would see comments where people descrive pointedly, incisively, precisely what i was going for. i felt seen. so in that regard, im going to pin the blue ribbon upon my chest, sorry barthes.
there is a lot more that i want to say about this project, loads and loads. do you have any idea how many easter eggs i hid? how many references? do you know whats the story behind the little dinosaur painting in the therapist office? do you want to know?
well all those questions and more will be answered in the ~JENNYFFER COMMENTARIES~
thats right, every week on my patreon, starting today, ill be posting two videos (thats right TWO) with a director's commentary of a jennyffer episode. so if you want to know all the cool super secret details you can go to my patreon and subscribe, these are going to be patreon exclusive so i wont be releasing them to the public for a long long long time, sorry! i gotta eat!
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Now i want to end this with a talk about the characters themselves in this story. Jennyffer and Peter.
They are based on many many different things, things that i have descrived many times in the past. but one thing i want to put emphasis on is that they are very much two sides of myself. the sensitive, morally punctillious and enciclopediacly nerdy Peter, and the assertive, sarcastic and ebullient Jenny. those who have known me for a while would have seen my inner peter poke out whenever in talking about some interest of mine, or when i first met them and want to cause a good first impression, or when im kinda tired or melancholic. and they would have also noticed my inner jenny get out whenever im salty, or stuck in debate mode, or excited or enthusiastic.
They are two lovely kids. they are endearing, they are funny, they are a little messy and sometimes a bit too much to handle. but it was an absolute delight and a priviledge to have them live in my head for four years and im very greatful that i had the time, the energy and the will to bring them to life.
now, as they grow old and mature and have to get ready to leave their mother's house for college i do have to let them go, im going to miss them a lot and im sure they will ocassionally come back to visit. but is time for them to do their own think. all i can do is say goodbye and thenk them for letting me tell their story.
best of luck to both of you
"So, like, I was saying to him, right?"
The titular Jennyffer from Jennyffer, featuring Jennyffer (and Peter (from Jennyffer)). Had a lot of fun watching this today, but mind the content warnings. Jennyffer is, of course, a product of Fip Industries (Fipindustries) (1810)
Notes on my Watch-Through of Jennyffer by F.I.P. Industries
This week I watched the animated webseries Jennyffer, by @fipindustries / Amanda Avila. Itās a short series about an assholeish trans girl in high school, just living life in our silly world. You can watch it on YouTube!
TL;DR: This series is funny, witty, edgy, delightfully absurdist, and full of visual richness, gags, and allusions despite the minimalist style of the drawing and animation. Jennyffer grew on me as I watched it and I definitely think itās worth the hour or so runtime. There are nine episodes averaging about 4 minutes apiece, plus a few small bonuses.
Fip is a friend of mine so I wrote down my thoughts as I was watching, but I am posting them here (with her approval) in the hope that folks happen to get intrigued and decide to go check it out. Iāve adapted my notes a little bit to make them easier for you to read, but for the most part these are extemporaneous notes speaking directly to Fip.
Indented (ā ---> ā) comments are written after I watched the entire series and went back to review my notes.
āTUMBLR PEEPS / TPā comments are additional comments Iāve written for you lovely people on this huggable hellsite. Iāll also give you my overall review and recommendations at the end.
* This post contains spoilers for Jennyffer.

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Jennyffer, by @fipindustries / @unbeknownsttomen!
kept thinking about that idea for a jennyffer x RCBG crossover
some random sketches! im really loving having post it notes, there is something so satisfying about having these little neat squares to do 1 (one) little sketch on
the first four are character for a project from @syngirl which shes still working on and she was kind enough to let me see early drafts of!
the second is a little jenny sketch i had to do for reasons that will become clear son enough
and the last one is yinglet me again