"The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." -- The Doctor
I made a thing! I was thinking about this for a few days - because I realized that when I was young, I was also frustrated about being given the same advice over and over - without really knowing what it meant!!
Here’s 5 techniques which I have done before which have helped me grow as an artist, which are good for 5-minute warmups or just straight up challenges for your sketchbook!
Obviously, these are not the ONLY techniques - they’re just the ones I find most fun! And maybe they’re not the most ‘correct’ ones out there, but it’s better than another comic about practicing more, right?
The villain gives their customary “join me and we can be great” speech. The hero accepts.
“Join me, and we could rule the world together! Hell, the UNIVERSE! Why, with my vision and your raw power, we could–”
“Okay.”
“… I’m… sorry?”
“Well I mean you should be, you’ve been acting like an ass this whole time, but whatever, okay. I’ll join you.”
“You– wha?”
“Well I already can’t use my powers to rescue a kitten from a tree without being eyeball deep in Should Supers Be Government Regulated discourse. And selective media coverage that makes me look like a prick. And have you seen the memes? I’m done.”
“I–”
“And I got a tooth knocked out in a fight last week but I don’t get dental coverage for this gig. Or, you know. Income of any kind, livable or not. But you own a multi-billion dollar evil corporation so I assume there’s benefits?”
“Yes. There’s… yes.”
“So whatever, I’m in. Evil’s my middle name, or something. What’s our plan?”
“…”
“Do you… what, do you not have a plan?”
“Honestly no, I really didn’t think you’d be on board, I– I’m not sure how to proceed from here.”
