My Own Private Central Valley

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 1, 2023


Photo: “Windmills through the Passenger Side Window”. Photo taken by me. (June 2022).

When June came
The grasses headed out
And turned brown,
And the hills turned brown
Which was not a brown
But a gold and saffron
And red—
An indescribable color.
And from then on until the next ...










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Character Analysis: TK from Typical Strange

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 25, 2023




Ok so here we are! Let’s get down into the weeds with Typical Strange’s TK!

…did that come out wrong? I’m sure TK would have a thing or two to say.

So, first things first. Typical Strange is the lovely creation of Banes. It’s a comedy ...






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Tough Love vs. Abuse

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 18, 2023



Tough love is so cool, eh? It's going to magic the “whining” right out of you, won't it? You just need to stick out through the harshness, and then when you reap the benefits, you'll realize your tough loving benefactor had the right idea. You'll be ...

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Character trait: Toxic Positivity, Toxic Acceptance (Part 1)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 28, 2023



Usually, antagonists or villains are emo and gloomy, angry and aggressive, suave and sly, or any combination of that. They are not generally associated with positive traits in their personality, or at least positively-associated traits.

And that's a shame, because real life sure does have a lot of variety ...



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FEATURED COMIC --> Explorer Chronicles

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 25, 2023



Phrora is an adventurer traveling all the way to Starleaf Valley, a countryside lush with farmland and abundant crops. Phrora’s curiosity leads her to a private garden where the arrival of Priestess Skymi, a wind priestess of the Soulwind Kingdom is announced. It turns out Starleaf Valley is closely ...

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When comics enter development hell

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 3, 2022



When working on comics, particularly long term, you may encounter a situation where your comic is in…development hell!

Development hell is a form of purgatory for a creative project. We often hear it used in relation to series or movies. The project is bounced from studio to studio, as ...



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We Are on Mastodon! JOIN US

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 19, 2022




So it's pretty wild on Twitter lately, and people are abandoning ship. Or at least, they're making sure there's another boat to jump to in case the ship sinks.

And that is where Mastodon comes in. This open source social media network is gaining popularity by the ...




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NaNoWriMo for comics

Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Nov. 5, 2022



National Novel Writing Month is here once again. Throughout the month of November writers across multiple disciplines and genres challenge themselves to sit down and write a 50K word novel. Although I am not participating this year, that’s not to say that this month can’t be dedicated to ...

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