"Every story is an attempt to reach, relate to, and/or influence its audience in some way or another."
⚜️ Read our second Artist Spotlight, featuring @ashlingdraws , at the link in our bio!
Ashling is the creator of ESTRELA D'OESTE, which is one of three new autobiographical comics featured in our 2025 collection. This new edition of ESTRELA D'OESTE features new lettering and never-before-seen development work. The collection is currently running on Kickstarter and each comic is available as a PDF or print edition, with discounted bundles on offer if you want even more comics to read!
#kickstarter #nowonkickstarter #irishcomics #smallpress #indiecomics #autobio #autobiocomics
"I don't even know where you end and I begin. I'm sorry. And I love you."
wee looping @yellowjackets fanimation I made last week :) I was originally just having this posted on tumblr, but it got a v positive response there so... why not! lol
#yellowjackets #yellowjacketsfanart #2danimation #fanimation #jackieshauna #jackietaylor #shaunashipman #thesetagsareembarassing
(Art summary cont.) Obviously, the work I'm most proud of from this year is the comic I made dedicated to my mum - 'Estrela d'Oeste' (Star of The West). I pushed myself well out of my comfort zone for it, and the efforts paid off. I’d wanted to make this comic for a long time, and I’m glad I got the opportunity to do so this year 💛
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#comicart #estreladoeste #indiecomics #autobiocomics
🎶 All you’ve given / All you took
All your promise / All your roles
After all you’ve done / Feed your body to the wolves
It’s a lie / It’s the truth
Only one thing you can do 🎶
A little progress/update post 👀 the comic I’m currently working on is ALMOST done!! I’m so excited to put it out into the world 😭 watch this space for a KS/preorder announcement hopefully sometime next month!! This has been a pretty ambitious project for me, so I hope it lands with people the way I hope it will… 🥲🤞
OC outfits part 3/3 - Iara ☀️🍂❄️🌸
That wraps up this outfit series for the three main characters of a comic I’m *hoping* to start drawing later this year 👀 fingers crossed lol !!
#characterdesign #oc #originalcharacter #outfitdesign
OC outfits part 2/3 - Eric ☀️🍂❄️🌸
Drawing men’s fashion has always been more of a challenge for me, but I am happy with how these outfits turned out! I need more male fashionista OCs, clearly
#characterdesign #characterart #OCs #originalcharacter
OC outfits part 1/3 - Chloe! This story takes place over the course of a year so I wanted to design the characters’ main outfits for each season ☀️🍂❄️🌸
I love how easily you can tell the story of a character through their design alone :) but also spoilers without context i guess for this whole story lol…….. oh well!! The music attached is also Chloe’s theme song. For fun :)
#characterdesign #OCart #ootd #outfitdesign
"So... you actually showed!"
This is a wee animation I made at the very start of 2025 that I guess I just... never posted! I unearthed it when I was working on my OC illustrations in the previous post. Oops!
Looking back at this now is so....... ANNOYING there are so many errors I'm noticing augh 😭 but I still really like the movement of the hands so 🤲 i allow it to be perceived
#2Danimation #animation #animationpractice
(repost bc the full animation didn't upload originally..??)
Currently wishing it was summer already, so I decided to live vicariously through my OCs ☀
I'll be working on their story next once I finish the GN I'm currently working on, which... was supposed to be finished by... [checks notes] oh. Oh God
#OCs #originalcharacters #dowestillevenusetagsanymore
Art vs Artist 2025 / 2025 summary of art!
This year I've been making more art for myself, for fun, and it's been nice having a solid project to chip away at outside of work!
I have been feeling very pessimistic about the state of social media and the internet in general, but something nice that has come from that has been the reaffirmation that I love art, I love to create, and I will always be making something - even if nobody sees it. With the way things are right now, I want to support my local and indie art communities even more, and to make more work in the physical realm going forward.
With that, at the start of 2026 I intend to launch a KS campaign for my latest comic (probably around the end of January, to make things a bit more realistic for me) so keep an eye out for that 👀 It's been in the works for so long now, I'm excited to be able to put it out into the world soon!!
#artvsartist2025 #artvsartist #2025artsummary #artsummary2025
The penultimate episode of IT: Welcome to Derry was absolutely devastating, but also, I was so taken by Pennywises facial expressions that I had to draw some of them!! They reminded me of Chuck Jones for some reason...
#pennywise #pennywisefanart #itwelcometoderry
I'm going to be at @thoughtbubblefestival this weekend!! My friends and I have put together a wee free-to-participate stamp rally for the occasion, which I drew the stamp sheet for!! It is harvest festival themed for the autumn season 🍂🎃 Hope to see you there!! I'll be tabling with @tsundernova under @chipcollective at table B15 in the 2000AD hall!
#thoughtbubble #thoughtbubble25 #tbubs2025
![Currently wishing it was summer already, so I decided to live vicariously through my OCs I'll be working on their story next once I finish the GN I'm currently working on, which... was supposed to be finished by... [checks notes] oh. Oh God#OCs #originalcharacters #dowestillevenusetagsanymore](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6742294119444467576752_0_73e656f396f9b78cbc043411e4ae0a5c.jpg?o=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&h=da9d05ad663134926ae14158dcc40e80)
