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Sal Pals Comic
Sal Pals, a play on Gal Pals, is an all-femmeish cast of anthropomorphic salamander-y folks meant to be a slice of life and chill vibes comic. Currently it's in development as a fourish panel, vertical, traditional-to-digital comic. Not pictured at left: Stormy always has clothes on that say "Food Crimes." Even if it's sharpie on dress shoes.
Ax is secretly buff from carrying a full sized harp.
Geck's keys probably dropped out of his pocket out-of-frame.
Cas's tail is a meat whip gently resting on Ax's tail.
And, my life is consumed by these characters in my subconscious whether I do anything about it or not.
Read on Webtoons + Now on Bluesky!
Let bad be a success.
Other comics
Silly Sincere, for the one-off comics that I make as situations come up.
Silly Lil Foxbrush, when I draw about a fox slime becoming an adventurer. First hurdle: no hands.
Projects in progress
- Frankenstein kinetic novel (FKNP; working title)
- GenCozy (video game, codename)
- Short 2D animations!
About the Living Cartoon
Also online as Jo van Goth
- Cartoonist
Because I don't think I have to say "comic artist" to be dignified, and in fact I'd prefer the indignity over the expectations.
- Random things-ist
I do whatever and whenever and I can't help that but I promise I get back to writing and art. Sometimes I even remember twitter exists.
- Linguist
Language is my second language. Not a polyglot, but that is an aspiration.
でも、日本語で時々読みます。まあまあ話せます。英語で話しますください；日本語で書くのOKです。
Inspirations
Sir Terry Pratchett (author)
He didn't take himself seriously. He was a prolific author, he had a knighthood and a meteorite sword, and he wrote satire that I understand more of every year. He's long been my go-to favorite author. Check out Tiffany Aching and his other Discworld novels.
Rin aka "Waffles" (art youtuber drawingwiffwaffles)
In 2022 my art really started happening without care and without as much perfectionism, and I owe a lot of it to Rin's capacity to engage with art like it's fun, every time, including when it gets less fun in the middle. My art is mine because I do what brings me joy. Here's her drawing bears in sweaters. (See also tigers in sweaters, bunnies in sweaters, frogs in sweaters...)
Impressionist artists: Van Gogh, Claude Monet
Ok but hear me out. The first time I saw an impressionist painting done by a modern artist, I stared at it for way too long in the ren faire booth. Like many others, Gogh and Monet were among the first artists whose work I saw from the impressionist movement. Like the art farts on the right, the movement was about expression more than perfection in realism. Mainly, I'm obsessed with the sunflowers, the tangled roots, the almond blossoms and the night skies of Van Gogh. They have prints on my pen holder, my tablet case, my washi tape, my stickers, an entire wall in my apartment...
Jeph Jacques (Comic writer/artist)
Bruh he just started. He decided to make a comic, with what he had, when he had it, and now it's almost 5,000 comics later. The parts we worry about in perfectionism came later. He's a fantastic writer and artist, and he has vacations and hiatuses, and he deserves a good majority of the credit for me never thinking of not making comics. Here's the comic I've read longer than I've been an adult.
Shel Silverstein and Quentin Blake (art farts)
Shel Silverstein and Quentin Blake both worked on children's books I read as a child, and many children still grow up with today. They aren't without their problems, but the art was influential. Majorly, one of the first books about comic making and art I read, was written by Quentin Blake. There was no technical lecture, no step by step on models or form or shading. "Make it look like it is," is a gist I maintain years later. My candle doesn't have to look like a candle; it has to feel like a candle, and then everyone will know it's a candle.
Jack London (author)
The main characters are animals. One day I will write a proper tribute novel to his kind of work. For now I can draw furries but the human knee eludes me.
