Hey all! For those unaware I've been soft launching a stream night on Mondays the past few weeks. I won't be able to make it tomorrow though, apologies in advance. I look forward to keeping this up as well as I can. It's been a real joy to get back to this sort of fun.

I pushed this back a month because it made sense to give people some forewarning, but I'm restarting the Patreon.

Now you might be asking "But Comic you tall, beautiful, freak of a woman, your Patreon never went away. It's been in the same spot, collecting cobwebs for years." And first off, rude. Secondly, you're right, but I've been pausing payments for several years at this point as I worked through several therapists and a gender transition's worth of nonsense. All of that to plant my flag and say enough of not making things and feeling bad about myself. Now I want to make things and hopefully-not-but-still-likely-feel-bad-about-myself sometimes.

What that means:
- People will begin to be charged again for my subscriptions.
- Streaming Schedule: I'd like one. Not sure when, maybe Monday or Friday night. Weekends are inconsistent, but I'm feeling things out.
- Regular updates to projects and I promise to post my silly shit in the mean time.
- Streaming non-drawing things: Probably not, but don't shank me if I wind up playing something with others.

As far as future plans go, I don't know. We'll see. Don't expect any big projects coming right out of the pipe. I have ideas, but I've also made a few promises to people that I'd like to meet out first so the Patreon stuff is going to be fast and loose for a bit (or maybe not, I mean have you met me?)

I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines trying to get my life back in order. I've done a lot of hard work these past few years and it's time I chase after some old dreams again. Anything made is better than a half-finished thought.

The characters ooze personality and the humor is top notch. The illustrations are a treat and it's all available for free!

Give this labor of love a look see for yourself right here:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/50067014/

Their personal journal explaining the situation in greater detail. --> https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10362338/

If you have the means and have enjoyed the work of this fine pink purveyor of all things transformation and furry then please give what you can, if you can.

Let's start with the biggest news, I got a job!!! It's like a dream too: the people are nice, the benefits are good, I get to walk around a beautiful campus, and I'm in feminine office-wear feeling completely safe. I just had my first week and they haven't fired me yet! :DDD

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To avoid the need for you to read everything in order to understand how this affects you let me state it up front: Depending on future projects I may be closing my Patreon. If I decide to take that route I will make further updates regarding that situation.
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Other than that I have to say I'm sorry. Even before the offer came in I've struggled to get work done; despite my abundance of time. Now I'm working a 9 to 5 with an 1.5 hour commute each way. I can say though that despite the shorter hours the best thing that this has brought on has been the psychological distinction between work and play --Something that I felt I desperately needed to draw and write, guilt-free. When work is done I'm on me time, and no one is going to tell me how I should spend it. Still, after commuting home, changing out of my work clothes, and eating dinner, I find that I only have 2.5 hours to work before bed. I know that's silly to say but keep in mind I'm the kind of person who can see a 5 hour block of time and feel like there's no point in starting something, I won't be able to finish (Whether that's true or not, it depends what I'm drawing). I'm trying to break that bad habit and do a little every night. After all, it's the only real option I have left.

What's more, I've had stories aimed at a more general audience that I've been promising myself I would start. Stories that have been with me for up to a decade. They may have the occasional element of transformation --I'll always try and sprinkle some in if it's thematically relevant-- but the stories feel fundamentally different from what you'd find here in my gallery. What's more, they are long form: some serialized, others self-contained. Even the self contained stories would likely run over 100 pages (if I can actually manage it).

It tears at me. I am of two minds: On one side I want to grow stronger in this community. I've been admiring the works of so many individuals, some of whom have come together, and all of them producing amazing work. It really makes me envious. Then there is the wider world beyond our little bubble, and there is that same similar envy. I see the success of those I once called my peers and despite my love for their work it hurts me to see how far the gap has grown between us. Everyone, both in and outside the community, they've earned every bit of it and I'm proud to support them. I want to make works celebrating them. I want to get the word out about their projects and draw fan art of their characters. But then I look in the mirror and feel an intense longing. My strong desire to create things that would, hopefully, give as much joy and pleasure as I have gotten over the years. But I'm afraid of failing. And that failure is practically self-fulfilling. I really shouldn't compare myself to those I admire, it's not healthy. They've been at it week after week, they've developed their craft through hard work. To try and put myself at that level when I draw so rarely is just vanity. A refusal to fully acknowledge what it took for them to succeed and our different paths in life.

I'm on to the next big stage of my life, and time is suddenly so precious. I don't think I can carry all of my dreams with me --at least not all at once. I got this job with the hopes that I could explore my passions in my spare time, without having to fear for my livelihood. Now I'm just hoping I haven't sacrificed one of the things I care about the most for the sake of comfort. This is the first real step forward that I've made in the past 8 years. It feels like I'm doing the right thing, but still... I'm a scaredy cat.

I want to encourage more people to write about their dreams so I thought I'll share one.

I came home around midnight last night after dinner and an evening of food, games, and a movie. Normally I would have taken my evening medication at 9 but I didn't feel like bringing the pills with me. So I got ready for bed, took my pills and fell asleep with the Estrace under my tongue. I proceeded to have one of the nicest dreams in a long time. Starting from the earliest thing I can remember:
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My mom was wearing my favorite skirt --long, black, and pleated-- gently swaying back and forth as she spoke with me. It was too long for her though and the hem swept the ground as she swayed. I was drawing a comic in watercolor and every time I sat down to work my mind would wander and I was transported into the story. I watched things unfold as an unseen observer. Whenever a part of the story ended I found myself in a different place with the finished pages. When I went over the pages the story seemed to ramble, but it felt sincere and interesting. It was very experimental with vivid colors and minor transformations.

Suddenly I had a stack of mini-comics that I must have gotten from the printer. There was a mistake with the offset on the cover. The front cover was clipped about one centimeter in from the right side and the back cover bled over accordingly, with the staples going into the back cover designs. The front and back didn't interact well together which left an obvious seam on the front and presumably a white strip along the left edge of the back, the same width that was cropped from the front.

I showed it to my brother's wife because she's very bookish and it went over well. The inner pages even had raised bits of color where the pages started to get really abstract and surreal. Then I posted it online where, according to the comments, the community was less impressed. Even so, they had interesting things to say and constructive feedback.

Then we were at a horse show. There was a stable there for "Soon-to-be Horse-girls" and on the side of it was a large 3-part sequence. The silhouette of a woman in a riding outfit was turning into a horse from the waist down. (More horse-satyr than centaur)

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I woke up soon after and remembered enough of my dream that I felt compelled to write it down. I can't remember the story I drew, but according to the in-dream comments there was an orangutan and it took place in a "semi-historically accurate" version of Copenhagen. I've never been to Copenhagen. When I looked it up I saw photos of colorful houses along waterways, not an old windmill house in an overgrown glade of wildflowers. I think the dream-comments might have been fucking with me >:[

https://sharkrags.itch.io/mob-mentality

made an amazing storybook about an adorable werewolf and dorky hunter I must do my part to make sure that the word gets out, then a furry who works at Scholastic® picks it up and reads it, and loves it, and put's it into a Scholastic® magazine right between Goosebumps and Peppa Pig. This MUST happen, NO I AM NOT BEING UNREASONABLE!

Have you ever found yourself in a creative block because the things you wanted to make were getting too close to things you've avoided addressing in your personal life? But the more you realize that the more compelled you feel to explore it, the more serious it becomes and the harder it is to make anything?

For the past few weeks I have been having a harder and harder time drawing transformations for reasons that are downright maddening to me. What's more, in this beautiful community that we have I am glad to see the unique experiences that many have with their own self expression, but I am ultimately dismayed at the sheer individuality of it all. There is no rock that I can anchor myself to as I try to make sense of my own feelings.

Despite an online persona that I would likely never show to some in my personal life I am still filtering my behavior through some caricatured vision of myself. Withholding personal interests for what? Consistency? The sake of a brand? The main outlets for my weirdness have also been some of my only means of self expression so I am lost trying to weed through interests that have been with me since childhood and find out where I begin and my fantasies end.

So *clap* had been talking with some others about my art which got me looking over some old work, and I came to a question that I probably should have thought about sooner. What should I put into the gender category for transgender transformations? My old way of doing this was to label it as Trans(male) or Trans(female) since the TF/TG category didn't used to exist, but looking back that feels like a mistake.

If I follow my logic for an animal or anthro transformation then the end result would dictate the gender classification, right? I don't classify my TFs as Human but whatever they're turning into. Is that more confusing when it comes to gender though? Would it be easier to understand if gender represented the character's initial state?

For that matter the Gender category is kinda fucked, now that I think about it. It has categories of both sex and gender. It doesn't have Masculine or Feminine it has Male and Female. So in that context maybe Trans(Female) is correct?

Having said that, a physical sex transformation doesn't necessarily define or redefine the character's gender, so maybe that has more of a narrative implication? Maybe it implies a mental change in the end result?

I don't mean to drag anyone into the weeds over this, but I wanna do right by people and I'm having a harder time with this than I expected.

What do you think? Other TF artists what do you do?

Pardon my absence. Been working through some psych issues. You could say I've been "psych"ing myself out of getting much done :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

...Still there? Okay good 'cause I was struck with a sudden mood to talk shop.

Let me start by saying that there is nothing wrong with diving into a drawing and letting creativity take you where it will go. But if you're feeling stuck these practices can help grease the wheels and keep you from getting lost in the middle of a project.

If you have a project that you really want to work on, big or small, but for whatever reason you've convinced yourself that you need to wait, divide the work up. Script out the story. Thinking about the plot will create a more tangible vision of the story you want to tell and it will allow you to plan ahead and setup any payoffs. Know how the story will end. Scripts aren't meant to be formal things, no one ever has to see your scripts, so write it however you like. I'll include the format that I use for my comics to give you some idea of what I mean:

[STORY TITLE]

PAGE 1
Panel 1 - Description of the scene. Notes on plot, visuals, whatever you like. Usually just a sentences or two, but it can be a big paragraph if you are setting a new scene or describing something important.
• Speaker _1 - Dialogue happens
• Speaker_2 - You get the picture
- SFX (may not apply)

Panel 2...

Thumbnails, little miniature pages about 1 to 2 inches in size, are invaluable for plotting out visuals for comics, animations (called storyboards in this case), sequences, even illustrations if you really want to pin down a certain look. It provides the opportunity to layout several different designs in a matter of minutes. There should be little to no detail to these drawings, the reason they're so small is to prevent you from getting lost in the details and look at the overall flow of the story. This is the visual counterpart to writing a script. You can do one or both, they are just tools to help your process.

The value of these practices is what I really wanted to talk about, because they provide the potential for second and even third drafts. The real beauty of these tools is that the are meant to change over time, they are not set in stone. If you're stuck on a page you can thumbnail several versions of it in a few minutes. You can show these to your peers and get second opinions. Form writers groups on Discord and get feedback for your stories. This is the best time to make changes. Very little is invested compared to the time required to completely redraw something that isn't working out. They will help you keep track of your work over gaps and dry spells and as you mature as a creative you can revisit old ideas you shelved, touch them up a bit and come out swinging.

Let me just say once more that these are tools, not crutches. You can't make art by editing your script or your thumbnails over and over again, you need to eventually put pen to paper and make it happen. These are just there to prepare you for that moment and give you a little extra confidence.

I hope this can help some people. Happy drawing!

It occurs to me I never mentioned that I started a new Twitter account a few weeks ago.
https://twitter.com/comictf

Also Pillowfort seems to be growing it's community so I'm glad I got a chance to join in while the community is still small
https://www.pillowfort.social/comicTF

See you around
-Comic

Hey, Polymorph has moved to itch.io.

Check it out here: https://littlenapoleon.itch.io/poly.....bDF8gPXv8BGTO4

Also Polymorph is now Pay-What-You-Want. Enjoy :)

You can't go outside if you spend all your time masturbating. In light of that wisdom I wanted to join others who've offered their work for free to help people preoccupy themselves during this crazy time. And in all honesty I probably should have dropped the price or put up a sale a while ago, but I've been preoccupied with life and I only ever think about my old work when someone occasionally buys a copy. There was a reluctance for the sake of valuing the purchase that people have made, but I've been admiring that people have been dropping their old work for little to nothing at all.

Enough preamble, both Sunny & Spot and Breathe will now be available as a pdf for free in the link below, and I'm going to upload it to FA as well. If you haven't read them, I hope you enjoy. If you have, drop a comment and let me know what you thought. They are admittedly weird stories and I'm interested in what people got out of them.

Sunny & Spot/Breathe:
https://319007.e-junkie.com/product.....Sunny+%26+Spot

Okay, first things first let me say, I am sorry I couldn't be more involved with things.

I want to be a better artist, but there are skills that I desperately need to learn. Soft skills like how to balance two things at once for more than a week, and how to keep an art practice going while I'm in school. I might have other priorities in my life, trying to get things on track, but it's a long waiting game and I regret my conditioned state of turning off my brain the second I get home from classes. It means I don't get my work done ahead of time. If I don't do that I can never feel comfortable taking the time to draw, play games, read, or do any fucking thing that isn't zoning out in front of the computer waiting until the eleventh hour to get my work done.

This is true for more than just transformation work, it is the bare minimum I need to do in order to be anything more than an admirer of art and comics. But I haven't been able to succeed with it in the past and that scares me. It makes it hard to try again. I think about other priorities and it becomes difficult to keep organized. Schools ask students to be independent and to take the initiative, but they rarely teach it. The second classes stop and there are no more instructions I'm suddenly listless. It takes a good week or two to shake myself loose from that, and it's usually with the help of family and friends.

I'd prefer to not talk about heavy woe-is-me stuff here. We all know it, we all deal with the same shit. Here is for the goofy, fun shit that we're all magically drawn to. But I've been keeping some spiny chunks of anxiety in my chest for a few months and I just need people to hear me scream and know that there's one more poor sap that struggles to get their life together.

Also, I didn't really want to speak up until I had some more work to show, so just in case you haven't seen it yet here is the finished second half of Package Delivery. An impulsive birthday present 6 months in the making. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/31900543/

Can you really call that impulsive?
Shut up boyo, or else you get the whip

Not sure if this is anyone's interest but I now have recordings of past streams on my Picarto page here: https://picarto.tv/comicTF.

They cycle through the ten most recent streams and then they're gone, but if you missed one and wanted to see me work on a particular project you have a chance to go back and check it out. It's just a little extra something that I wanted to make people aware of.

https://www.patreon.com/comictf

In an effort to produce more than a hobby level of art work at any given time I'll be switching to a monthly payment schedule. I'm also opening up a new tier on Patreon at the $5 mark which will offer private sketch streams on Fridays. In preparation to the new stream schedule I've made some changes to my Picarto channel (I ponied up the cash for a premium account and proceeded to make as many emotes as I was allowed).
For those of you interested in the private stream I will iron out any kinks that come with scheduling as I go and input is appreciated

If there are any concerns please leave a comment.

None of this is new, but I don't think I ever voiced my opinion on the matter and I'm curious what others have to say.

Every time I go to browse through the submissions I'm stuck at a fork in the road: As my username suggests I have a certain affinity for comics AND transformation, but why are comics listed as a type, not a category? Furthermore it feels like all of the types listed under "General Things" would have better keyword synergy if listed as Categories, then change the Type listing to something like Genre or Interests.

While I'm on the topic why use a drop down list in the first place? Why not check boxes? It doesn't seem like any retrofitting would be required on the developer side of things, and users would have the ability to go into past submissions and check off all relevant options.

And lastly, why is the search bar separate from the browsing section. It feels like search results should pop up in the browsing section but there are two separate, distinct forms of site navigation and I don't understand the thought behind it. It separates keywords from the distinct drop down options. I don't hate the idea of a drop down list or check boxes. It seems like a good way to provide recommended categories that make it easier to filter and find new submissions. For that matter combining the two would provide more access to what is arguably the most important section --the "Sort By" drop down.

I'm wondering if there was a reason for all of this or it was just invented early in the site's infancy and never revised.

Hi folks, guess what? The most important thing you can do as an artist is to not give up. Funny right?

Despite slowly trickling out a few sketches, I've been holding back from submitting anything until I had something more substantial. Word of advice: Don't do that!

Unless you have a promised release date or you follow a regular schedule, it's not worth letting yourself drift further away from the community just to give a bigger bang later on.

I keep waiting for the right opportunity to do something and it is the biggest mistake that I keep making. Right now is my opportunity, we'll see how things go when classes get going, but I won't wait any longer to take the first steps towards recovering what I've lost and pushing to the next level.

In case you were wondering where I was, I went back to college in the fall, and I spent the time readjusting to my new schedule. I thought I'd be able to work consistently over the break, but I've learned that I need an underlying structure to work on my art. So I'm giving myself a little push in the form of a very basic $1 patreon. If you're interested you can check it out here --> https://patreon.com/comictf <--

I look forward to seeing the everyone a little more frequently, life sure is crazy.

I've reopened commissions and so I'm using a stream to spread the word. I'll be working on commissions and speed paints today.

https://picarto.tv/comicTF

-Comic

Please refer to my current commissions chart for price reference: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22778361/

If you'd like me to make something for you please send me a note, or write to me at comics92@gmail.com.

I do anything from quick sketches to full color comics. And now that Mr.Nibs' story is out I have open space in my schedule.

If you catch me in my streams you can also watch me work on them, and if you pay for a sketch I can draw it on the spot.

-Comics

I want to help spread the love for the new visual novel project coming to you from the mind of

He's gathering the people and building up the means to produce this fun little project. If you're familiar his work you owe it to yourself to take a look and see if you aren't convinced to throw a couple of bucks his way to make this grand idea a reality.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22709870/

https://www.patreon.com/LittleNapoleon - Here's the Patreon.

I'm excited to see where it will all go

-Comic

Should be finishing up the colors today. Have some intricate ribbons to color.

https://picarto.tv/comicTF

-Comic

Watercolors start today. Come check them out :)

https://picarto.tv/comicTF

-Comic

I start inking today.
https://picarto.tv/comicTF

-Comic

And so we come to the finale of the story with all the tenderness and intimacy of two wild animals racing to a messy climax. Hope everyone had a happy Valentine's Day yesterday ;)

https://picarto.tv/comicTF

-Comic