***Notice: Today’s episode will go up later tonight.*** Happy Monday! It’s Sarah again with another finished commission. This week’s it’s commenter Bunny’s original characters Charity (top) and Mercy (bottom). Mercy is posing next to a Rathian, sporting the great sword that was posted here a few days ago. Charity is kneeling beside a Rathalos. Both girls know their way around a dragon or two! Here they are sitting high up on a snowy hill. This is second in a series of three pictures for Bunny. (View the first one here. Commissions are open until 2/13.) On another note, My Fair Hunter now has its own domain! This means you can access our site by simply going to myfairhunter.com. (The tumblr url will still redirect you to our site.)
probably will delete this later. I don’t know. just need to vent. sorry.NO REGRETSI ran a little table at a local comics show today. the crowd was totally different than the webcomics crowd. mostly male, there were people who barely used computers. guys who literally scoffed at me when I asked…
Because my reply would never fit everyhing I gotta say, I’ll put it here. First off, people are stupid. I had a similar experience, when I was 12 when I first started writing. Just let the motivation to improve drive you. ^_^ Don’t let others outstrip you as your harshest critic—that’s my motto, at least.
I’m not very good at advice or stuff like that, so all I can do is not and show empathy. D ;
haha thanks. I agree that people are stupid. and I am definitely my own worst critic. I don’t look down on the second dad at all though. I understand and even appreciate his active concern in what his kids are exposed to. it just felt really hypocritical. he was walking around with his little boys in a place that had guys talking about porn and boxes containing adult comics.
probably will delete this later. I don’t know. just need to vent. sorry. NO REGRETS
I ran a little table at a local comics show today. the crowd was totally different than the webcomics crowd. mostly male, there were people who barely used computers. guys who literally scoffed at me when I asked them if they read webcomics. I have so much to talk about but I just want to highlight two very different experiences, both involving younger girls (ages ~11).
first, the positive: I had a dad and a young daughter come up to my table. the dad explained that he bought Rumbirds chapter 1 for his daughter at the local comic store. I was so ecstatic, I kept thanking her as she shyly wrote her name and e-mail on the mailing list sheet I had out. she just looked so happy and so excited! this is exactly the impact I wanted to make on younger girls who came into the comic store. I want girls to feel like there is a place for them in comics. that there are stories that will make her laugh and cry without the boobs and the sex. that she could read my comic and never worry about having to put up with girls in sexy poses for no reason. I wanted to tell her all this, that there exists comics that she can read without feeling alienated. but instead I just kept thanking her, and we were both beaming, probably for different reasons. I can’t forget how happy she looked.
then, the negative: a little while later came in a dad with his young sons. he told me he had bought a copy of chapter 1 at the same comic store. he told me that his sons read comics and that he was thinking of introducing his young daughter to them as well. but he felt hesitant because of the material in mainstream comics. he was considering showing his daughter Rumbirds…but then came the questions.
1.) what age range did I think my comic was intended for?
2.) what’s the deal with the smoking?
3.) did I choose to censor the swears out myself? or because the comic store told me to?
all of these were asked without a trace of condescension. he was genuinely wondering what my thought process was behind these. I explained that the comic is probably for ages 13 and up. that no matter what, children are exposed to people smoking everyday both in real life and in media, so to me it didn’t make sense to censor that for kids. (they’re not stupid.) and that I chose to censor the swears myself for humorous value (and also the uncensored swears made the dialog feel a lot harsher than I wanted. but I forgot to mention this). I also told him about the girl from earlier, how happy and excited she seemed to stumble on my table with her dad.
he was completely understanding with all of my answers. the conversation was friendly enough, but it still didn’t sit right with me. until I saw him walk away with his little boy. and then it hit me.
he didn’t care that his sons were reading comics with gratuitous violence and skin. yet he was hesitant to show his daughter a comic that has a smoking character in it?
if anything, these two experiences made me want to create more. push myself harder. all my anxieties and insecurities, I don’t care anymore. I WANT my comics to be on those shelves, defying those scoffing old school traditional comic bros. I NEED my comics to be on those shelves, standing out like a lighthouse beam for girls lost in a sea of tits and asses. I don’t consider my work to be all that great - I’m still learning, obviously - but if it can make a girl happy and interested in comics then goddamit I’ve found my calling. I want to be the comic artist that I wish I could have stumbled upon years ago, when I was visiting comic stores with my dad.
Now that commissions have begun rolling in, Sarah has had to tackle drawing some complex Monster Hunter weaponry. One recent request was for a character wielding the Eternal Annihilator — possibly one of the coolest looking Great Swords out there. Before she inserted her drawing of it into the final piece, I thought it was detailed enough to stand on its own as a piece of Monster Hunter art! I have a sudden urge to get a level three charge off on something’s tail…
I always feel conflicted about posting WIPs (especially from commissions) but hopefully the person won’t mind D: This is the actual size that I drew it at (though worked on it at 200%). It’s going to be shrunk down and partially blocked in the picture I drew it for, which is why I tried not to go overboard with the details. Roy begged me to make a separate picture of just the sword so he could post it, eep.
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Sarah here! The past week I worked on the first of a variety of commissions I received. It features commenter Bunny’s original character (yes, also named Bunny!) hanging out with an Urcusis. They found a sunny patch while traveling through a snowy forest. A perfect time for a break, right? Bunny decides to have a snack while the Urcusis nods off in the sun.
This was a fun project. The most time was probably spent on the armor detail. I’ve been starting to play around with textures too.
(Feel weird posting then reblogging this twice (once for my Culty site). Sorry people :p)
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bunnytheswordsman replied to your photoset: Whipped up the cover art for the printed version…
>w> I finished the first book last year. I bought the second and third books to read while I do laundry. xD We can totally gush about it~
Oh man I might take you up on that :D Loving the 2nd book so far.
