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Pages 1-4 of a story not really about tea (tea culture was important during the Sengoku period, not so much in the Three Kingdoms so I guess Guo Jia just picked it up from some Tang officer passing through)

Despite the tags this is actually a serious comic, aside from food and games I do think a lot about death and life and the meanings of both. I spend a lot of time doing things alone (by choice and not) and this used to be dangerous when I got stuck at ‘in the long run all our efforts are absolutely futile’. (I tried to write more about how I got out of that loop but it got long and I have to work.. Anyway all my feelings wrt accepting the futility/absurdity of life and carrying on will end up in some comic somewhere / have already been much more eloquently expressed by Albert Camus)

#beautiful fengxiao #comic #hanbei of the discerning bitchface #the meaning of liff #art
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A revelation I had the other day - to block light/shadow into the thumbs because it helps so much with composition and getting the reader’s eye to follow the action within each panel and to flow to the next panel. (Messy sketches, bitchy dialogue and tea ceremonies between strategists from warring eras 1400 years and many miles apart are optional) For wiser words on sequential art here are some great articles wratty linked to on Alex Toth - an interview, a very detailed and precise critique, an article comparing his work before and after he ‘literally tore up his work and re-drew it based on the critique / feedback received’. Jesse Hamm (author of previous article) also wrote a great summary of why Toth drew better comics than any of us do. I particularly like what (Toth) wrote at the end of his critique: “I hate giving critiques (…) They anger me! And those I critique! Like you! If you’re angry - don’t waste it on me! Be angry with you! You are in your own hands, like clay waiting to be formed - you must always be your own best teacher! (…) Forget all the fandom bullshit and kudos and hype and (…) adulation - and be true to yourself and your long road ahead to the top, or to wherever you want to go - and don’t let ego stop you from learning to do better, best!”

A revelation I had the other day - to block light/shadow into the thumbs because it helps so much with composition and getting the reader’s eye to follow the action within each panel and to flow to the next panel. (Messy sketches, bitchy dialogue and tea ceremonies between strategists from warring eras 1400 years and many miles apart are optional)

For wiser words on sequential art here are some great articles wratty linked to on Alex Toth - an interview, a very detailed and precise critique, an article comparing his work before and after he ‘literally tore up his work and re-drew it based on the critique / feedback received’. Jesse Hamm (author of previous article) also wrote a great summary of why Toth drew better comics than any of us do. I particularly like what (Toth) wrote at the end of his critique:

“I hate giving critiques (…) They anger me! And those I critique! Like you! If you’re angry - don’t waste it on me! Be angry with you! You are in your own hands, like clay waiting to be formed - you must always be your own best teacher! (…) Forget all the fandom bullshit and kudos and hype and (…) adulation - and be true to yourself and your long road ahead to the top, or to wherever you want to go - and don’t let ego stop you from learning to do better, best!”

#tea for universe tea for life #hanbei of the discerning bitchface #wip #fanart #comic #thoughts
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