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RTX has officially come to an end now, and while the crew are returning home to their husbands, wives, children, and liquor, the RWBY panels yielded fun, new things for us to get hyped up on! The clothing: We got a bucket of sunshine up there. The story: Volume 4 will begin 6 to 8 months after the end of Volume 3! The tech: Poser is no longer being used. They have switched over to Maya, and they'll probably stay there for a while. The animation will be far smoother. Grimm have glowing, red eyes that drag little red trails as they move. Expect this volume to have the best visuals! The trailer/preview: Is out there, discretely recorded on

Sup dA~ Do people still use dA? I feel like we've all moved on to Tumblr or elsewhere, haha. Ah well, I'll keep updating here as long as I have a few things to talk about. First, new tutorial is up on Patreon. The topic voted for this month was Writing for Webcomics! I also made a pretty sizeable support worksheet to go along with it... I had a lot to say. A few previews below~ Last month's tutorial, Coloring with Masks, was a great success, and it seems like people are really enjoying this new one too, so that makes me glad. I'll be posting the full versions here with a 6 month delay, so... that will begin in... November or so? But if you

A lot of artists (myself included) often reach a point, especially early on in their artistic journey, where we see other people's work and question if we even have the potential to be creative. We see the process and we understand the steps it took to get from A to B. It seems easy enough, right? Then we try to do it ourselves, but our brains seem to lock up and our glorious plan for the best painting ever ends in a burning pile of frustration. After having some occasional success in dealing with this, I've learned two important things: THING NUMBAH ONE: Give yourself more time. It's simple, it's easy, and you can do it right now. There's

People don't listen to classical music as much as they used to. Many would define it as slow or boring, and in comparison with the fast paced, drum driven, digital glitching music of today they're not wrong to feel it that way. This is true in every form of media. Why play a board game when you can play a video game with exciting graphics and sound? Why watch a stage play when you can watch a movie with impossible action and breathtaking visuals? Why read an article when you can watch a YouTube vlog with jump cuts mid-sentence ensuring none of your precious time is wasted? This is the evolution of media and technology and it's not inherentl

Welp I was tagged by heilei (https://www.deviantart.com/heilei) to write some things about my boy Trin- And how the heck can I say no? (I'm not done with this yet) Rules: 1) Post these rules. 2) Post 8 facts about your character. 3) Tag 8 other characters. 4) Post their names along with their creators' avatars. He's from New York, particularly NYC. The Axwell family is very wealthy. All of Trin's clothes are custom tailored.Trin is a strict Atheist but his family is very religious. Ironically loves Horror Movies. Scream is a personal favorite of his.He enjoys reading books on Philosophy. He is particularly interested in Nietzche. Nova's boss, LB, has clear favoritism fo