I want to see a shift in the convo from "is art school worth it?" to "how can we, as professional artists, work to decommodify industry resources and knowledge in order to improve the quality and breadth of our field?"
Like what are we doing for the folks coming after us? Are you taking on assistants? Explaining your work processes? Mentoring? Critiquing? Sending the same PDFs that were sent to you not too long ago explaining how to pitch, plan, manufacture, etc?
I've been working on a super long....write-up? I guess? Of my experiences creating my first graphic novel. I drafted the idea back in senior year (22), and it's gonna come out next year when I'm 26. There's a lot of TIME there that artists might not regularly open up about.
I've made it a point to get into all of the MISTAKES I've made during this process, too. Cuz you make them and then wish someone had warned you. That shit is embarrassing but it's gonna help someone later to avoid it.
ANYWAY I'm gonna post it somewhere online once this book is ALL THE WAY done and out in the world, for anyone who wants to read thousands of words about each mental breakdown and triumph this process has brought me lmao
For accountability's sake, I'll say now: This book was ORIGINALLY supposed to be completely done and turned in on December 1st, 2019. It is not done. Today is May 10th, 2020. Things happen.
DMs are OPEN atm for anyone who has a graphic novel question! I'll try and get to everyone I can (I am working so be patient with me 💓) https://twitter.com/Cushfuddled/status/1259546622725242880?s=20
I've gotten some great questions! I'll be working to convert my answers to them into some free posts on my Patreon, with templates/resources attached. Will post them in response here when they go up! (again, I do have limited time so this might take longer than I'd want)
Hey folks, I just published the first free post on my Patreon! All about taking your graphic novel from script to sketches, and the steps you might take to prepare yourself:

Graphic Novels: Thumbnails & Being Proactive
https://www.patreon.com/posts/36967069 
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