Anonymous asked: hello mod, I am having trouble- I always seem to draw very slowly, and my friend says it is because I listen to music, do you think that's true? should I not listen to music when I draw?
Interesting problem, and the answer is that the answer depends on each individual; Richard Williams gives that same advice in the Animator’s Survival Kit, and while I do see the benefit (no noise = no distraction), I actually disagree and do listen to music and find it helps me. Sometimes if something is complicated or I have a headache I turn it off, but not very often! I do, however, have some rules about the music I listen to;
1) Do not listen to sad, slow music! You will draw much slower than usual- my digital ink and paint teacher taught me this, and would even go around pulling out our headphones to check we weren’t listening to slow music. Listen to tragic music all you want when you’re coming up with ideas by all means, but it will slow you down when it comes to doing stuff!
2) Listen to music without lyrics, or at least music that you know so well that you don’t have to ‘listen’ to it. If you start focusing on the words you will stop focusing on your work! I find that film soundtracks in particular are great for drawing.
3) Try to match the mood of the music with the mood of what you’re making! If you are drawing something exciting, get some epic adventure music, if you are drawing something funny, try something upbeat, if you’re drawing something sad, go for something big and powerful rather than slow (see above). Music affects our emotions, so this is where my argument for drawing to music comes in; it can give you just that little extra inspiration in what you’re looking to visualize.
Art and music are inherently linked, experiment with it! Don’t feel that anything I’ve said or anyone else says is the law; these are just things I’ve observed myself, try things out and find the path that’s right for you.
Anonymous asked: how's that alt aa5 ending comic going? no hurry I'm just curious *u*
it’s going very slowly because I accidentally made it way too long so now I’m editing the crap out of it to get it down to like, 10 pages or something that isn’t as bonkers as it was??? yeah
also izu is playing it so I’m not going to post it before she finishes even if I get it done before that =v=
Anonymous asked: hello! sorry, I am a new follower, and I heard you draw a comic? could I have a link to it please? thank you very much :)
this is literally the politest anon message how adorable of course you can here’s the first page
also if you look in the FAQ on my blog’s mainpage there are links to the comic and other things!
Anonymous asked: okay you just go sit the hell down because you've been drawing all this Ace Attorney art and then it turns out you fucking look like an AA character damn you damn you straight to cartoon hell I don't believe
and my favourite message of the day is-
Anonymous asked: did Melody just use the percussion symbol for a shake is sHE SCARED OF ASSOK
DANG THAT WAS FAST you got it buddy
and yes
a little bit :’D
Anonymous asked: Congrats Mod, one of your most popular characters has a tumblr blog dedicated to his butt. How does that make you feel?
I only just became aware of it yesterday and let me tell you I am amused beyond compare
Anonymous asked: What piece is that in the background of Melody's sound waves? I noticed it and I just
had a few asking and actually I mutilated two different out of copyright pieces so there is no way in hell that I can get my ass blasted for being an illegal doobus, but one of them is Mars by Holst and the other is equally stompy and grr so there you go
Anonymous asked: Please stop making good art because I tend to smile so big at my phone that my family thinks I'm actually dating someone. -Sincerely, a very single (somewhat gay) lady.
OKAY THIS ONE MADE ME GRIN A LOT
Anonymous asked: Hey I hope you don't mind me asking, but how old are you? You come off sort of ageless, and it's hard to tell hah.
I HAVE NO AGE I AM THE ABYSS but I guess officially I’m 26 whatever that means
Anonymous asked: okay so 1) thank you good grief thank you for promising a way out of the darkness that is the end of AA DD because I need this like air and also 2) how are you? are you feeling any better? love you lots man stay chill it's okay if you can't update TPoH today :'D
I’ve had so many people commenting on both of these I am so in awe of how lovely you are and sympathetic to my nerdy need to rectify this game situation
so it is my duty to reply that 1) you are very welcome but I have no idea how long it will take because 2) I am still faint and woozy and not very good at holding a pencil, also sadly I am not going to make the comic update for today but possibly I will manage to finish the page tomorrow if I can sit up for long enough
thank you all for being so patient and kind you’re all amazing and I love you