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Microtasks

So your goal is to work on your Webtoon. Maybe the idea of working on your comic is too daunting today.

You know what isn’t daunting?

• Picking up the pencil.

• Opening your art program.

• Drawing the first line.

The hardest thing is getting started.

I’ve procrastinated on so many things because psychologically, it felt too daunting.

Actually, I’ve procrastinated getting my shop running for some time now, but one thing that really helped was creating a spreadsheet with all these microtasks to check off. As an added bonus, if it required going to a site, reading a tutorial, or whatever, I made sure the link was in there so I didn’t waste any time or energy trying to hunt for the webpage again.

Ditch The Phone

You might think you don’t have time to work on your Webtoon, but how much time a day are you on your phone?

I might sound like a cranky old person, but the reality is social media makes their money by being more addictive and keeping you glued to the phone. Have a special place in your home where your phone lives while you’re working on your Webtoon.

You can free up a lot of time by not being on your phone.

Schedule Your Time

I used to (stupidly) believe that having a ‘daily routine’ stifled your creativity. I had a bias against structure as a whole. A few years back, I realized you can actually hack your daily routine to get goals done.

Schedule A Time To Work On Your Webtoon

In general, humans are far more likely to get something done if it’s been scheduled. Most people will make a doctor’s appointment, but as for whatever you’re procrastinating on, if you plan to ‘get to it today’, you might look up and see it’s already 6pm and you feel like your day’s been shot.

If You’re Struggling, Set A Timer

I’ve had so many instances where I would log onto my computer, and just not feel like drawing. When that happens, I set a 15 minute timer for myself and start drawing. Sometimes, I’ll do the full 15 minutes, then I’m done, but really, the struggle was just getting started. Most of the time, I feel too deep in my drawing that I don’t want to stop.

Remember: The hardest thing is getting yourself to start. Once you can hack that part of your routine, you’re good to go.

Hey all.

It’s been a while since I’ve uploaded anything on the site. I’m sorry if you’ve been visiting and not seeing any updates to the comic or you’ve left comments that I haven’t seen. I don’t take the time to work on this site as much as I should and I’m working on that.

Updating The Comic

I have been consistently updating on Webtoon, so please go there if I’m not updating here. I’m currently on Leave right now from my day job, and I want to get the site completely up to date before I have to go back to work.

New Shop

So yes! We have a shop now. I actually started building one two years ago, but had to take a break from it for family reasons. I’m taking this as opportunity to pick up where I left of. I’ve actually spent the entire day fighting with both Bluehost and Printful customer service. I’ve been able to upload the products I originally had here two years ago, but for some reason, it wouldn’t let me upload any new stuff.

Here’s the new design below:

I found on Printful’s forums that basically the Printful plugin stopped working at some point, and no one’s bothered to fix it. Apparently, there is a workaround by downloading the imagemagick-engine plugin. So, hopefully, that should fix the issue. Still, I don’t feel like we should need a third-party plugin to make the Printful plugin actually do its job. I think I’m slowly going to move to Printify.

After downloading the imagemagick-engine plugin, I ordered the shirt above myself through the site. I currently have it listed as ‘Out of Stock’ until I know for sure everything’s working the way it should.

Alrighty. It’s late. I’m going to bed. Glad I finally got this stupid thing fixed. See you tomorrow. I’ll get to uploading the rest of the comic soon.

Today’s Fantasy Art Drawing

Yesterday, I did the hummingbird drawing (the one on the right), but was too lazy to post it.

One of the things about Todd Lockwood is he’s very detail heavy- which can be difficult to emulate in 1 hour or less. I found that squinting at the reference, seeing where the darkest areas, shade in those areas first, then draw a few details here and there.

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Dragon Rider’s Dance is a fantasy comic where dragons are the princesses. Follow Ari and Matthias’ adventures as they navigate great adventures, monsters, and dragon slayer exes.

Support Us For More Fantasy Art And Adventures

Want to support my fantasy art and what I do? Donate a few bucks to our Patreon every month and see early access comics, project updates, and more!

Or, there are other ways too. We have a Merch Store! Get cool coffee mugs and T-shirts featuring artwork from Dragon Rider’s Dance. If you know someone who’d like a coffee mug like this, get it now.

Today’s Fantasy Art Drawing

Drawing of Todd Lockwood’s Drizzt. Feeling pretty happy. The last time I tried to do a 30 Day Challenge, I petered out around Day 15. I’ve taken some precautions to make sure that doesn’t happen again including:

• Making a template of my blog posts ahead of time and making several drafts so I can just draw, log in, and put everything up
• Microgoal: If I’m not feeling motivated, don’t think the goal is “draw a picture,” Instead, change it to “pick up the pencil”
• Never have sketchbook ‘put away.’ Put in a place where you can see it and is easy to get to.

Made it past Day 15! So it’s working out!

Want To See More Fantasy Art Drawings?

Here’s yesterday’s drawing:

Support Us For More Fantasy Art And Adventures

Want to support my fantasy art and what I do? Donate a few bucks to our Patreon every month and see early access comics, project updates, and more!

Or, there are other ways too. We have a Merch Store! Get cool coffee mugs and T-shirts featuring artwork from Dragon Rider’s Dance. If you know someone who’d like a coffee mug like this, get it now.

Today’s Fantasy Art Drawing

Can you call yourself a Dungeons And Dragons artist if you’ve never drawn a beholder? … I mean sure… but it was still fun to draw!

Daily Fantasy Drawing Thoughts & Meditations

Welp. I wasted a whole hour about how it’s a good thing that nobody really cares about your feelings and how artists shouldn’t spout off stuff if they don’t have all the facts or haven’t thought about it only to find I was falling into that same trap.

So instead, I want to start focusing more on writing about fantasy topics: Magic, treasure (though I have very strong, angry opinions about treasure), fairies, and all that good stuff. It can be a bit of a danger though. If you’re reading Dragon Rider’s Dance, and also reading blog posts about my half-baked 4am thoughts and ideas, then your brain might not be as free to just enjoy the story for what it is and come up with your own conclusions. Because you might know too much about how my mind works and what I believe and therefore, what ‘message’ I may or may not get across.

Like I am ‘anti-slapping children across the face because they told you they want to grow up to be just like you.’ I am literally writing a scene where this happens. My bad guys are not very nice.

Want To See More Fantasy Art Drawings?

Here is yesterday’s artwork:

Support Us For More Fantasy Art And Adventures

Want to support my fantasy art and what I do? Donate a few bucks to our Patreon every month and see early access comics, project updates, and more!

Or, there are other ways too. We have a Merch Store! Get cool coffee mugs and T-shirts featuring artwork from Dragon Rider’s Dance. If you know someone who’d like a coffee mug like this, get it now.

Read Dragon Rider’s Dance For Free

Dragon Rider’s Dance is a fantasy comic where dragons are the princesses. Follow Ari and Matthias’ adventures as they navigate great adventures, monsters, and dragon slayer exes.

Read Dragon Rider’s Dance For Free

Dragon Rider’s Dance is a fantasy comic where dragons are the princesses. Follow Ari and Matthias’ adventures as they navigate great adventures, monsters, and dragon slayer exes.

Today’s Fantasy Art Drawing

Another Todd Lockwood. Tried to take his concept and make the dragon look like Ari. I ended up wasting an hour because I drew the original head, but ended up erasing it to make the head look more like Ari’s.

Daily Fantasy Drawing Thoughts & Meditations

Why Do Kings Hate Dragons in Fantasy Stories?

Simple! Dragons are evil, fire-breathing monsters that steal gold, kidnap princesses, and burn down farms! But if you’ve been living in recent times where there’s an obsession with ‘subverting your expectations’, you probably know it’s more than that.

In Dragon Rider’s Dance, dragons have the ability to look at treasure and know its whole history. If a king is spreading a propaganda tale of how he was the mighty defender of the realm, she could simply look at his sword, see the truth and say “Actually, you hid behind a rock the entire battle.”

I’ve been playing with the idea for Book 2 where Ari and Matthias get hired by a king who’s been corrupted by the UnNamed to protect his daughter, but while they’re protecting the princess, several assassins and dragon slayers are trying to kill them. And of course, they find out later the king put out a proclamation that an evil dragon and her dark knight stole their princess, and whoever rescues her will have her hand in marriage or something.

I made an animatic using Conan audio a few months back which kinda got me thinking about that storyline. I’ve decided it’s going to be the first adventure you see Ari and Matthias go on.

Want To See More Fantasy Art Drawings?

Here is yesterday’s artwork:

Support Us For More Fantasy Art And Adventures

Want to support my fantasy art and what I do? Donate a few bucks to our Patreon every month and see early access comics, project updates, and more!

Or, there are other ways too. We have a Merch Store! Get cool coffee mugs and T-shirts featuring artwork from Dragon Rider’s Dance. If you know someone who’d like a coffee mug like this, get it now.

Read Dragon Rider’s Dance For Free

Dragon Rider’s Dance is a fantasy comic where dragons are the princesses. Follow Ari and Matthias’ adventures as they navigate great adventures, monsters, and dragon slayer exes.

Read Dragon Rider’s Dance For Free

Dragon Rider’s Dance is a fantasy comic where dragons are the princesses. Follow Ari and Matthias’ adventures as they navigate great adventures, monsters, and dragon slayer exes.

Today’s Fantasy Art Drawing

Today was a wholly original piece. No references or anything. I decided to take the challenge of implementing every I’ve practiced over the last week and create something original.

Daily Fantasy Drawing Thoughts & Meditations

This really was an opportunity to just let loose. I didn’t know what the dragon would like when I finished it, but I think I like how it turned out. She’s not the mighty, fire-breathing force of destruction, but more the serene all-knowing creature that will send you on quests, give you advice, or maybe find who has the purest heart (no, I don’t know what that means) and choose said heroes to be the next king and queen.

I was thinking ahead for Book 4 of Dragon Rider’s Dance and a conversation between two of the child characters that grow up to become the protagonists. Agnes, the quarter orc lady who had dreams of becoming a mighty warrior like her daddy. Her first appearance in the comic is here. In this scene, Agnes had decided to put her dreams of becoming a warrior princess on pause and decided to join her mother and be a healer instead. Leif at first thinks it’s because she lost her confidence, but Agnes tells him that wasn’t it at all.

Rather she had a realization that just because men find glory in violence and battle doesn’t mean that’s the only source of glory. There’s just as much importance in giving and preserving life. The reason why good men find a strong purpose in battle is not because of the people they get to kill, but the lives they protect and save. Healers and warriors are both needed and should be held in the highest esteem.

She goes on to tell him this is how dragons are.

They don’t need to exercise their power, or ‘prove’ to others their might. They just are. They have claws and fire, but don’t feel so insecure that they have to use them all the time to remind people who they are. Everyone just knows not to mess with them, and the ones that do oftentimes end up being dinner.

And Now, A Word From Our AI Scribe About Fantasy Art Drawings

Fantasy art is a genre of art where the artist creates scenes that are unreal and fantastical. This includes creating worlds, people, and animals that do not exist in the real world. The artist can create these scenes in any medium – oil paint, watercolor, pencil drawings, or digital paintings.

There are many different styles of fantasy art creations: surrealism, hyper-realism, expressionism, cubism and more. These styles are all unique and make up what is considered to be the genre of fantasy art.

Fantasy art is an art form that is not bound by the confines of reality. It can be a perfect way to express your creativity and imagination.

In this section, you will learn about the different styles of fantasy art, such as cartoonish, watercolor and anime. You will also learn about how to draw them in different ways using simple shapes and lines.

You’ll also learn about some famous fantasy artists that have inspired many people with their work.

Fantasy art is a genre of painting that depicts fantastic subjects or scenes. It can be an illustration or a story that is not bound by the physical laws of our world. This type of art has been around for centuries and it still has a place in modern society.

Some famous examples are paintings from the Renaissance era, like the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, and The Garden Of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. These paintings show how fantasy art has always been popular and how it will continue to be popular in the future as well.

Want To See More Fantasy Art Drawings?

Click on the image to see yesterday’s art. This was a study of Anne Stokes’ Dragon Kin.

Support Us For More Fantasy Art And Adventures

Want to support my fantasy art and what I do? Donate a few bucks to our Patreon every month and see early access comics, project updates, and more!

Or, there are other ways too. We have a Merch Store! Get cool coffee mugs and T-shirts featuring artwork from Dragon Rider’s Dance. If you know someone who’d like a coffee mug like this, get it now.

Read Dragon Rider’s Dance For Free

Dragon Rider’s Dance is a fantasy comic where dragons are the princesses. Follow Ari and Matthias’ adventures as they navigate great adventures, monsters, and dragon slayer exes.