British-Chinese artist, The Mollusc Dimension reveals some of the thinking and hidden symbolism behind the cover design for his forthcoming autobiographical comic, "The Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse".
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25 alternative words to use INSTEAD of dark/black when describing negative aspects in art, book, films, tv shows and music. Across different genres, writers often use the word “dark” or “black” to describe something that actually has some kind of negative or unpleasant connotations. For example, one is familiar with the phrase “dark humour” or “black comedy”.I’ve seen this usages in film and art reviews and in fiction, including novels, comics, children's fiction and poetry.
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If you are a freelance artist, business owner, setting up your business or otherwise new to the idea of invoicing your clients, the idea of extra admin may seem irritating and pointless, but there are some positive reasons for invoicing.
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I ran a relaxing and explorative workshop combining warm-up, writing, drawing and sharing.
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Here are some handy (or shall i say.. tentacly???) links for work I referenced in my talk for LD Comics!
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Here are some handy (or shall i say.. tentacly???) links for work I referenced in my talk for LD Comics!
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Excited to be talking about comics, zines, artist collective, journey and process for LD Comics!
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From the Dementors in “Harry Potter” (2009 onwards) to Gloreth’s Beast in “Nimona”(2023) to the black hands in “Bee and Puppycat” (Netflix version), I noticed the disproportionate use of black and darker-skinned characters /forms in animations to represent monsters/baddies/ villains.
The monster/baddie contrasts with the hero/goodie/s who is by contrast white/ light and/or lighter skinned (as in these examples).
I’m asking white/light-skinned/ non-Black artists (writers, filmmakers, animators) to broaden their “baddie colour palettes”.
Do you recognise all the animals in my themed A-Z character set? I explain the connection between A-Zs and my mental health and provide a list of all the animals (as some of them are a bit random!) They can be downloaded for free (for personal use).
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Elon Musk has said that the word “cis” is a slur. He’s wrong and here’s why… a presentation from a non binary musk deer. Comic by The Mollusc Dimension, a British-born Chinese transqueerian artist.
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Artist The Mollusc Dimension (a British-born Chinese artist) superimposes cut-outs of his face over those of 10 white cis men, mostly DWM from the patriarchal canon.
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