A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.
Category: art
Like An Adult
A conversation with a friend reminded me that “self-care” means actually taking care of yourself at work. “Working through the pain” is sometimes necessary in special circumstances, but it shouldn’t be expected, and it definitely shouldn’t be the default.
Monster Romance
You Are Filled with Determination
I made this comic to psyche myself up to apply to a fandom zine I was 99% sure would reject me.
They did in fact reject me, but I’m glad I applied. While I was putting together a portfolio to submit to them, I realized just how far I’ve come with visual art, and this filled me with determination to keep improving.
I should acknowledge that this piece is also a study in paneling based on a page of Aliza Layne‘s fantastic graphic novel Beetle & the Hollowbones, which I can’t recommend highly enough. I worked with Aliza to create a short comic awhile back, and it was an incredibly inspiring experience!
The Struggle Is Real
My phone anxiety has transformed into Zoom anxiety, but I am doing my best.
Spiders
Both my fear of spiders and my haircut got better.
Cute Haircuts
Everyone deserves to be cute in the Breath of the Wild sequel!
Hyrule Is Horrible
This comic was drawn by Frankiesbugs (@frankiesbugs on Tumblr) and written by me, Kathryn Hemmann (@kathrynthehuman on Twitter).
Hyrule is an absolutely terrifying place. Ganondorf may have bitten off more than he could chew, bless his heart.
Great Fairy of Real Talk
To be fair to Ganondorf, a lot of dubious choices were made in video game fashion circa 1998.
Hero
This comic was drawn by Valeria M. (@lunaartgallery on Tumblr) and written by me, Kathryn Hemmann (@kathrynthehuman on Twitter).
Listen, I’m not saying Ganondorf is a good person, I’m just saying that the Legend of Zelda games suddenly become a whole lot more interesting as soon as you stop thinking of him as being mindlessly evil. The way I see it, Ganondorf is an intelligent man who may have started out with good intentions, but he was twisted by his experience with the horrors lurking underneath the bucolic surface of Hyrule. To me at least, this interpretation makes the stories of the games much richer and more nuanced.
