The Octopus Dance

Here’s a quick peek at some characters from a new project...

thedanceoftheoctopus — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:36:17 +0100

Here’s a quick peek at some characters from a new project I’m working on

syntheticsymphony: theoctopusdance: How I spend my Sunday...

thedanceoftheoctopus — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:18:53 +0100

syntheticsymphony:

theoctopusdance:

How I spend my Sunday nights.

I see your original and raise you one Turisas.

OH MY WORD! I am rocking out to this EVERY NIGHT! FOREVER!

secondlina: Read attentively. Ha ha ha YES! Exactly!

thedanceoftheoctopus — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:15:15 +0100

secondlina:

Read attentively.

Ha ha ha YES! Exactly!

How I spend my Sunday nights.

thedanceoftheoctopus — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:33:34 +0100

How I spend my Sunday nights.

I’m an idiot. ———— This would have...

thedanceoftheoctopus — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:44:00 +0100

I’m an idiot.

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This would have been up a few days ago but digital colouring is so complicated if you have no idea what you are doing. So here it is. Not doing that again. Too much fuss for just a bit of flat colour.

Soooo... Adventure Time fan?

thedanceoftheoctopus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:56:27 +0100

Haha! I can see why you’d think that. I’ve actually only seen a little bit of Adventure time here and there, but I like what I’ve seen. But I especially love the gifs because they are mad and expressive!

I absolutely love your comics! You've actually inspired me to try my hand at writing and drawing my own comic strips! And, your stories are all hilarious and extremely relatable! Keep 'em coming!

thedanceoftheoctopus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:05:16 +0100

Ah! Thank you! That’s probably the biggest compliment you can give someone! Eeee!

energydrinkaddiction: theoctopusdance: Pretty...

thedanceoftheoctopus — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:53:36 +0100

energydrinkaddiction:

theoctopusdance:

Pretty much.

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Not sure what to do about watermarking, I need to do it but I don’t want to distort the image. So far I’m just popping the site address in one of the panels, but I need to do something better. Any ideas?

Also, I’m thinking of doing a more long term web comic project, but I’m not sure about it at the moment. I don’t really have faith in my writing abilities. We’ll see.

I like where it is now, it’s pretty nondescript, but it does look like it could be easily removed. I fucking hate that people are stealing your comics, because, well, they’re brilliant, and you deserve full credit.

You could put it on a character’s body though, like, on the darkest of the hands. That way it’d be difficult to remove due to the ‘coloring’, and if it were fairly small (theoctopusdance without the .tumblr.com part) it wouldn’t really take away from the comic whatsoever. c: Just an idea!

Keep up the comics though, they’re lovely.

Thank you!

And yeah, I think that’s the best idea, just popping the title somewhere it can’t easily be removed :) Good point!

Pretty...

thedanceoftheoctopus — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:26:44 +0100

Pretty much.

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Not sure what to do about watermarking, I need to do it but I don’t want to distort the image. So far I’m just popping the site address in one of the panels, but I need to do something better. Any ideas?

Also, I’m thinking of doing a more long term web comic project, but I’m not sure about it at the moment. I don’t really have faith in my writing abilities. We’ll see.

amazing art work you got

thedanceoftheoctopus — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:21:00 +0100

Thank you! :)

How do you answer that question? Do you do the nice thing and...

thedanceoftheoctopus — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:13:35 +0100

How do you answer that question? Do you do the nice thing and say it’s great, or the good thing and tell them what an arse they made of themselves. Who knows?

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One I made a while back, I’m not too pleased with it but here you go. Woke up with a head cold this morning so the planned comic is not coming out.

Also, helloooo to all my new followers :)

Not a question but it's about the Reddit comment. It took us forever to find you from those comics that are always re-hosted. Do not forget to put either your name or a link on each of your future comics. I had a great time going through your previous ones and we want you to have as much fans as possible. Love :3

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:22:21 +0100

Thank you :) I will. And thanks for taking the time to tell me this, I’ll put my tumblr link on them all from now on, and if I get time I’ll do it to my previous ones too :D

Gawd I really love your drawings. I always see them on my dash but finally I got the source and ended here. Greetings from Chile (so sorry about my english) and I hope to see more of your amazing stuff (maybe something about friends with benefits) <3

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:26:59 +0100

Thank you! Your english is perfect, and there shall be more comics up soon!

What kind of makers do you use for your comics?

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:20:19 +0100

Initially pitt pans but now I tend to use alpha design markers (there was a sale at my local art store) they’re much better.

Reddit has found you, prepare for more followers. (love the comics btw)

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:16:12 +0100

0.o Oh my! Thanks- I’ve been on a hiatus because of computer problems, but more soon!

Hey there! Recently a couple of members of Reddit have had a hard time searching down your comics (going off of one or two older comics you had drawn). Eventually we were able to sleuth you out! First, I must say, great artwork, funny stuff, second: PUT A SIGNATURE OR WATERMARK ON YOUR ART! This will make it much easier to identify you as the artist. A lot of your comics seem to be 'stolen' and posted on tumblr and other websites without giving you creddit.

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:13:41 +0100

Thanks for the advice and the compliment :) I had noticed that a while back and was going to sign them, but kept forgetting unfortunately! But I have a working computer now so I’ll watermark them in the editing stage me thinks. Thanks again!

Weird. I was googling for koi fishes and for some reason I appeared here. But needless to say, I got stuck reading all your little comics and now it seems that I can't get out. //le follows♥

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:10:42 +0100

Haha, I have no idea how you found me through that, there are no koi fish here, But thanks for the follow. Did you draw your av by the way? It’s so cute!

Why aren't you drawing? You know how it makes me feel when your not drawing, don't you? D:

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:09:38 +0100

I’ve had biiiiiiiiig problems with my computer- something about a bad motherboard connection, so I’ve been really backed up, but as you can see it is fixed! (it was actually fixed last week but our internet had been down the entire time grrr!) But either way, I’m back! So expect some comics later tonight or tomorrow, once I’ve reinstalled my scanner.

Thanks for the sticking around while I’ve had these troubles, and sorry for the wait :)

It happens in many relationships. It’s been the end of...

thedanceoftheoctopus — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:01:31 +0100

It happens in many relationships. It’s been the end of quite a few too. Stay off the magic cards kids!

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Been busy working on another project, I did draw quite a few comics in the mean time, but i wasn’t happy with them.

zoedrawsthings: More! Good to get the scanner up and running...

thedanceoftheoctopus — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:52:54 +0100

zoedrawsthings:

More! Good to get the scanner up and running :)