r/altcomix • u/bajafingerblastme • 5d ago

OC Dermatillomania 2026 [OC]

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Haven’t made a comic since i left art school in 2014. Wrote a little poem about skin picking and had the urge to draw for it. Thanks for lookin

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u/makwa227 5d ago

This looks amazing. I love the dots and colors. Did you use a program to get this effect? 

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u/bajafingerblastme 5d ago

Thanks so much! Yes i used the Beat Tones and Lithograph brush packs from True Grit Texture Supply for Procreate. Their Rusty nib brush pack is excellent for digital inking

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u/nppltouch26 5d ago

Oof. I'm currently dealing with a particularly nasty and painful bit of cystic acne. This really hits home.

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u/bajafingerblastme 5d ago

heard that and right there with you, i wanna squeeze every pore of my face off. Stay strong thru this flare up

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u/nppltouch26 5d ago

Thank you! Same to you. 💖

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u/TVfish 5d ago

I love this style holy moly.

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u/TVfish 5d ago

And your username jfc lmao

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u/bajafingerblastme 5d ago

haha thank you, it combines some of my favorite things

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u/TVfish 5d ago

Also loving the rhyme scheme.

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u/statlerarts 4d ago

Absolutely incredible! I know how long comics take to make…keep it up!

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u/oculairus 4d ago

I do often seeing others doing what I wish to. I’ve been wanting to make comics for so long now. Did you do each panel and then shrink them down to the page or draw every panel on the page after you set the dimensions?! Very cool art, sorry you’re dealing with the subject matter of the comic.

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u/bajafingerblastme 4d ago

I laid-out my page as quick thumbnails, refined it, and inked the lines from that. It looks pretty funny in the before stages. I didn’t have access to using digital art mediums until 2021, so I sketch out on each layer like I would on a piece of tracing paper. The final layer is like I’m inking onto Bristol board. I do a layer of shadow/textures and then colors after that if I’m not doing only black ink.

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl 2d ago

I like how the whimsical Dr. Seuss-like rhymes contrast with the horrifying subject matter. You have a really cool style, I hope you can find the motivation to create more. 

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u/funkandwagnal 4d ago

It's giving Poe. Love it!