Der-shing Helmer

CCS Talk slideshow

I did a talk for students at the Center for Cartoon Studies last week, and thought I'd share the slides with you! The talk was on long-term comic projects, and was about an hour long-- some of the stuff on the slides came with verbal explanation and isn't written down, so if anyone wants some clarification on any points in particular I'm happy to answer if you leave a comment~

Also I just got my first COVID shot yesterday! woo. Working on comics today, if the next page isn't today, then will be up on the weekend instead. 

Meek Short pg 2

"right in front of my salad?"

I spent a lot of time on that middle panel (started it in early March), I like it.

This page should have been up Friday, oops. I1) wanted to see if I could push my bg further than I did in the last page and 2)  am learning that maybe my 8+ year old Cintiq Companion 1 is perhaps not able to handle the software I've been using in the way I'm currently using it, lol. Am trying to find a workaround for the lag, both for drawing and posting~

Next page is certainly up this week tho, was aiming f...

Meek Short pg 1

First page of a Meek short prologue comic I'll be posting exclusively on Patreon for now, about two BIG siblings who do not care for each other. This comic takes place about a year before Chapter 1 begins. It'll probably about 10 pages, next page up Friday; the rest of the short will be for Patreon members only. Prob won't be putting this comic on the site, so have fun. 

New tutorials and such on the way soon as well... have been working hard at making New Content after my absence.  

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Shingworks @ C2E2 (AA table T3)!

Here at C2E2 sellin’ books and not making direct skin contact! Come say hi if you’re around :]

Chapter 3 recap

Chapter 6 is begun, and comic updats are back in general. Thought I'd draw up a little recap to summarize the arc so far. There is... some actual overarching plot (just a teensy little war) in addition to the character introductions, so wanted to make sure that context didn't get lost in all the general assholery. 

WIP for a thingy

Working on an illo for one of several Thingys I have due this month, this one is for an upcoming volume of the Almost Real zine. I'm trying to mimic a Zoobooks spread, had to drag my old issues from the 90's out of the closet to take a look, that stuff ages real well.

I haven't digitally painted something that wasn't comics in... maybe 3 years? so I'm pretty rusty, but I'm happy with the vibe so far. No text or actual creature content as per contract stipulations, but I am a predictable fool so you can probably guess what kind of creat...

Mare Internum End page 3

My favorite page :']

Pretty self-explanatory, I suppose. A horrid bluethrip and the true hero of our story, LEVi, start a new generation of Martians... these a promising shade of green?

LEVi was designed to be gold because (in my head, not really laid out in the story) the Processor used parts of LEVi's original body to build his new one, especially since the original LEVi was not as complex/ more intuitive to build than an organic creature like Kalla. So he gets a little bit of gold from the insulation built in, and who knows wh...

Mare Internum End page 2

Mike... lol. He's fine now. He went back to Earth and is effectively retired, he does some grueling outdoorsy stuff like long-distance hiking as much as possible, and gives talks here and there out of boredom. He has a failed therapy dog named Levi II who was too excitable to pass training, but in a way that is a good fit. He isn't in terribly strong contact with Bex, but will send her annoying insect memes to get on her nerves when he has nothing better to do, which is often. 

You might notice he lost his leg as well... thighfrie...

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DONE

Was trying to finish before the end of November despite holiday hosting/ shenanigans... just made it, haha. Sorry the art is so [terrrible], at this point I'm kinda just...

Patron-only auction ends tomorrow~

Just a reminder that this double-pin auction ends tomorrow! I'll be putting up listings for 2 more pins (as 2 separate auctions) right after this one finishes, but those will be open to whims and fancies of the public-at-large, so who knows what the bidding on those will look like. 

Thank you for the bids so far, and for helping me test out eBay as a now-and-then kind of selling venue. 

Mare Internum End page 1

I decided to end the book with 3 "what's next" illos because I knew there would be some readers who would be mad not having certain things spelled out explicitly (like, if so-and-so lived or not, etc). At least online I can get yelled at and be coy and play games and whatever, lol, but books are More Serious and I don't actually want to piss off my readers too hard, so that's what these pages are for XD

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Bex returns to Earth and as expected, is beset by physical issues. Unlike Mike and the other primarily non-permanent colonis...

Secret auction

Trying something new! In addition to a holiday store sale, I'm doing a small auction for Patrons only. I have a few pins of each design left over and have been trying to find a way to get rid of them fairly, since I don't need like, 8 extras of these boys. They are really limited items though, and it would be unfair of me to list them at the original price since the original KS backers took a chance on me to fund them, so I figured an auction would be better for ...

Shingworks Patron-only holiday coupon~

Hello hello,

Just a little Gumroad coupon for Patrons this year!

>>> The Shingworks store <<<

Everything EXCEPT Mare Internum preorder books and MI PDFs are now 20% off for yalls. This includes all tutorial packs, pins, tapes, BOOKS and whatever else I got up there.

ADDITIONALLY: You get a minicomic with every book purchase :D If you buy 2 books y...

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oh boy, Der-shing is uploadi...

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deep down, soli is a stupid ...

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From 20...

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Did this scene batch-style ...

A wild Discord has appeared

Hi guys,

I've set up a Discord! It is mostly just for things that pertain to [waves vaguely at this place]. Comics, comics biz logistics, crabs, memes, whatever, please feel free to hang out: https://discord.gg/6Dt3zmq

There will also be a channel dedicated to concrit. Concrit is constructive criticism, which is super scary but can also be a great way to learn. If I'm around I will be happy to concrit your stuff. Personally I love being ri...

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HMMMM nobody is... behaving.....

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TBH I hate Alama...

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buncha jac...

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This entire ...

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Um, yikes

Also: sorry f...

PlantFacts™ and free seeds if you want some~ (US only please)

Hi guys,

I had a fun trip this weekend to Joshua Tree National Park. Let's learn a bit about Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia)...

• Joshua Trees are cool (a fact)
• they live in the deserts of the southwestern US
• they are not really trees, they are a tree-like form of Yucca. When you cut them down they do not have rings the way a real tree would. Instead, age is estimated by height of the tree, since...
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Looking a little intense the...

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SALLY

In ca...

PDF making! for people who hate doing this

I really don't like putting PDFs together, I've got so much chaos and having to order it is a little deflating, haha. Anyways I'm just going to share some tips on how I make the process a little easier, just some shoptalk for ya~

STEP 1: Procrastinate

   wait no don't do this

STEP 2: What are you going to do with this PDF

   Obviously you're gonna put it somewhere online, that's the point of PDFs. But right now you should ask if your PDF is going anywhere...

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Will be drawing that 2nd panel...

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...is u tho

This ...

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"-Spartacus"

(no)

I'm s...