>whoever invented the word bae …i-isnt…isnt it AAVE??? … i’M???
yeah it’s an AAVE acronym meaning “before anyone else” and can refer to someone of any gender which is why a lot of people i know use it since their parents may not be okay with them having a partner of the same gender as them
so this is really shitty of him
Isn’t it possible that he just has no idea what it actually means rather than that he is being shitty? I’m sure he just thinks of it as a weird new slang term that all the kids are using. Most people just think that “bae” is short for “baby.” This is a silly tweet, not a 100% serious essay on why the word bae is a plague to society.
Honored to have my hometown City Paper draw me and my pal John in a story about the wonderful Little Pete’s diner, a Philadelphia institution that is slated to go the way of the idea of the idea of the turkey as our national bird.
If you live in Philadelphia, go to Little Pete’s while you still can! I hope to make at least one more serving of scrapple there before it’s too late. Perhaps Hodgman and I will make this story come true? Or mostly true? I’ll let you know. We’ll definitely take pictures and try to match the outfits as illustrated.
Thank you, Mike Sgier, thank you Little Pete’s, thank you Philadelphia, and thank you scrapple.
Paul F. Tompkins wrote some incredibly kind words about the comic I made for this week’s City Paper in Philly, which featured him and John Hodgman having one last meal at Little Pete’s. I would encourage all of you to follow his advice!
errantobserver: How do you differentiate expressions for characters like Mordecai, who seem to be more comfortable scowling than smiling. Whenever I try to draw characters like that, all their expressions start to look similar. How do you get across that?
I’ve likened expression drawing to acting before, and I think that pertains here too. Expressions concocted in a situational vacuum will tend to look vague or generic. Considering a character’s nature, their context and their motivations, as it were, the way an actor prepares for a performance, can make an expression much more specific, layered and nuanced. For instance, what you might, at a basic level, consider to be a ‘scowl’ is probably an aggregate of multiple feelings and expressions. I find it useful to ask myself questions about it while I’m drawing.
Is the scowl directed at another character? If so, perhaps it looks confrontational or aggressive. Maybe, combined with narrowed eyes, it’s also a threat? Maybe it’s less deliberate, like a reaction to something another character has just said or done. Is there disgust or disdain mixed in? Maybe it has levity, like a response to a bad joke. Perhaps the scowl is detached as if the character is just quietly thinking of something unpleasant. Maybe there’s something pensive or concerned in the look. Maybe there’s an air of casual arrogance or superiority about it…or disappointment..or boredom…or contempt…or maybe one brow has a quizzical tilt…or maybe the eyes are wide and intense. How pronounced is the expression? Does the situation call for some exaggerated facial contortion or is the expression a subtle one? Is the mouth drooping or is it drawn back into an active frown? Are the lips sneering, bearing teeth, or pursed like the character is holding back an expletive? How would this particular character perceive the situation - would they overreact or under-react? Are they considering the feelings beyond their own, partially reflecting the emotions of another character? Are they angered but sympathetic? Are they in a familiar, comfortable place, or are they discomfited while wearing their scowl? How would their posture be affected? How might the angle of their spine, neck and shoulders factor in? Are they wilted over like they’ve given up, tilting their head to one side like they aren’t quite sure what’s going on, or leaning back like they want to backpedal out of the room?
If you think it through - figure how to make the expression specific to its circumstances, tailor it to the character wearing it, calculate what other emotions factor in - you’ll find there are probably endless ways to draw a scowl. This also seems to be effective for really establishing a character’s personality and making them appear authentically engaged with their world - alive in it
Hannibal IS a romance, this is a romantic horror story, and even though it’s not a sexual relationship, Hannibal and Will Graham are having a romance, and I always feel that romance has been integral to the DNA of the series since the inception.
All through May, kids comics creators are on a virtual tour to celebrate Children’s Book Week. Today, Faith Erin Hicks (Friends With Boys, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong) answers five questions at Good Books & Good Wine.
Hi, I'm Tim Lai! I'm a cartoonist living in Ontario, Canada. I like drawing cute and colourful things. This blog is a hub where you can find all of my Tumblr, DeviantArt, Flickr, Blogspot, and other posts in one place.
About My Work
I write and draw Lemon Inc., a comic about a seven-year-old who wants to be a business tycoon when he grows up. Until then, he runs a lemonade stand. You can read it at www.lemon-inc.com.
I have done some professional web and graphic design work, including designing the website for the webcomic, Just Joel. I'm also a member of the webcomic collective, Ink Bomb Comics.
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Isn’t it possible that he just has no idea what it actually means rather than that he is being shitty? I’m sure he just thinks of it as a weird new slang term that all the kids are using. Most people just think that “bae” is short for “baby.” This is a silly tweet, not a 100% serious essay on why the word bae is a plague to society.