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Sarah Tillery
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Librarian/Cartoonist Art Account. She/They No EnEffTees Please! Tweets do not reflect my employer. Contact: sarahtillery@gmail.com seeingthingscomic.com
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In the lead up to the Comics Devices library's launch, here are the explainers I made for how comics work at its most base level. Panel and Gutters, Time and Space, and how those four things can change the reading experience.

Screenshot of the Panels and Gutters page. The full text is too long for alternate text, so the summary is: panels and gutters are core to comics, panels refer to units of storytelling, gutter refers to the space around panels that allow imagination to fill in the blanks between panels. Panels and gutters can contain image and text, or become image and text themselves. They are flexible elements that can be moved around, and that affects how reader's perceive time.
Another screenshot with too long full text. The summary is... Time and space are intrinsically linked in comics. Time refers to in-story time between panels and pages. Space refers to the canvas of the comic, either a page or screen, on which images and text are placed. Placement of text and image can tell us the temporal location of a story; the spatial location of a story, and the narrative location. The when, where, how and what.
The time-space relationship is often expressed chronologically: in English, a panel on the left occurs at an earlier time than a panel on the right. This is a basic reading order that's affected by the language of the culture from where the comic is produced in. So in the US, it's left to right. Japan is right to left. But we don't have to conform to this, because in comics, the epxerience of time can be loose depending on where an artist places the text and image in space. Using a variety of techniques, artists can subvert, affirm, twist time-space. For example, lengthening the distance between panels, or in other words, widening the gutter, can lengthen a story beat.
A story event can be experienced differently when its associated arrangement of panels and gutters are changed. A flashback can interrupt the present, or it can be experienced simultaneously with the present. When adding devices, more complex time-space-bending effects can be produced. So something can be read both backwards and forwards and all around by doing things that only comics can do.
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JHjongraywb.bsky.social

There are a lot of doctors & nurses that really don’t need to be doctors & nurses at all because for some its not about helping or empathizing with ppl through their medical issues but rather the power they hold over said ppl. Combine that with the US healthcare system and yikes on 10-speed bikes.

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I have definitely seen a few health care professionals say things online along the lines of “if people need ADHD meds to have successful careers, maybe they just weren’t meant to have professional careers and should set their expectations lower”

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Mmichiums.bsky.social

small waves still make a current; 30% of all shop sales are going to on the ground orgs in Gaza (I’ve supported + donated before back in 2021 and other years as well!), helping displaced Armenians in Artsakh, and trans rights orgs ; shares are appreciated, thank you!

Mmichiums.bsky.social

every bit helps! 30% of all shop orders until end of December are going to be split between aid in Gaza, trans rights orgs and helping displaced armenians in artsakh. shares are appreciated !!! michiums.bigcartel.com

an illustration featuring a pale purple and orange sky with stars and two pomegranates, one cut up and the other not. There are tiny ghosts and aralez dogs who are watching the stars fall, and swirling white lines. The text in the middle reads: 30% of all shop orders from Oct-Dec 2023 will be going to aid in Gaza, trans rights orgs, and helping displaced Armenians in Artsakh.” In pink right underneath is the shop url which is: michiums.bigcartel.com
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Ken's usually the one using clip studio so I'm practicing a bit and I jut had to draw out this moment--it was so lovely <3 so here's my maximalist whimsy version I guess xD #stillsart#acourtoffeyandflowers

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maximalist whimsy fey austenesque romance 4 the win #stills#acourtoffeyandflowers

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GCcardinalgray.bsky.social

finally got around to finishing these DND AU portraits of Nico and Niners! Nico is a half-orc half-tiefling barbarian and Niners is an avariel paladin [ #ocs #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #barbarian #paladin #dndau #cardiart ]

portraits of DND AU Nico and Niners Nico is a half-orc and half-tiefling barbarian [berserk subclass] Niners is an avariel (winged elf) paladin [devotion subclass]
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Sserafinelea.bsky.social

Hey #PortfolioDaywww.inprnt.com/gallery/sera...ko-fi.com/A3053JH1

Demonic crow looming on two wing-arms, there's a half pentacle before it like it's been summoned, fire erupts form it's mouth SerafineArt💀
Lightning bug with geometric pattern around abdomen, framed by an arch and clouds. Red Crescent moon above its head. SerafineArt💀
Cicada with crying eye on its back. Flanked by cat tails, sun behind its head. Storm clouds frame it. XIII the sun. SerafineArt💀
Deer skull with moon phase and halo above its head. Stars cascade around it. Woodcut style SerafineArt💀
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SMsamanthamash.bsky.social

Falling arrows take the freedom of the skies away from the injured harpy, will you help her?🏹

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jaws-stone.bsky.social

Hi #PortfolioDayjawsstone.com/@theartofpod.bsky.social ✉️ jawscommission@gmail.com

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Hello #PortfolioDaywww.keezyyoung.com

"no bad days" there are hands coming out of the flowers
cover of "I only have eyes for you, dear"
cover of "the july fashion issue"
artwork for hello sunshine of the kids sneaking through a haunted house with scary pictures on the walls
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Librarian/Cartoonist Art Account. She/They No EnEffTees Please! Tweets do not reflect my employer. Contact: sarahtillery@gmail.com seeingthingscomic.com
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