Duskbirds Comics - Page 5 - Landy’s “side-project sketch-comic”

“Staring Into Space” | #32 – January 3, 2025

Posted on January 6, 2025

Fri JAN 3rd, 2025

In retrospect, maybe I should have titled this page “Mindfulness” haha.

Happy New Year! Though I started a bunch of new projects since the last Duskbirds page that have been occupying my time, I have many idle ideas for this project written down that I’d like to see as pages sometime. This is one of them, which I managed to finish up shortly after the new year.

I really liked the style of the previously finished page (Duskbirds #31, “Stardust”). I’m going to aim to have pages going forward have that style/aesthetic. This page was started a while after that one, and was partly me trying to remember the workflow I used. I think I’ve mostly figured out a good workflow for it now, though this one still looks a little less consistent that I’d like – but that should improve with practice!

I should probably put all the various WIP’s of the Duskbirds pages I have drafted and not yet finished on Patreon or Ko-fi – I haven’t managed to do that in a while simply because of the time involved, and other things have been taking priority. If there’s demand for it I’ll consider being more consistent with those, otherwise I will probably have to prioritize other tasks, at least for now!

“Stardust” | #31 – July 30, 2024

Posted on July 31, 2024

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Tue Jul 30th, 2024

Idle thought from the other day I managed to pen down. The alternative title I was playing with was “Starcatcher,” which is fitting for Elsium. Let me know if you like one over the other!

Hello again! It’s been a while since the previous page. I’ve been playing around with non-Duskbirds comic pages during this time I haven’t been updating Duskbirds. I haven’t shown any publicly yet, but it’s been unexpectedly satisfying to see characters I usually do illustrations of in a different medium through comics. I hope to bring one or two projects to a presentable state in the near future!

Duskbirds will also continue as time and ideas allow. : )

This is one of the comics I initially drafted in my physical sketchbook. I tried posting the thumbnails up on Patreon along with some of my thought process (also available on Ko-fi), – but the thumbs for this page will be patron/member-exclusive, because frankly I often find my early dialogue drafts rather embarrassing, haha.

“Click-through Rate” | #30 – May 19, 2024

Posted on May 20, 2024

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Mon May 20th, 2024

Currently enjoying listening to the audiobook for Outrage Machine by Tobias Rose-Stockwell, where this passage struck out at me. I was surprised by the findings mentioned in the comic – I wouldn’t have predicted that. It sort of explains why many of my favorite online artists, especially those who try and focus on “only the art,” sadly tend to have a lower presence (though, there are always exceptions). Which was the inspiration for the final panel, haha.

In the future, I hope there will be an easier way for people and artists who prefer positive online environments to find each other – or, at least, that marketing execs/employees will not intentionally exploit this odd vulnerability of human behavioral psychology (which is one of the topics the book delves into).