@CloneManga

Dan Kim

Ask me anything Follow

Defectivehorn Apsotle here, I do apologize for not writing to you recently. Being a dad and over seer of the horns keeps me busy. A few days ago, something showed up from the witch caves and it's making my horns stirred up in both good and bad. 1/?

CloneManga’s Profile Photo
Dan Kim
Follow
cont'd
//////////////////
2/? At first I thought it was strange looking girl, but it is in fact a robot! She is more advanced than what we could normally make but she seems to move a bit stiff like she needs maintenance I can't give her.
3/? That robot programming is set to clean and straiten up everything it comes across. This is causing confusion with my horns. They see a 'nohorn' yet it does not smell like one. The musclehorns can't scare it as it does not react to their threats.
4/? The working horns love it because it does their work of cleaning and fixing things, yet hate it for trying to remove the cave moss on the floor. It even tried to clean the eggs in the nursery! It learned quickly what it is not allowed to do.
5/? All I can get from it that is came from the moon and it can speak English. It was cleaning my house when it came to a stop and no longer reacted. It obviously ran out of power and while I tried to move it, I found a hidden compartment on her body.
6/? I found a cord with what looks like a wall plug so I stuck it in a wall outlet. Lo and behold a charging display on her forehead appeared. it's been a full day now and she only gained 2% from an empty battery.
7/7 I guess it'll wake up at 100% but that will take some time. Thankfully it's not sucking up a large amount of power, no more than a normal LED light bulb. I guess I have a new worker now. At least it doesn't need a bed or eat food.
///////////////
Defectivehorn Apostle -- watch out!! You better search the area you found that robot and make sure there aren't any more around. One robot might be okay, but a large number can cause LIMITLESS destruction. There's a story on Big Egg about how one of the moons was polished TOTALLY SMOOTH to the point of being reflective by the long-eared bunnies that lived on that moon. I think there may be more to that story than meets the eye.
Be careful, Defectivehorn Apostle!
1
Liked by: fluffbringer
❤️ Likes
show all
fluffbringer’s Profile Photo

Latest answers from Dan Kim

So dan what would you say is the biggest difference in your viewpoints on creating art now vs. when you were younger? It's been a while since I've heard you talk about this so I've wondered what has changed.

It would be a very long post, so I'll talk about this sometime when I do a drawstream again. But long story short, I've come to appreciate doing art as a kind of gardening and a piece of art as a kind of garden -- a more modest but richer view than I would have accepted year ago, but not totally different. There's a lot more to be said about the nature of that garden, but I'll save it for the stream.
By the way, working on Vampire Bride and Algis in particular (the gardening witch) has sharpened some of my thoughts on this, funnily enough.

Will you re release paper xi for purchase agin?

I suppose I could use one of those print-on-demand services again. I'll give a shout on twitter if it ever happens.
1

4/4 pray for us and Apostle's safe return. Also, you might noticed I was purged off twitter and now I am over on Gab now under @ TheFluffBringer so if you can make an account over there I can talk to you again. It's a good site to be on.

What! Purged?!
Dammit... good idea...

3/? His wife may say she is hopeful, but I know she is worried. The kids are all over the place about this, but they want him back ASAP. I am personally joining in with the herds in hunting him down and getting him home.

I bet some day he'll appear out of the blue with some rough headpats, candy from a faraway land, and some interesting smells and stories.

2/? We can't reach him on cel signals and the tracking musclehorns lost his scent. I fear a witch has taken him, but which one and where he went is unknown art the moment. A full scale deep exploration of the caves is likely the only option we have left.

Perhaps he has heard the call of another herd... or the at last taken his place in the witch caves and become a full apostle. The apostles are mysterious beings after all and often appear or disappear unexpectedly...

Dear Mr. Kim, This is your old pal and family to Defectivehorn Apostle. I have bad news to report to you. The big man as been deemed MIA, and I think he might be a POW now. He had gone on a trip though the witch tunnels and we lost him. 1/?

fluffbringer’s Profile Photofluffbringer
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
DEFECTIVEHORN APOSTLE NO

I'm scared of drawing now. The act of putting pen to paper (or stylus to tablet) only evokes memories of better times. I'm scared that I may spend the rest of my life drawing without finding that spark again. Alright, I think that's enough parasocial offloading onto people who don't know me. (4/3)

Chasing your former self is a classic mistake. When you are a young man you will produce a young man's work with a young man's problems. As you become an old man you must work as an old man, produce as an old man, and of course you will have have an old man's problems... one of which is chasing his younger self. The way over it is to remember that there is a season for all things and that plant and reap wisely, with what time and season are available to you.
You'll notice that I've stopped updating Tomoyo42's Room. It's very much an younger man's work (which I love) but I can't make that kind of comic anymore (except in pale imitation -- in a "HOW DO YOU DO FELLOW KIDS" kinda way). Instead I'm focusing on works that make sense to me now. Part of the reason this is possible for me is that I am largely focused on using my art as a tool for working out ideas about problems that seem pertinent now, making out temporary answers or portraits of things as they seem to me, now, in this season. It is a sort of logbook rather than an attempt to reach out and touch something eternal and unchanging which, if it existed, would be the measuring stick against which all creations would be measured and would reduce every work to a measure of success of failure to conform to that eternal something. Maybe it's massive cope, but I don't think the world is that kind of thing (at least anymore). But coming to this point may just be where I happened to have ended up while picking away at my art all these years. What I hope for you is this: that your journey will interesting and as worthwhile for you, whichever way you choose to go. And I can tell you from my own experience: even when you leave that young man's spark behind, there is plenty on the other side. A surprisingly plenty. Consider it one of nature's small graces that what we leave behind can become a platform to propel us with equal and opposite force.

View more

A-cutests no longer elicit the doki with the same primality. I feel completely brain broken; like something deep within me has run dry and cold, like all my circuits are shorted. I'm looking for a doctor of course, but I'm wondering if you had any advice beyond that. Is there any hope for me? (3/3)

If it's medical then medicine may help -- but mostly I would recommend lifting/exercise, experiencing new things, and actually FORCING yourself to take a break from drawing. Why? Because if you're drawing from passion (as opposed to obligation or discipline) overexposure and adaptation has an outsize effect on your productive output. Imagine a doujin artist that can only draw when HORNY but chooses to constantly get immersed 24/7 with the hardest and lewdest of hardcore porn. Well, this doujin artist would quickly adapt the the prevailing environment and lose the spark. Of course normal biological development plays a strong part as well -- our imagined doujin artist can't be a horny teenager forever, so probably has to move on to more psychological and situation based works, perhaps even taking an intellectual bend and exploring more dimensions of the erotic/sensuous/taboo/etc. The point here is that you must work to do your best with what you are and the season that is available to you.
As a wise man once said...
YOU FIGHT LIKE A YOUNGER MAN, WITH NOTHING HELD BACK... ADMIRABLE, BUT MISTAKEN!!!

View more

Acutests no longer elicit the doki with the same primality I feel completely

Lately, drawing feels like a chore. Where each stroke was joyful in and of themself, everything is now bland and effortful. Brain-picture creation is at an all-time low (as in literally across my entire lifespan). (2/3)

That definitely happens from time to time. As any journey goes, there are moments where the land is easy to cross and moments where it is arduous. As always, what to keep in mind is what lies ahead, what lies behind, what other lands there might be to travel, and what lands are reachable with what you have on hand now (and what you might pick up vs lose in the future). There's also the chance of unpredictable events (weather, etc.) as well as the unknown unknowns... but all you can do is behave rationally (all things reasonably considered). But what you should keep in mind is that this is normal ... after all there MUST be lowest points somewhere, and until you hit the global low you may encounter many times where things are worse than they ever were before.

Hey, Dan. This is probably beyond your wheelhouse, but I wanted to see if your years of depressed internet artistry had any wisdom to offer. (1/3)

Hello! Apologies for the very late response. I haven't been keeping tabs on my ask.fm account. Answering below...

Language: English

4.1

1,266,418 reviews
© Ask.fm 2023