Chris's Pen Grip

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Alec Benson Leary said:
I hold my pen in a really funny grip. The top of the pen is angled away from me as I write.
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Obviously this explains your blocky, unauthentic, slanderous art style.
 
I wonder if the reason for Chris thinking that his comics are so labor-intensive is all in the way he holds the pen? STRESS SIGH.
 
This is me drawing Sonichu, holding a pencil normally:
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This is me drawing Sonichu, holding a pencil like CWC:
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EDIT: I know, I suck. But the quality still declined!
 
BillRiley said:
Chris probably holds his pen that way because, like most autistic people, he had underdeveloped small muscles when he was growing up. Autistic children are given muscle exercises and, after a few years, their development usually catches up. Chris-Cha­n however, because he had paranoid rednecks for parents, spent his childhood in a room full of toys, and thus never got the therapy he needed. So he still uses his index finger for extra stability when he draws his shitty recolor comics. And, yeah, probably his hand cramps up pretty quickly.
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How long have these muscle exercises been standard practice? I'm a lot younger than Chris and have never heard of a link between autism and muscle weakness until now. I assumed, as most of the world probably did, that the stereotypical scrawniness of autists was purely a result of a disinclination to exercise. So even if Chris had had better general care for his autism he might still have ended up with a lack of POWER and a screwy grip.
 
I did the pen grip thing best I could without breaking anything.

This is Sonichu:
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And this is Sonichu on drugs:
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Yeah, I'll be sticking to my own grip, thankyouverymuch.
 
revengeofphil said:
CatParty said:
although it is a much better effort than chris could ever do, i wouldn't want you to risk permanent injury.
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Can I permanently damage my hand drawing like that? I'll have to read more into that and get back to you guys.
Either way I figure doing quick 1 minute sketches like this should be safe.
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If you're not careful, you could get a permanent case of shit fingers. And that would be terrible.
 
Even the simple, quick, sketches I'm seeing here are better in quality than what CWC has put out. But that's obvious, lol.
 
Here is my attempt at using Chris' unique hand grip:
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And here's quick sketch using my normal grip:
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GroundUpSweetheart said:
BillRiley said:
Chris probably holds his pen that way because, like most autistic people, he had underdeveloped small muscles when he was growing up. Autistic children are given muscle exercises and, after a few years, their development usually catches up. Chris-Cha­n however, because he had paranoid rednecks for parents, spent his childhood in a room full of toys, and thus never got the therapy he needed. So he still uses his index finger for extra stability when he draws his shitty recolor comics. And, yeah, probably his hand cramps up pretty quickly.
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How long have these muscle exercises been standard practice? I'm a lot younger than Chris and have never heard of a link between autism and muscle weakness until now.
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I don't know the exact date. Since the 1980s, I'd say. At least, that's when I first heard of them. They might very well be older. Probably they were developed at the University of Virginia, since that's one of the oldest centers of autism research in the country.

GroundUpSweetheart said:
I assumed, as most of the world probably did, that the stereotypical scrawniness of autists was purely a result of a disinclination to exercise. So even if Chris had had better general care for his autism he might still have ended up with a lack of POWER and a screwy grip.
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Maybe, but probably he'd have developed much more normally. It's ironic that Chris-Ch­an grew up in a place with several excellent, even groundbreaking centers for autism study and treatment - and with redneck parents so batshit paranoid they worked extra hard to keep him from all that treatment.
 
It's not uncommon for people with autism to have fine motor skill issue, I had them myself too and occupational therapists tried to fix it but to no avail then finally they basically gave up and figured that I would just type all my papers anyways so it wouldn't matter. I think I still have some of those pencil pillows that were supposed to teach me to hold a pencil correctly but they didn't do beans.

except I would hold it like I was stabbing someone, which I still tend to do out of habit, but sometimes I will hold it correctly, but use all of my fingers surrounding the pencil for balance.

I was told by occupational therapists that I have dysgraphia due to my handwriting.

I could never do what Chris did. He'll probably be as stubborn as me if you try to change his grip, especially at his age.
 
^ I have bad motor skills and handwriting too but I always thought it was only because my brain was retarded, not my muscles too! Unlike Chris's parents, mine actually did try to get proper support for me so I'm slightly peeved that I never even heard about these exercises. However, since we're on a forum about CWC I know better than to just blame others for how I've turned out because I wasn't given stuff!
 
when we first started learning writing the teachers gave us these

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CatParty said:
when we first started learning writing the teachers gave us these

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That image didn't work, are we talking about those chubby "husky" pencils?
 
Oh yeah, that's a true work of art.
 
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