Don’t have enough money for a fancy strap-on? Why not follow this fun autobio guide on how to craft your own strap-on!
Hey it’s Jey, and I’m back with a DIY guide for y’all with some true stories from my early 20s. It’s always weird to draw my younger self for an entire comic, I kept accidentally drawing my big glasses instead!
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↓ Comic Transcript
Page 1
Journal Entry DIY Strap-Ons Comic by Jey Pawlik, done in cool minty green tones with heavy blacks and black linework on top of textured paper with handwritten notes, stickers and washi tape made to look like a scrapbook. Young Jey in this comic is a questioning nonbinary person who uses they/them pronouns, has thin rectangular glasses, shaggy black hair and wearing simple clothes like a hoodie with jeans throughout the comic. Their partner, Max, is thin and sports a dark bob haircut, and wears a long sleeved top and skinny jeans.
Narration: Back in our 20s, my partner and I visited Good For Her (a local sex toy shop) in Toronto. While we’d never been before – I was eager to take a look and maybe buy my very first strap on.
Jey and Max arrive at the shop and start looking around in awe. They pick up a fancy looking strap-on, but the price tag is immensely high reading “$$$” and Jey says “Oh no, that price tho.” Their partner replies “Yeesh, yeah we can’t afford that on our budgets. Maybe we can find something smaller? More affordable?” and Max looks over to see a pack of o-rings for cheap.
“You know what? We could just make our own strap-ons!” Max exclaims. Jey replies “Wait, for real?!” The two run off hand in hand as Max says “C’mon, I’ll explain when we get back to my place.”
Narration: The o-rings were a lot cheaper.
Page 2
Max holds up a pair of regular boxer-briefs and says “I took a sewing class so altering these should be easy-peasy.” And Jey looks on excitedly and replies “Excellent! Okay, I’m so ready!”
Max says “Okay, so what we’ll need is:” as xey gesture to sticker versions of the items you’ll need to make your own strap-on. Scissors, needle and thread, o-rings, and boxer-briefs (preferably a tight-fit).
Narration: I’d heard some trans folks talking about the euphoria they felt after using a strap-on.
My gender still felt really up in the air at the time, but maybe I could experience euphoria too.
A portrait of Max within a heart sticker, as young Jey blushes heavily while in their own heart sticker.
Narration: I definitely felt something (heart emoji)
Page 3
Max holds up scissors to a pair of boxer-briefs that have an “X” drawn in the middle of them. Max says “Start by finding where a dick would be, then cut!”
Narration: Cut an “X” in the front of the boxers.
Narration: Turn the underwear inside out and flip up the loose flaps of the fabric around the o-ring.
Jey looks to the side, blushing while the boxers in front of them show how the flaps cover the o-ring. Jey says “Hey, y’know… it’s nice when we can do a thing together!
Max smiles and replies “It is! Maybe we should try more things like this, like comics~” Jey excitedly says “YES!”
Narration: Pin down the fabric around the o-ring.
Visual of the fabric being pinned down.
Narration: Sew the fabric around the o-ring. I used a basic stitch.
Visual showing the basic stitches going all around the flaps of the fabric and the o-ring.
Max and Jey both hold up their finished strap-ons proudly. Max says “And that’s all there is to it!” and Jey says “I’m not very confident in my sewing skills, but mine didn’t turn out too bad!”
Page 4
Full body shots of both Max and Jey wearing their boxers and tank tops. Max says “I sewed fabric on the inside so the dildo doesn’t touch my skin.”
Narration: Sew a square of fabric over the o-ring here.
The narration points to inside out boxers and that the square of fabric fits over the o-ring and the flaps.
Narration: leaving the top unsewn so you can insert a toy.
Narration points to the square of fabric acting like a pocket so toys can still fit through.
Jey says “I didn’t add a pocket, so mine is better for double-ended toys.
Narration: We used different sized o-rings so we can it different sized dildos.
Stickers of a flat-bottomed dildo and a double-ended dildo are next to Max and Jey.
Max takes a closer look at Jey’s strap-on while a dildo is in place and asks “How’s it feel? Is it sturdy enough?” Jey holds up their shirt so Max can see the dildo swinging from side to side. Jey replies “The boxers are pretty tight but I don’t think this guy is going anywhere! It also feels pretty right. Like, um, gender-wise.
Max looks up happily and says “Ohho?~”
Page 5
Max and Jey are still wearing their tank tops and strap-ons, holding hands in a circular panel. Jey nervously says “Thanks for suggesting this. I’m real glad we made these. Y’know, um, together.”
A closer shot of the two. Max replies “Yeah?” and Jey says “Yeah, ‘cause this also feels pretty right.”
An even closer shot of them as Max kisses Jey on the cheek and says “hehe, you’re sweet!”
Jey holds up an o-ring and says “Hey, we’ve got one o-ring left. Maybe we could make a packer harness with this one next?”
The two excitedly run off, hand in hand saying “Let’s try it!”
Narration: And then we just kept crafting together (heart emoji)
Transcribed by Jey Pawlik November 3, 2025
Journal Entry DIY Strap-Ons Comic by Jey Pawlik, done in cool minty green tones with heavy blacks and black linework on top of textured paper with handwritten notes, stickers and washi tape made to look like a scrapbook. Young Jey in this comic is a questioning nonbinary person who uses they/them pronouns, has thin rectangular glasses, shaggy black hair and wearing simple clothes like a hoodie with jeans throughout the comic. Their partner, Max, is thin and sports a dark bob haircut, and wears a long sleeved top and skinny jeans.
Narration: Back in our 20s, my partner and I visited Good For Her (a local sex toy shop) in Toronto. While we’d never been before – I was eager to take a look and maybe buy my very first strap on.
Jey and Max arrive at the shop and start looking around in awe. They pick up a fancy looking strap-on, but the price tag is immensely high reading “$$$” and Jey says “Oh no, that price tho.” Their partner replies “Yeesh, yeah we can’t afford that on our budgets. Maybe we can find something smaller? More affordable?” and Max looks over to see a pack of o-rings for cheap.
“You know what? We could just make our own strap-ons!” Max exclaims. Jey replies “Wait, for real?!” The two run off hand in hand as Max says “C’mon, I’ll explain when we get back to my place.”
Narration: The o-rings were a lot cheaper.
Page 2
Max holds up a pair of regular boxer-briefs and says “I took a sewing class so altering these should be easy-peasy.” And Jey looks on excitedly and replies “Excellent! Okay, I’m so ready!”
Max says “Okay, so what we’ll need is:” as xey gesture to sticker versions of the items you’ll need to make your own strap-on. Scissors, needle and thread, o-rings, and boxer-briefs (preferably a tight-fit).
Narration: I’d heard some trans folks talking about the euphoria they felt after using a strap-on.
My gender still felt really up in the air at the time, but maybe I could experience euphoria too.
A portrait of Max within a heart sticker, as young Jey blushes heavily while in their own heart sticker.
Narration: I definitely felt something (heart emoji)
Page 3
Max holds up scissors to a pair of boxer-briefs that have an “X” drawn in the middle of them. Max says “Start by finding where a dick would be, then cut!”
Narration: Cut an “X” in the front of the boxers.
Narration: Turn the underwear inside out and flip up the loose flaps of the fabric around the o-ring.
Jey looks to the side, blushing while the boxers in front of them show how the flaps cover the o-ring. Jey says “Hey, y’know… it’s nice when we can do a thing together!
Max smiles and replies “It is! Maybe we should try more things like this, like comics~” Jey excitedly says “YES!”
Narration: Pin down the fabric around the o-ring.
Visual of the fabric being pinned down.
Narration: Sew the fabric around the o-ring. I used a basic stitch.
Visual showing the basic stitches going all around the flaps of the fabric and the o-ring.
Max and Jey both hold up their finished strap-ons proudly. Max says “And that’s all there is to it!” and Jey says “I’m not very confident in my sewing skills, but mine didn’t turn out too bad!”
Page 4
Full body shots of both Max and Jey wearing their boxers and tank tops. Max says “I sewed fabric on the inside so the dildo doesn’t touch my skin.”
Narration: Sew a square of fabric over the o-ring here.
The narration points to inside out boxers and that the square of fabric fits over the o-ring and the flaps.
Narration: leaving the top unsewn so you can insert a toy.
Narration points to the square of fabric acting like a pocket so toys can still fit through.
Jey says “I didn’t add a pocket, so mine is better for double-ended toys.
Narration: We used different sized o-rings so we can it different sized dildos.
Stickers of a flat-bottomed dildo and a double-ended dildo are next to Max and Jey.
Max takes a closer look at Jey’s strap-on while a dildo is in place and asks “How’s it feel? Is it sturdy enough?” Jey holds up their shirt so Max can see the dildo swinging from side to side. Jey replies “The boxers are pretty tight but I don’t think this guy is going anywhere! It also feels pretty right. Like, um, gender-wise.
Max looks up happily and says “Ohho?~”
Page 5
Max and Jey are still wearing their tank tops and strap-ons, holding hands in a circular panel. Jey nervously says “Thanks for suggesting this. I’m real glad we made these. Y’know, um, together.”
A closer shot of the two. Max replies “Yeah?” and Jey says “Yeah, ‘cause this also feels pretty right.”
An even closer shot of them as Max kisses Jey on the cheek and says “hehe, you’re sweet!”
Jey holds up an o-ring and says “Hey, we’ve got one o-ring left. Maybe we could make a packer harness with this one next?”
The two excitedly run off, hand in hand saying “Let’s try it!”
Narration: And then we just kept crafting together (heart emoji)
Transcribed by Jey Pawlik November 3, 2025
