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Thank you! I shall party my hardest
Aaahh I’m glad you like him but I can’t say for sure what I’m going to do with this character!
Originally he was a last-minute addition to Chapter 2 to provide some exposition but he ended up growing into something more. Jasper’s an useful character in that way though; he’s just a humble odd-job dude who’s always available when Chie needs someone to talk (and vent) to. Also he’s the only one who’s below Chie in the ranks so that’s an interesting detail too
I doubt he’ll disappear but he won’t be a major player in the plot either… There’s a way I could write Jasper a nice little subplot of his own but we’ll see if I can sneak it into the comic smoothly :)
jamfisher said: wow look at all those handsome people right there!
bad-cop-of-the-lord said: did i tell you that i’m absolutely in love with your art? Because i’m absolutely in love with your art.
Eeeeeee thank you!
The thing with Jasper’s design was intentional because I didn’t expect him to become an important character and simply borrowed the looks of an actor I liked at the time
I suppose everyone gets the occasional realization that they’ve ripped off something by accident. I’m terrified of the possibility myself so whenever I come across a cool thing I get a “DON’T IMITATE THIS” sort of reminder banging in my head… yet it still happens where I least expect it :D but that’s kind of a given, right. If you spent your whole life inside a blue room you could only paint blue rooms because that’s all you ever saw. Really the only way to create a new thing is to consume other things and mix those up
Good luck with your project, I’m sure you’ve molded it into your own brainchild by now, anyway :)
Wowww that looks bloody brilliant! Thanks for the tip, I’ll have to try this out sometime!
Not sure if I’m the right person to answer this… I just scribble something and then make a kajillion tweaks until everything looks alright. Free transform (select area -> ctrl+t) in Photoshop is my best friend :)
I can’t draw natural poses in that smooth & intuitive way many pros do, but I’m quick to detect the flaws in my drawing and then proceed to fix them. I guess everyone’s got their own way of doing it
Did I come off angry? I’m not angry… No, I think that’s a legitimate concern really. I’m straight myself and have the most confidence writing straight relationships, but I’m definitely interested in taking the challenge and bringing more variety to the table. As I mentioned, some of the characters I do think are LGBT - Elias and the chief’s backstories in particular may touch on the subject - but I can’t promise it’ll have a lot of prominence storywise
Thanks for reading anyway :’)
ymedron said: Its perfectly understandable if the story works better the way you have set it up rather than trying to shoehorn a minority in. <:V
nieida9 said: Wow what? I don’t wanna sound rude but why should every comic even have LGBT-themes? They are important things but c’mon not every comic needs to circle around them. There’s lots of comics out there that handle these things already.
vernargh said: Dude wat. :’D Does every comic have to be about gays these days to get readers interested? Jeez.
Guess that’s true, but I agree that it would be cool for once to see openly queer characters in a story that isn’t the romance genre. And I’ve kinda blown most of my chances to write that :(
Sometimes I look at my characters and see a lineup of mostly white, straight, young & attractive people and it just bothers me a bit. It’s not “social justice” per se I’m concerned about, just the fact that more diversity would’ve been interesting. But it’s too late to make too many changes now, so I just gotta work with what I’ve got
Wow I lost a whole bunch of followers! Sorry guys if I’m unable to satisfy your demands on that front… honestly though there are plenty of webcomics out there who do the queer thing better than I do so I recommend you check those out instead :’)
Already in the FAQ
I mean sure, why not? There’s a number of characters I imagine having such an identity, but displaying that in canon won’t be easy! The few romantic relationships I’ve planned are all straight and too crucial to the plot to be changed. I may be able to sneak a few queer moments here and there but overall it’s gonna be a veeeery straight story
Bottom line: Phantomland won’t be a beacon of sexual/racial diversity but I plan to pay more attention to the subject in whatever project I draw after it
Music is actually one of the few things Jon genuinely likes (I planned to write this detail into the story eventually)! Only applies to his preferred genres though, old fart hates modern stuff
Can’t give you a good answer cuz I haven’t decided on everything yet, but… I’ll confirm that a crush will happen ;D
25 essential expressions? I actually tried that some time ago when I was bored. This is how far I got
Usually I’m not all that interested in this type of meme… Expressions are context sensitive, aren’t they? Draw a sad face - but what are they sad about? Is it an exhausted/angry/shocked/regretful/etc kind of “sad”? Expressions are like colors; you can mix them to create more shades, with all kinds of subtlety, and that’s the whole beauty of it…
25 expressions may be useful to draw as a basic exercise but it’s still kind of a dumbed-down representation of the human range of emotions, I think
Unitedprint, they’re fast and deliver to the door. I prefer to keep the numbers to myself though
Awww I bet you’re a cutie! Chie isn’t modeled after any real person so it’s awesome to hear there’s someone like her out there!
Thanks for reading the comic - and no prob, your English is good :) (ain’t my first language either)
I got bit by a radioactive unicorn
Yes
Uuuuhh tough one……….
Jon x Chie? There are reasons I would ship it (height difference is my moe for one thing), but there are also pretty heavy reasons why I wouldn’t ship it. So I really can’t tell you what’s up hahaha
In any case the development of their dynamic is something I’ve put a lot of thought into and I think it’ll be one of the more interesting aspects of the story :)
Twice a week is slow for you anon? You know what, there’s actually gonna be a hiatus after chapter 2… And chapter 3 will be updated once a week
Sorry! But I need to maintain a huge buffer because I don’t work on this thing page-by-page webcomic style. I need to have the whole chapter finished and printed before the first page can be posted online. Also writing & drawing this comic takes a buttload of time. Also I think it’s kinda fair for the buyers to get their content before others
Still I’m really happy that you’ve enjoyed the webcomic version so far and hope you’ll have patience with the updates in the future :’)