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I’m bummed that I realize this so late to my “career” but I don’t think I’ve ever practiced drawing enough. I never developed the sort of intuitive hand that can just grab a pen and draw a good figure in 10 seconds. No, I fumble. I draw a big awkward mess and then start to fix it into something decent, and it takes forever sometimes
I guess it’s not enough that one is able to draw anything they want, it’s also valuable to have enough experience that you’re efficient at it
foxpox answered: Just make a separate gmail and have people email for orders there so you can just reply with the invoice?
Naah, I know this from experience… most people won’t bother writing emails in order to buy stuff, it’s too much hassle. Filling out a form is much easier and it’s easier on my end as well, having all that stuff neatly organized
As you know I’ve opened my shop for Phantomland books!
BUT.
There’s an order form in there - what it does is send me an email with the details you’ve given, so I can proceed to make a paypal invoice based on those details. So yeah, it turns out this form fails to send the email sometimes! I have no idea why it happens. So far I’ve had two people ask me why they haven’t heard a response from me yet. I’m so sorry! I hope there’s not too many people out there mad at me!
So I need to fix this problem somehow. Any code wizards out there who can figure out why my order form sucks? Or any suggestions for a better solution?
Can you draw more adult Steven?
I’d love to! I love adult Steven. Thing is I need to have a good vision in my head before I can draw it, and those don’t come by very often. I’m really grateful for the reception my art has gotten but I can’t make any promises, sorry!
Went to otakon as giant hairy hippie Steven! It was a cosplay based on my favorite fan art of all time. Took a bunch of selfies with moms and others as well. Steven: gravekeeperlove Original fan art: maariamph Rose in picture 5: sarivaska If you see yourself and want me to tag you, just msg me.
You look awesome! I love your wig!
Look at this friggin nerd.
I love him so friggin much.
Time took 2 days on and off.
I really love maariamph’s steven I really doooooo.
Oh my gosh this is so cute!! I’m really impressed!
I thought that I'd butt in a bit, I've been following your comic since 2011 maybe? You and Leppu lived together then I think? Anyway I was fanatically invested in the first two volumes of this thing. It was the comic that made me gain confidence in self publishing and finnish comic scene in general, which I absolutely loathed back then. You made me think that my own story projects might one day be possible. You and Leppu are two out of three in my holy trinity of senpaidom, I adore your work.
Oh my goodness that’s so flattering to hear, being an actual senpai to someone. Thank you!! Those were the times eh? Tell you the truth I started drawing Phantomland basically because at the time there was a lot of this anti-manga attitude going around which fueled some kinda fighting spirit in me to try to prove that Finns can draw good manga. Dunno if I proved much, it’s not like manga haters would give my work a chance to begin with haha
But truly, nothing’s stopping you from drawing a comic and bringing your stories to life! If you have a pen and paper you can start right away, think about that! Never hesitate, just work!! Good luck with your project kind anon!
So I recently got some really kind and encouraging messages from a couple anons. I don’t feel like making them public, but just so you anons know, I did read your messages and I got very happy and buried my hands in my face and spun in my chair a bit. Thank you so much, it means a lot to me. I’m still struggling with my mental health so it’s reassuring to know there’s people out there with such an enthusiasm towards my stuff. You guys are amazing
Before anyone freaks out no she’s not being molested, it’s meant to be more uhhh symbolic……. felt like doing dark stuff for a change I guess
How do you feel about people shipping your characters and making fan art and such?
Go ahead
Has there been another situations where someone said your Character looked like X from Y show? Would you share? or does it really bother you?
Good question. Not a lot really! One time someone said Jon looks like Ginko from Mushishi and I don’t mind because Ginko is great.
A few times I’ve heard that Elias is like Hughes from FMA but it’s actually a pet peeve because both wear glasses + uniform and that’s where the similarities end also that is the worst ahoge I’ve seen
Advice though: if you ever think an artist’s work resembles another artist’s work, DON’T tell them (unless it’s literally ripped off and needs that criticism). You may think it’s a compliment but most artists don’t appreciate it. They want to be viewed as their own person, not a knock-off of someone else.
Have you ever done any NSFW comics? If you haven't then do you think about doing it?
Porn is fun to draw and I think I’m pretty good at it. I don’t value that stuff at all though, to me it’s just cheap & disposable and I usually get rid of it. So yeah I draw it once in a blue moon but the chances of you guys seeing it are very low (・_・)
Sex scenes in a non-porn context can be kinda interesting though. Phantomland might have a couple of those in the future
hi maaria i really love your comic and your artwork! so inspiring! *sparkle eyes* i'm wondering, if you're not too busy of course, if you could make a small tutorial on how you create the margins for your comic pages and maybe also how you make the panels? i'm always wondering how artists create the margins to account for bleed. that would be super helpful and thank you if you do! but only if you're not busy :) have a nice day!
Doesn’t really matter how you do your margins. Just make sure your page has room for bleeds, more info in this post