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In other news I gotta wonder why I ever wanted to write a violent psycho character because this archetype is a minefield of embarrassing tropes and clichés
I have a new <3 flat <3<3 and I plan to cover one of my walls with con loot and other treasure. I used to have more but they got too damaged in the move ;;
Most of these artists are my Finnish friends and acquaintances. In no particular order:
annikapepita, heikala, joiuu, raakelh, leppu, dodostad, muura, evelmiina, tubbsen, sulevi, arachnodentist, erunei
I’ve lost my sources for the owl and bambi postcards though. If anyone knows about them, tell me! EDIT: one source found, thanks!
You can find me at the artist’s alley @ Animecon, Kuopio this weekend! Come say hi!
I’ll be selling the usual stuff mostly, Phantomland 1-3 along with some prints and postcards. Sadly I couldn’t get my badges made because of a broken badge machine but here’s hoping I’ll get a new chance soon ;;
Did a Panty & Stocking set too because COLORS
Mixed media on paper is pretty fun once in a while I have to admit
Trying my hand at badge stuff! If everything goes well I’ll be selling these (among other designs) at Animecon, Kuopio next weekend. All of them are hand drawn so this will be an extremely limited edition haha
Take part in the crowd funding for a queer-feministic comic anthology about women in history.
»MESENAATTI.ME/LEPAKKOLUOLA«Ota osaa queer-feministisen sarjakuva-antologian joukkorahoitukseen. Sarjakuvassa on aiheena naiset historiassa.
»MESENAATTI.ME/LEPAKKOLUOLA«
Two days left! If you like lesbians and historical settings please consider funding this one. Super talented people on board!
Kaoru Mori's "Bride's story" will be published in Finnish in july. What's your opinion on this? I'm looking forward to it!
Yeah I… kinda plan to buy a copy and have it autographed at Animecon……
I just hope the print quality is okay so I won’t have to buy the English edition instead
If Chie and others were from real-world countries, what would be their nationalities?
- Chie: Japan
- Jon: Finland
- Amber: France
- Elias: UK
- Alex: Sweden
- Chief: Germany
- Nadia: Russia
- Jasper: Estonia
Actually I was planning to draw a picture of everyone dressed as national stereotypes but I dunno how tasteless that might’ve been after all haha
Hi! I just finished reading "Phantomland FAQ" and "ask maaria" tags and came to conclusion that you draw on A4 and your images are 1200dpi lineart and published comic is A5. Do you've a scanner with ability of scanning pics with 1200dpi OR do u use magic? In case of using magic, could you reveal something? I myself like drawing A4 comics but since my scanner can do only 600dpi scans turning them into bitmaps with 1200dpi makes pics awfully small, from A4 to A6.. Thank you for your answer! ;3;
Thanks for your message! I’m glad that you read my posts and they were somewhat useful to you, haha
Hmmm print resolution stuff is really simple but kinda difficult to explain… DPI, Dots Per Inch is not image size but rather the way the image will fill the paper in print. 1200DPI means the printer will use 1200 pixels of your image to fill the length of one inch on paper. Now if you don’t have enough pixels in your image it’ll just get crammed into a tiny space. So you need more pixels - make the pic larger. (In fact don’t measure your image size in pixels to begin with; change the units to millimeters in whichever software you use)
Note: super-sharp 1200DPI is meant for black&white bitmap art and printed with an industrial offset machine. If you’re doing color or grayscale art, 300DPI is the standard resolution for both home and industry printing
My scanner is not magic, I scan my pages in A4 600dpi and then convert them to A5 1200dpi. It’s literally the same amount of pixels :)
Me and Anayte will be selling our comics at Desucon next weekend - however this time we sit at the dealer’s hall! It’s almost like we’re pros or something oh dear oh my
I probably won’t bring anything new with me aside from reprints of my Mikasa fanart and Phantomland 1, but come say hi anyway :D
forced a few of my friends to make adventurer selfs in this dollmaker with the promise of drawing us together (after which more of my friends made themselves but the paper was too full to add them! :( ).
