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So I race-swapped Elias into a black guy recently. Nobody opposed to the idea at the time but I still kinda worry that he doesn’t “look right”… there’s so many things to consider and not many answers at hand. But with this rendering I guess I’m pulling it off? I hope??? God damn that is a handsome dude though.
Character from my webcomic
When did this happen? I just went through the entire archive last night and this morning and thought he was black the whole time…
I edited all the pages featuring him before I ended the hiatus, so around May this year
Jon’s attitude toward Chie is definitely getting exhausting, but I have high hopes for how things will start to develop as the story continues!
Oh no! Exhausting? :D Damn I kinda worry about that… especially since in the next story arc Chie is genuinely starting to feel afraid around Jon. He has no intention to hurt her (and he never does), but she won’t know that until later. There’s a lot of tension about it and could probably be too upsetting for some readers?? But then again I really don’t want to pull any punches when trying to drive home the point that men are fucking scary.
Also maybe there’s the problem of webcomic pacing where a single page with bad feels will hang in the air for a full week rather than the five seconds you’d spend with it in a book?
Ehhh maybe I’ll put a content warning for chapter 6 :D;;;; My comic will definitely turn off some readers in the future but at least it’s not watered down…
Guy on the left is from my old demon art, I turned him human so he can be the other dude’s weird scrappy boyfriend
Is his pose and clothing some sort of hint at his ancestry? :-)
Haha yes it’s the slav squat but I don’t dare to say he’s any particular ethnicity. He comes from “far away”, speaks broken English and has a bunch of silly habits and superstitions he learned back home
@heinbomelon answered: I love your comic so much!!! :,) It has such a interesting plot and the art! THE ART! GOSH! I love how you draw all of the action scenes and character designs :,D Sorry for long spam! >.<;;
@chibisofa answered: I love your comic and characters and you rock.
Gosh guys! Thank you so much! ;;;;
Could you try rotating it a bit? It’d make the scene seem more dramatic and you could fit them all in.
Hmm you mean just use the rotate tool or draw the whole thing from a different angle? I’ll see if it works, thanks!
grandpaschin said: Dude I work as an intern there in Sarjakuvakeskus, are you taking some Steven Universe stuff?? I would love to buy a Pearl!
Pearl? You mean this Pearl? I wasn’t planning to make new prints for comicfes, I’m not even sure I’m allowed enough space to sell prints :U But thanks for your interest, I’ll keep that in mind
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
sadcop said: Maybe try to make a rough storyboard for the whole chapter? That way you’ll know how much space you have.
Thaaaat’s a good idea on paper! But I only have like 5-10 pages thumbnailed in advance at any time haha. I like being able to change my plans at the last minute so thumbing an entire 50-60 page chapter would compromise that. I guess one solution would be to look at my script in detail and make a careful estimate of pages for each scene, idk
maijatwist said: Are you going to be at Helsinki Comics Festival? I’m debating whether I want to order #4 online now or buy it later from you in person.
Huh thanks for bringing this up! I assumed it would clash with Tracon again but this year it won’t. I’ll apply for a table, let’s see what happens!
gobetti said: you can contact tumblr! they’ll delete the post and all of its reblogs :)
Oh I see! Thanks for all the help guys, I really appreciate it <3