#i really wanna make a fancomic one day

[doodledrawsthings]

you. Oh my god, you. (Positive)

listen. Before I had internet access, all I had was 1 hour of allotted browser time, bing image search, and a single dantdm play through of a hat in time that never got finished. I googled fanart and got pretty much nothing, I googled fancomics and got pretty much nothing, but you know what I did end up finding?

your art.

from ages 11-14, my goal in life, in art, was your art. I can’t tell you how much I loved finding random screenshots of your posts, because I was always just so impressed by how clean and consistent your sketches are, how the characters always stay on model, the shape language, how you could somehow sketch a character in like 20 lines when it took me 50 to draw sans in my little spiral notebook— like! Holy shit! For years I have looked up to your art! There’s still a photos folder on my dads old huge-ass 12 inch work iPad labeled “holy crap” and filled with your art. Because it inspired me so much. It’s become an undeniable part of my artstyle, now — I still have fanart I drew way back in the day of Hattie and the rest, I didn’t even know anyone’s names because I couldn’t play the game, but you’re the reason I eventually did play the game. Your coffee shop au and different versions of the prince— one of those ieterations inspired the main character of my novel! Well, novel that I tried to write, I was 13 so it was eh, but I tried!!

I’m submitting this on-anon because I don’t want to out my age on the wide internet (I like my privacy) but. Your art has really meant a lot to me. It’s the reason I played hollow knight, and it’s the reason I kept trying to develop an art style I was happy with. You’re the reason I started scribbling comics in my notebooks. Being 13-14 was pretty much the worst two years of my life, but I had Bing image search and the occasional glimpse of your signature, and I’d be so happy every time I found a new (if crusty) three-times screenshotted jpg. You literally introduced me to the concept of polyamory and nonbinary-ness with the coffee shop au. I had no other access to that in my household, and. Yeah. It meant a lot to me.

Anyway. I’m so glad I’ve finally tracked you down (in the most non-ominous way possible) and I’m so glad you’re still active— Please never stop making art. Your art is incredible, and amazing, and also you never know who’s out there on Bing image search. Thank you for creating for as long as you have. You’re pretty much the reason I’m shooting for an art degree (Wish me luck!) so just…Thank you.

(Also I had no idea you were a professional storyboarder, which is insane because that’s what I want to be when I’m through college. Hey, maybe I’ll end up storyboarding a remake of something you’ve storyboarded! hehehe)

Hi anon!

So right off the bat, I gotta tell you that this message made me start bawling when I woke up and saw it. Like I had a full-on cry session while reading your message and lying in bed for almost an hour. I am crying as I am typing this response, on my phone, still in bed. It’s 11am and i woke up at 9. So I hope it turns out coherent.

The last two years have been. weird. I say that a lot because I wanna say “rough” but that still doesn’t feel quite right. I’m almost hyper-aware that there are so many people that have it worse than me rn, so it feels hard to even acknowledge when I’m going through anything, myself, sometimes- REGARDLESS, it’s been kind of an all-time low for my mental health. There was a point within in the last year where I just HATED drawing. I struggled to bring myself to work, I struggled to bring myself to even draw for fun. It felt like I was posting just to post, trying to keep people aware of my existence and it almost felt physically painful to force myself to sit down and do it, sometimes.

I’m getting better now, I think, but. Yknow.

It’s so easy to get caught up in the “oh I can make money off this,” “oh I can get attention off this,” “oh I can prove myself a functional person in society with this,” of it all. I forget why I actually do this, sometimes, or if I even enjoy it. And then I get messages like yours, about the kid with limited internet access looking for A Hat in Time fan art on Bing image search, and I get taken back to when I was a kid scrolling Google images and deviantart for the same thing.

I don’t mean to like. Foster some kind of parasocial thing with you or any one of my followers. There’s a reason I’m saying all this, I hope it ties up in the end.

We don’t know each other. I’m not some mysterious legendary artist, or whatever. I’m a person who gets burnt out, and jealous, and insecure. I need inspiration to function, just like you, and when I don’t have it, I get art block. But I also really like to draw fictional characters kissing and hanging out. I like coming up with comics and stories and playing out dramatic and funny scenarios in my head like I’m mashing Barbies together. And when other people tell me they enjoy the stuff I put out when I do this, it makes me really, really, really happy.

I think I needed to read your message, probably. With the state of… Everything… Right now, especially recently, I feel like a lot of artists are also struggling with a sense of purpose, pride, and reason as the world makes it harder and harder to even BE an artist, these days. And when I read this message it was like Anton Ego at the end of Ratatouille, I got taken back to when I was a kid looking at my favorite artists and studying their style and striving to be better and better at it over years of my life. Not just because I wanted a job for it or cuz I wanted to be a famous Disney animator or whatever, but because it was fun and I just liked doing it.

Thank you, SO much. I say this in the most genuine and earnest way I possibly can possibly express. I wish you luck on your own path in art and art school. And if you decide that animation industry is your thing, then I wish you the best in that endeavor, as well. I think I will keep making art for a long time.

Peace and love on the planet earth ✌️✌️✌️

[theotherluxray]

May I ask you how you plan out you panels and compositions for your amazing comic pages?

Haha thank you for the compliments!

I'm not the best at this, I'm rather messy, so take my advice with a grain of salt. You'd probably get some better advice from more professional comic artists. Nevertheless, here's what I can say!

1st) I often study and reference how my favorite manga and comics do it. How to block out a page, what amount of detail to include, what needs to be the center of focus, what corners need to be cut... This comic is my first time making a comic, so studying those that did it successfully has been hugely important. My role models for this have been Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist), Kentaro Muira (Berserk), and recently @do9bessa (artist who makes PMD Rescue Rangers, and recently made a really good Avatar comic). Hiromu Arakawa and FMA in particular have been good teachers for how I should lay out and pace pages.

2) Planning the flow of the panels. Personally I think I still need to work on this, but the most important thing for any page and story is pacing, and making sure each panel of a comic guides smoothly to the next panel and thus keep the readers eyes following along. Kentaro Muira does this pretty well (as does Arakawa too), but I think the best artist who did this in a "simple yet impressive" way was Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball).

3) Thumb-nailing and Scripting! I do scripting kind of ad-hoc, but I always do thumb-nailing... even if I kinda hate it. Thumb-nailing, for those who don't know, is basically a pre-sketch of the art you wanna make but in a really tiny canvas space, typically 1x1 inch or 2.5x2.5 cm (adjust as needed to properly scale to a full page of course). Doing it this way forces me to focus more on how the page will be laid out and flow than anything else, and gives me a blue print to improve from when i actually start sketching. it's hard to draw in tiny spaces, so I need to get the most important details put down for the thumbnails to even make sense (and thus, for my pages to make sense). Scripting helps make the thumb-nailing process easier, though sometimes I combine the steps and do them at the same time.

4) Practice and f*cking up. The big one, the one that haunts all artists. You just gotta do it. You just gotta put the time in and make bad art sometimes to "git gud". Half of the first chapter of my story is kind of painful to read because of poor art and messy page layouts (not to mention how long that first chapter got). At the end of the day, this is a fancomic; who cares if the art is bad or the pages aren't well laid out at first, or even every now and then? Or if you decide you can't keep up with it due to life issues or new passions? It's very low stakes, and though I take it seriously because I want the comic to be good, it's freeing to know "I can just take a break, half ass a page sometimes, or even quit if I don't like this" because this sort of thing happens all the time with fancomics. If I was making an entirely new comic for a new IP, the stakes would be higher, because I would need to bring in trust and fight for the merit of the IP, but not so with a fancomic. It's the perfect project to practice, put out bad art sometimes, and have fun without high stakes.

tl;dr: Look at your favorite manga and how they do it, practice and use thumb-nails to plan pages, and be comfortable with fucking up or half-assing sometimes.

[schnuffel-danny]

I really wanna turn my AU where Chloe has Anti-Cosmo and Anti-Wanda as fairy godparents into a comic series, I have so many ideas for it, and since it's a fancomic for a show with a "status quo" format it allows for each "chapter" to be completely disjointed from any overarching plot. FOP is an over the top joke driven show, which makes it perfect for my style of comics.... arrrrgh... maybe one day I'll get to it

I really hope I'll have the patience to draw multi-page comics one day...

[lesbian-bird-talks]

As someone who is constantly looking for vocaloid headcanons, give them all please :)

AAHHH I HAVE A LOT

Miku

Has a bit of an ego, because what 16 year old with international fame wouldn't?

People expect her to be super squeamish and hate bugs until they see her squash a giant roach with no hesitation or pick up a spider

Bugs are her frends :)

With that said she hates things like fish and frogs and anything slimy. Not scared of it just thinks they're gross.

Has a weird rivalry going on with Rin and Len. She refuses to actually acknowledge them as her competition because "that's childish and I'm not a child anymore >:[" but also gets 100x more competitive when either of them gets involved.

Girl boss. Has a big personality, good work ethic even if she acts like a brat sometimes, doesn't take shit from other people.

I think she'd be very similar to Nobara from Jujutsu Kaisen tbh, but slightly less crass.

She wears her heart on her sleeve, and tends to use her hair to emote. She'll tug on it a bit when she's angry or overwhelmed, use it to hide her face when she's embarrassed or scared

Speaking of which she isn't AS devious as Rin and Len but she definitely gets up to some hijinks. Some hoodlum activity.

She goes with the twins feigning that she's there to keep them in line and then when they're like "we should put firecrackers under Meiko's toilet seat :]" she is suddenly deaf.

"god they're such kids 😒" she says as she is holding back laughter at the idea of the firecrackers going off.

I also just think that becoming a pop star at the ripe old age of 16 would have forced her to grow up rather fast. So she can be mature but everyone makes her feel safe enough to let out the Gremlin™ just a little. As a treat.

Her easy to approach, affable face she puts on for shows and shit is definitely a facade though, and behind all that she's just a girl who really likes French fashion and reading romance manga.

OKAY ADDING MORE NOW! I posted this,,,so long ago Jesus I kept forgetting to come add onto it.

(idk how to add breaks on mobile pretend there's one right here)

Luka

You know those characters who usually have their eyes closed and only open them when they get serious? Yeah I imagine her personality being like that

Perpetual Big Sister Smile™. Always looks gentle and friendly, but gets much more threatening when she needs to be. Other vocaloids take bets on whether she runs an underground fighting ring or if she's secretly a member of the yakuza

In reality she's just a gentle soul who learned quickly to not let others mistake her kindness for weakness. She is the opitome of "be soft but be ready"

Just Be Friends is a song she wrote about Kaito, they used to date until she realized she was a lesbian. The two of them are still very close! Ice cream man and his short, pink-haired body guard.

Being friends with Kaito means she's developed a sixth sense for when people are about to get hurt, since he's a bit of a klutz. Whenever Rin and Len's pranks are about to backfire she's right there to stop everything from exploding in their faces. Literally.

But she tends to let most of it slide as long as nobody is getting hurt. She enjoys watching the chaos unfold, and she even encourages it if she can get away with it while avoided an earful from Meiko.

Bribes the younger vocas with candy and comic books to do her bidding.

Super competitive. She goes so fucking hard on DDR and if you manage to beat her she is already thinking about at least 5 ways to kill you. You cannot escape. She will find you no matter where you run.

Her relationship with her mom is more like that of a sister's. Which is nice is some ways, but it also means she kinda raised herself. She's very independent and dislikes getting help from others because she's used to doing everything on her own. Meiko often forces her to take breaks or pairs her up with someone else.

She dislikes liquors but she really likes cocktails. Her favorite is a strawberry sangria margarita.

She thinks it's really funny to pretend like she isn't Luka when someone comes and asks for a picture.

"hey are you Luka?? Luka Megurine??"

"Huh? Who is that?"

And she has on merch with a picture of her face when she says that.

By extension she also likes to troll on her own fan forums

"Luka's music is mid at BEST :/" she posts on one of her 12 reddit accounts

Overall she's just a v fun person, though she tends to be very quiet when around people she's unfamiliar with.

Also her little cousin is Peko because I said so

Rin

Number one of the dynamic duo! She's older than Len by about an hour and she will never let her twin live that down.

Rin is probably the mastermind behind most of their mischief. Len isn't dumb, but he's more of an action guy than a planning guy.

She's not super into fashion, so dressing up in costumes isn't really her thing. She doesn't understand why Miku gets so into it.

With that said she isn't necessarily a tomboy, I'd just say she's more rough around the edges having grown up with the kind of brother who would give her wet willies and smash food in her face. She knows how to play dirty, literally.

She still very much likes to go shopping and wearing pretty things

Shes just her very authentic self, and doesn't care much about whether people percieve her as masculine or feminine.

That being said though she really enjoys sports. Not watching but playing. She's the best athlete at her school, which you think would translate well to dancing but,,,,

Shes not a BAD dancer, but she definitely has to work harder to nail choreography than anyone else does.

Moving to a rhythm feels different than running, following instructions feels different than making on-the-fly decisions. So dancing is much harder for her than tennis or basketball.

She's very smart though, and can make pretty fast decisions on her feet. This has saved her from many a costume malfunction or technical issue on stage.

Once she gets in the zone she's pretty calm and collected, but when she's not particularly focused it's pretty easy to push her buttons.

She's not very good at talking to people in general. She's blunt and can be overly-honest, and she's easy to tease and get mad. She fears people picking her apart, so she tends to take criticism more personally than she should unless it comes from Len, Meiko, or Kaito.

While she knows how to get attention, she doesn't know how to get unwanted attention off of her without brute force or speed. She leaves more delicate matters to Len.

She still very much enjoys having people's focus on her, though. Having to get overshadowed by Miku left her with a bit of an inferiority complex, so when the spotlight is on her it feels like her hard work is being noticed.

She has AMAZING breath control. She's a fantastic singer.

She heard about Beyonce being made to run while singing to train her lungs and just added that into her exercise routine.

Also because she's so into sports she's also fairly strong. She could beat your ass. She could beat my ass. She's already beaten flower's ass.

I don't think her and Flower would get along super well, namely cuz I think that Flower and LEN wouldn't get along and she doesn't like people who disrespect her brother.

Her and Len are very close, they don't really have any sort of rivalry going on. They just encourage eachother to be better so they can both achieve their goals.

Rin's dream is to own a house on the coast in California. Her favorite place to be is the beach in summer, and there it's like that all year round.

Len

NUMERO DOS!

As I said before: action man.

This kid rarely ever thinks before he acts. He's impulsive and has poor self-control, so he just pursues any whim he has at any given point.

This combined with his impish desire to pester the people he's closer with leads to a lot of scoldings. From both his parents and Meiko.

Beyond him being a big prankster, he's just a great performer. He's always super high energy, really interactive with the crowd. He's the only one of the vocaloids that streams games in his free-time so he can hang out with his fans more often.

He is very open with his feelings about the people who support him, and is constantly thanking them for being there to help him realize his dreams.

He feels that way about Rin, Miku, Meiko, Luka, and Kaito too, but he's also very easily embarrassed and can't say it to their face.

So instead he's the type to leave them gifts and notes and then get really embarrassed and run away if they try to thank him in-person.

He also has a very one-sided crush on Miku, tends to try and act cool around her which never really works.

She is not the only girl he wants attention from, though. He pretty openly flirts with his fans that are around the same age as him. Sometimes he does it to make Miku jealous which, again, doesn't really work.

But he is incredibly stubborn, and it is near impossible to get him to do something he'd rather not unless you provide some sort of incentive

He's also very much so a Young Boy™

He wants to be seen as a cool guy, the kind who goes to parties and that's always surrounded by girls. Cuz that's just kinda what he thinks success for a man looks like.

So he has to be bribed to wear anything he decides is too girly

Once snuck off to a party, somehow managing to get into a space with a bunch of adults. He ended up getting into real trouble when some half-drunk men recognized him and decided to scare him. He ended up hiding in the bathroom while they pounded on the door to freak him out.

Only ever told Rin about that cuz he knew she wouldn't judge.

Kaito

If Luka is the big sibling who went off to college and comes back to visit often, Kaito is the one who's still at home.

Especially to Miku, who's an only child and kinda latched onto him.

Luka is the chaos enabler, Kaito stops chaos from happening just with his presence. Him existing in the vicinity of the younger vocas is enough to calm them down.

He's very emotionally mature, but has a very child-like nature that people tend to be drawn to.

Imagine Iketeru from "Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan", except he learns what sex is and drinks alcohol. That's Kaito.

He's just very wide-eyed and whimsical despite being close to his 30's.

Though he can be kind of a klutz and say things without thinking, but he doesn't have a negative bone in his body so his lack of filter doesn't get him into trouble really

Its either a compliment or the kinda thing that makes people go "awe honey..."

He's just a very good guy. The goodest guy.

He went to the same highschool and college as Luka, they dated until graduation when Luka came out to him as a lesbian. He was upset, but incredibly supportive of her! They took a break from talking, but they've reconnected and he sees her as his most trusted friend.

Very secure in who he is. He's incredibly reliable and self-assured, always pushes himself to try his best!

He definitely doesn't live very lavishly, probably just a comfortably-sized apartment in a nicer area. He likes old lady furniture, you know the kind with the floral pattern? That's his SHIT right there.

Probably has a curiosity cabinet filled with cool things he found on the street and would pick up to take home.

Very close with his dad! They talk often, his dad owns literally every piece of merch and attends all his performances.

He perpetually smells like vanilla and honey.

Everytime someone mentions it, he just laughs and says thank you, but he doesn't know why. He doesn't use any body wash or cologne that smells like that. He doesn't bake. Even after years he's still confused.

He's not aware of how attractive he is and has made people blush a lot with how much he enjoys physical affection

Imagine getting hugged by a kind teddy bear of a man with a pretty face who smells like vanilla, he is unaware of the kind of affect he can have on people.

Meiko was one of these people before they became friends, now she's become immune to his casual toucheyness. That just comes with being someone he cares about!

Meiko

The queen herself

Okay so first I headcanon in this universe where they're part of a talent agency, Meiko isn't a singer anymore. She quit and took up a job as a talent manager.

She had seen too much of the dark side of the music industry, getting creepy fan mail and gifts and people threatening her safety. All before she hit 18, it had kinda fucked her up.

She was going to quit entirely, but when Miku got scouted the idea of leaving her with nobody to help her navigate her v quickly growing stardom left a pit in her gut.

So she stayed to train and manage her, and ended up taking a v motherly role for everyone who came after her. Minus Luka and Kaito.

She feels very responsible for the well-being of all the younger vocas under her management. She even goes as far as to filter their fanmail personally, reading through it before handing it off to them.

She doesn't want them to get hurt in the same way she did

In terms of her relationship with Luka and Kaito, she's fairly close with them both, but she relies on Luka much more.

Luka's more laid-back attitude to life provides Meiko with a fresh outlook where she'd otherwise feel confused, frustrated, and stuck.

Which happens a lot for Meiko, who is constantly wondering if she's doing enough. For herself, for her career, for these kids she feels responsible for.

Though despite her neurotic nature she still finds time to relax. One of her biggest hobbies is still song-writing. She writes a lot of songs for Luka, she'll often play the piano while Luka sings when the pink-haired lady stops by Meiko's place for a visit.

She also enjoys learning to cook, and while Kaito doesn't bake the two of them have bonded over making food. The three of them meet at Meiko's house regularly to have drinks and try a new recipe and just talk.

The younger vocas don't often get to see a softer side of Meiko, though. She's never outright mean to them, but she takes their safety and development very seriously.

She monitors their schedules closely and keeps a pretty tight leash on them all when it's time to get down to business.

She's pretty easy to loosen up tho all they gotta do is look at her with them big ol' eyes.

She loves them too much to say no when they're begging like that.

And she's also good at noticing small details about everyone. She has a good memory too. If you passed your exam last week you bet your ass she's getting you a present, she won't let success go by without her letting you know she's proud of you.

She spends a lot of time worrying, but overall she's very satisfied with her life.

[puffyartist]

You know what time it is! Art summary 2021 baby!!!!

- A thing I ended up doing this year was taking some college courses this year alongside my full time job. I did a single class each semester, just to get a feel for what the workload would be like on me. I’m glad I took these classes, it’s definitely been nice to learn new things that are completely unrelated to drawing or art. However, between the school work, normal work, and family stuff, I ended up having to be a lot more pickier about what I was drawing. I didn’t have as much spare time, and if I had a project or a commission to work on that would end up being the only piece of art I’d work on for weeks at a time. The productive art rat in me feels like I should be more upset at this turn of events, but it’s been kind of nice to just spend more time getting One Big Thing done then a lot of little crappy things. 

-That said, I definitely still had moments where I would work in a manic frenzy and get a ton down in the span of a week, usually shortly after the school semester ended lol. The Manatee Mermaid comic, that Disco Elysium fancomic, and something I made more recently but haven’t shared yet were byproducts of said manic frenzies lol. 

-Not pictured in here since a lot of art was done for it last year, but the Ring Fit Zine was launched in January. I made a point to post it before my spring semester of college courses started, and I figured after said courses were done I’d figure out if a print run was feasible. Doing the graphic design for that zine genuinely was fun, and I would love to see it in print, but figuring out the logistics was just too intimidating and time consuming for something I felt not a ton of folks would find or end up buying. I toyed with the idea of putting in that effort if Ring Fit Trainer & Ring became smash fighters but, alas....

-Nice side effect of the Ring Fit Zine was that I was reached out to do a commission for another fan booklet, this time the cover! I didn’t get as much commission side income this year compared to last year, but man the nice thing about making the cover art is that when people take pics of the finished product, it’s usually your piece in focus. Seeing some of the cute pics people have taken with my cover specifically warms my cold heart.

-A thing I mentioned in my last art summary was that I hoped to do a game demo. I actually followed through with that!!! I ended up making Satyr Girl And the Escape From Hell on my copy of gamemaker that was so old it was no longer being supported and I can no longer easily port games made in it to systems other then PC. Working on that involved a largely different skillset then what I normally use, but it felt really rewarding. Even the most seemingly smallest of actions would involve way more work and troubleshooting then I would ever expect, and honestly there’s a lot hanging by a shoestring in that demo that I’d want a better framework for in a more polished game. Solving a programming issue would feel like such a huge victory, and I am happy I was able to assemble -something- together for the jam. I haven’t touched gamedev much since this, outside of getting rpgmaker on sale in hopes it would have more tools in place related to what I wanna make. Here’s hoping I’m able to slot more time into this whole game dev stuff so I can one day make that horror rpg game that keeps haunting me to this day.

-Between the fanzine and assembling the PDF for the Manatee Mermaid, I think I actually enjoy graphic design?? Especially in the context of book design. It’s fun trying to evoke a specific mood or feeling through stuff like layout and designs and I don’t have to think about stuff like ‘making up my own fonts’ which is what I used to think Graphic Design mostly entailed back in the day. I’d like to see if I’m able to make it my day job instead of warehouse work, we’ll see.

-Managed to do what I always wanted to do, but hadn’t been able to do until this past year: read Hana and the Firebird live on twitch to celebrate it’s anniversary. More people showed up to the stream then I expected, and it was actually a lot of fun! Maybe I should do it more often??? I don’t like drawing live, but I like reading stuff out loud and explaining things. Maybe I should be a teacher?????

-Something that’s hard to convey in the visual is that throughout September-November, I was working on a pitch package for a graphic novel called Cloud Girl Story. It was something I had dedicated a lot of time to in 2019, but shoved to the wayside when lockdowns in 2020 started. This year I was able to find the heart to slowly pick away at it, and when I finished that DE comic in August I suddenly had an idea for a Cloud Girl Story comic in mind that I felt would make for good sample pages to include with the pitch. Once I had those sample pages, it felt a lot easier to have the rest of the pitch document fall into place. December was a lot of editing, and right now I’m currently waiting to hear feedback from friends. I do think I can genuinely start sending out this pitch to potential agents and editors in the next year though. This is both really exciting and also *stock scream sound effects*

-I’ve been making the active effort to use Clip Studio Paint this year in lieu of Photoshop. This time around I made a point to change my hotkeys to what I was used to, and I guess that was the magic button to help things click together, bc I ended up doing all of my art from my pitch in that document. I probably can’t ever fully kick adobe out the door, but it feels good to know I’m not as beholden to it as before.

I think that about covers it all! I’m honestly surprised I was able to show a piece for every month. It was a good year in establishing a healthier relationship with my art lol. Some hopes for next year include Cloud Girl Story getting picked up by anyone, making pitch packages for some other ideas I have (Secret Keeper has been on my mind recently), doing more game dev stuff (maybe a more polished version of Satyr Girl?), and maybe trying to do some merch ideas? I’m not expecting myself to get all of this done, it’s more for future me to read back on next year and maybe get a chuckle out of it. Hope future me reading this is doing well.

[thepenguisalive7]

On Alternate Universes in fandoms / AU’s (You can have yours, this is mine)

I flippin’ love it when I read fanfic or fancomics of AU’s where normally fantasy or superhero universes or whatever turn into modern or normal settings. I just wanna take the time to say I love all of these people who do this yanno?

 So be nice! It’s not lazy or bad to the original (unless explicitly said so by the original creators but chances are they don’t really mind) and it takes time and lots of thought process. Like it’s so amazing and lovely and aughhsg. 

I just love how aspects of the stories are so expertly changed to fit the story but it’s still there. Enough that you can def understand the references even if the dragon king went to king to soft barista with uwuuuuuuuusus hahah.

Like: - coffee shop au? 10/10 MUCHOS GRACIAS sorry I butchered the words - Super power to normal jobs? Love that 💕 💕  - high school AUkkskkskamjwismmsiw

It’s like, oh, he’s an evil supervillain who mentioned wanting to visit the sea that ONE time? Welp now he’s the evil Aquarium manager that won’t allow OTP zoo employees to smooch in the dolphin exhibits cause he’s JUST THE MOST EVIL BOSS.

Like that’s so creative?

Or like the plot is really magical, and they twist it into a story the main character tells their loved one who has cancer (adapted to fit the story, may not be canon but I WELCOME THE HURT/COMFORT/ANGST. Like it’s just a thing they came up with how did you think of that????) and it’s just so well written you cry??

Or better yet, high school aus, where instead of when a canonicallly killed villain appears, they just exaggerate the whole incident and make it a just an expulsion? Tea man. I. JUST. LOVE. EM.

And while sometimes, I don’t prefer AUs for certain fandoms and much prefer the original for some of em, some fandoms just be like, I wanna see the modern  settings and adaptations yanno?

You go creator of AUs, you go. I salute you. I mean without them, I’d be so sad, like to all fanfic/fanartist in general, hats off to you guys. What would I do without your carefully made contents that make my days just a little brighter. 😭 😭 😃 

thank you for listening to my tedtalk 

[welcome-to-chao-hub]

....I swear, I’m not dead, just....been...easily distracted after work?

Just gonna get a read more because Imma gonna ramble

I mean, mostly distracted with picross or other apps on the ipad, youtube playing since picross is..mmmostly mindless? Like I can focus, but it’s one of those things where it’s like ‘Yeah I can listen to stuff at the same time and not have to pause the video every few minutes because I have to concentrate how to jump over the freaking wall in an endless runner!’ but I also got some looming done today. Mostly done crocheting the last few years, but nnnot exactly confident on making a hat with that (not to mention that looming was how I made hats (and scarves) before I started crocheting).

And I know some people are probably going ‘hey what happened to that....one fanfic involving Elias and Meg? Weren’t you working on that a few weeks ago?

.........I have a tab open that has the document, @callsignjack (thank you so much again!) helped me a bit on that (I’m also ok with more beta readers if I ever get my ass into gear again!) and....yeah my brain kinda went on vacation after typing whatever I currently had up for a bit, but I’m gonna try and work on that...mmmmaybe tomorrow? I really wanna get a cute scene in but brain is going nope other stuff to think about and not write. Goddamn it.

And brain’s too busy trying to come up with stories of an AU...of a fancomic....THAT HASN’T BEEN UPDATED IN YEARS BUT THERE’S A GODDAMN GOOD REASON FOR THAT *cough the fancomic’s Other M cough cough* but brain’s still wanting to be stupid and think of this mess of an AU that it came up with and doesn’t want to let go. Great job brain. 10/10. But I guess I can’t blame it entirely because it is one of the few fancomics I got into as a kid and enjoy going back to after all of these years so I kinda hold a special place for it in my heart. ......would go into more detail but this post is already way too long.

side tangent.....also, I still can’t believe that Ian wrote this and I never found out until like a month or two after making this blog. ...and that the fancomic technically became canon in the Archie comics (or at least the Sonic Universe section if the wiki told me correctly) so I’m kinda afraid to even touch that because 1. I’m still pretty far back and 2. ....I...honestly am kinda afraid of how seeing these versions of characters I enjoy will...hold up in a canon setting ....with Knuckle’s daughter possibly saving the day with Silver (I vaguely recall that being....the plot I think because I haven’t read the wiki recently).

So hopefully I’ll work on either replies or at least try and kick my blogs into gear again. ....looooots of blogs to try and kick. But some of the muses are...barely stirring. ....and I want to make them move again.

I guess one way to do that is to make starter calls (maybe for certain characters) and hope I don’t....mess up? ....I’m worried about messing up certain canon characters, even if no one’s really...complained about that? .....ok seriously, when you’re rping as a canon character of either a certain personality or one that you kinda hardly know, you kinda get tiny bits of self-doubt from time to time.

But that’s kinda gonna be for later after....chores...and sleep....and work.....

..........ok so tl;dr: gonna try and be productive on blogs and other shit tomorrow, I’m sorry it’s taken so long to reply to some stuff, I swear I’m not ignoring you guys on purpose.

[franeridart]

Do you care for any of the dekusquad?

I care for most if not all hero-related characters in bnha! But if with care you mean if any dekusquad member is between my favorite characters/if I care enough about any of them to draw them more than once every blue moon, then my Todoroki tag might tip you off, there lol

Anon said:Will you ever draw Bakukamikiri again? I rlly loved how you did them!!

Thank you!!! And I think I will, though I don’t have any project to do so in the near future, sorry!

Anon said:Soo KyouHaba day (6/16) is coming up and was wondering if you could do some seijoh next gen stuff. Yahaba is often forgot about a and Kyoutani isn’t really included in a lot of Aoba Johsai stuff. Feel free to not do anything just suggesting something

Aw sorry anon but I don’t have the time to do day-themed stuff right now! KyoHaba is currently the hq ship I’m most likely to draw for, though, since they’re the only ones I’m still reading fics for! So I don’t think any will come around 6/16, but I don’t exclude I might draw them anyway in the near future! :D

Anon said:Omg your taking part in a zine!! I’m so excited! And it’s a BakuSquad one too! Ik I’m definitely going to be buying it when pre-orders open up!

I’m taking part in TWO zines, actually!! Both the @takemyhandzine and the @sixthwheelzine !!!!! I’ll be making comics for both, and if you do decide to buy either I really hope you’ll like them!!!!

Anon said:whats a zine?

In general, a zine is an amatorially published magazine! Specifically tho here we’re talking about fanzines, so magazines put together and published by fans for other fans! The ones I’m taking part in are both about kiribaku, and will include both fanart (fancomics included) and fanfics! Depending on how much you wish to spend on it, you can also buy a bundle with fanmade merch too, and the Sixth Wheel zine is gonna have a pdf version too, in case you’d prefer to buy it like that! They’re super cool projects I’m insanely happy I got invited to take part in!!!!

Anon said:Your art style is so pretty and I love to see your amazing bnha drawing on my dash

There is literally no way I could ever stop being into d gray man ever and I’m also still following hq’s manga, yes! I dunno if and when I’ll draw for either fandom next, tho, sorry! ;^;

Anon said:Everytime you draw kiribaku I gain 1 life,,,,, tysm I love ur art SM ur such an inspiration,,,💖💖💖

Oh my g o d s thank you so much ;^;

Anon said:Your Kiridragon is the cutest, I love him and want Katsuki to protect him forever. Thank you for sharing that last story with us!!! (Ps. Can we expect more Kiridragon adventures in the future? *puppy eyes*)

Thank you for liking him!!!!!! And if you’re talking about the fantasy AU in general, I’ll 100% for sure draw more for it! If you’re talking about them as kids tho I can’t say for sure - I definitely want to, tho, right now!! ;^;

Anon said:As a suggestion, could you maybe do Kiri*Deku, whether it be romantic, platonic, or misinterpreted by Bakugou and he takes Kirishima because that’s his sunshine boy thank you very much, get your own

Aw anon sorry but krdk is…………. really not my thing, so I don’t take suggestions for it ;-; I might end up doodling them in the future anyway since I have in the past, but that’s only gonna be if I find an idea I really really really wanna draw, I’m sorry

Anon said:Just wanted to say that I love your art and I just went through a majority of your blog. But I noticed you used to draw erasermic but haven’t recently and I was wondering if you still ship it??? It’s okay if you don’t or if you just haven’t gotten the inspiration recently, I’m just curious. Anyways, keep doing what you do and being amazing

Thank youuuu!!!!! And I’ve actually always drawn erasermic super sporadically! They’re one of my main ships in the fandom honestly, but since they’re sorta hard to draw for me I rarely end up drawing them? I do still love them with all my heart tho! You can expect to see more of them in the future, for sure ;u;

Anon said:I came for my kiribaku fix (it HAD to be him I’m dying all over again) but. God ur art always blows me tf away ur so good and skilled and ur improvement in like… everything inspires me SO much so bless u and I hope u have a WONDERFUL day

I’m so glad I can inspire anyone, oh my g o o o o o o d ;O; thank you so so much!!!!

Anon said:Wow your dragon kiribaku art is so cute! Will there be a sequel!

Not for the immediately after, for now! Since Horikoshi is yet to give me the official design for Kiri’s mom //sob - but as I said up there I do want to draw more with them as kids in the fantasy AU, so maybe, yeah!!!

Anon said:I absolutely love EVERY SINGLE facial expression that Bakugou makes in your Fantasy Babies comic strip. He’s such an unapologetic little shit.

THANK YOU!!!!! I was mostly trying to convey the fact that he’s too young to think about the consequences of his actions before doing stuff like calling the rage of a dragon mom upon his city l m a o glad you liked him!!! :D

Anon said:The way you draw the baby bois has me weak 💖💕❤️💗💞💓💝 That baby dragon Kiri 💯💯💯💖💖💖😊😊😊

Thank you so muuuuuucccchhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:EYYYYY! Love your art, the newest comic made me laugh so hard that I almost chocked to death :D (Jk, I just couldn’t breathe normally) God bless youuuuuuuuuu

I’m SUPER HAPPY it made you laugh!!!!!! heck!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;^;

Anon said:You content makes my heart go doki doki doki doki doki

THANK!!!! YOU!!!!! SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:the way you draw wings is so cool, i love it. your art is just amazing in ggeneral to be honest, like akjdjkhdlkdl

AAAAHHHHHHHH I’M HAPPY YOU LIKE THEM I have so much fun drawing them, honestly!!!

Anon said:I love the fact that mina and kiri are cannonically childhood friends (middle school counts as childhood right??) Like I love their friendship so much and they both deserve the world.

Real, they’re adorable and I wish Horikoshi would actually have them interact a bit more in the manga, since as for now their scenes together are pretty much non-existent aside from their backstory ;^;

Anon said:THEY ANIMATED IT!!! THE HAND GRAB!!! IT’S IN MOVING COLOUR!!!

HELL YES I DIED IT’S BEEN NEARLY A WEEK AND I’M STILL DYING WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TIME TO BE ALIVE

Anon said:You with your beautiful beautiful art and Chonideno with her beautiful beautiful writing about Kiri and Bakugou makes my heart so happy and warm and just… Thank you for existing and love Kiribaku! I don’t know, your art makes me so happy

Ohhhhhhhhhhh boy what an honor to be put at the same level as mag ;^; I love her and her writing so much, honestly !!!!!! thank you so so much for the compliment, anon!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:Kirishima braiding his hair while he talks is both adorable and relatable. Thank you for that.

I’m!!!! mostly happy you caught it hahahaha thank you !!!!!!

Anon said:Hey. You seem insecure but your art is great. What kind of color scheme do you see for Hawks?

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I honestly don’t like thinking about stuff I think Hori will give me in canon soon enough? But out of instincts I mostly imagined him in shades of brown, I think - typical birds of prey and/or aviator colors, you know!

Anon said:I love ur drawings but i also love reading ur tag. They re so funny sometimes

lmao that’s good too!! As long as I can make people enjoy a couple of moments of their time I don’t really mind how I do it hahaha

Anon said:your art is beautiful anfndfnd

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:Hello fran, just wanted to say i’ve been here for a long long time (since the h/q times :‘o) and today i was thinking about some of your old art and if you remember, you had a soulmates au for b/n/h/a that was super good and i really loved so i wanted to tell you!! You as an artist have such an impact on me and that au is my fave of yours!! ;0; have the nicest day ever!! -soulmates anon (4 future ref!!!)

OH MAN I’m so happy to hear you still remember that one?? It was such a fun experiment to play around with, I’m glad you liked it this much!!!! Thank you for telling me omg !!!!! ;^;

Anon said:Hi, so where did you go to watch Haikyuu (I’m assuming probably Crunchyroll but ya never know) and where might I find the dubbed version?

Aw anon sorry I don’t watch the dubbed version! Since I’m Italian, I don’t really have much use for the English dubs haha I’m pretty sure you can find it on kissanime, tho!

Anon said:could you briefly go through the process of making and completing one of your comics? I wanted to start some short bnha comics but idk where to start, thank you!

Sorry this took me an age to answer - I have answered this question a while back, I think it might be in my art tips tag! But to go through it fast, my process is something like

find a line or an exchange I want to deliver, or a topic I want discussed (usually happens randomly as I’m doing other things)

spend a million years just staring at a wall or at my ceiling or anything else as I build a whole scene in my mind to have the lines or topic take the form of an actual comic (might take two minutes, might take a month)

draw a rough sketch of the whole comic - I do this with all panels (and pages, when I separate a comic in pages) on the same canvas, so that I can look at the whole scene all together and get a good sense of the general flow of the storytelling. This process includes cutting panels, moving panels around, reshaping panels, trying different poses and angles for the same panels to find the right one, writing and deleting and re-writing lines till I’m sure the wording is what I’m going for*

line the panels - I mean the actual panels, the straight lines delimitating the panel, I line them all first and put them on a separate layer

line the people!! All the characters in every panel are lined in this stage

line the backgrounds! In case there are backgrounds and the comic is meant to stay in black and white, if not then color the backgrounds! (I always start coloring from the backgrounds cause they’re the boring parts and if I leave them for last I never do them ever #rip)

in case of black and white comics, we fill in flat, gray-scale colors at this point (or, as I’ve lately started doing, I only put down shadows and leave it at that). If it’s in colors, we color the people!

Write down the dialogue!! *at this point we change a lot of the dialogue again because enough time has passed since I sketched it that I changed my mind on everything, don’t be like me

you’re done!

All of it is done on one single canvas, unless it’s a comic with separate paneled pages in which case they’re all done on their own canvas but still drawn all together. That’s about it, hope it was at least a little bit useful!

Anon said:Hi! I just wanted to thank you for your art, especially your KiriBaku. I was exactly in the same situation than Bakugou in the post tagged “bakugou being blunt about his feelings” (except we are 2 girls) , so I used it to confess to her. She said yes! X3

OH MY GOD I’m so super happy to hear that!!!!! Congrats on your gf, anon!!!!!! *throws hearts at u*

[sanderssons]

Only shooting stars break the mold

(( For whoever feels lost, this piece of fiction is the continuation of the events of my fancomic/fanfiction Sanders Sons, in which the Sanders Sides are Thomas’s children and it can be read from the start HERE))

((Trigger warning: self-doubt))

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((I’m having a problem with the Tag List, so I hope it works now. Let me know if there are any problems with it))

((A/N: Quick questions, go! Did I promise Roman angst? Yes. Did I deliver? A bit. But with a happy ending. Are you not embarassed you promised to post this on sunday and you’re posting it now? No, not at all))

Roman Sanders was a star and of that he was sure.

Or at least, he had been sure of that for the greatest part of his 7 years of life. He never had problems with being the most dazzling child in the room. Either at a shopping mall, or at a grocery store or a park or his acting classes, he was always the popular one. So he had thought that when he went to school, it would just be the same.

But it wasn’t.

This weirdest day started when they had gotten to class and were introduced. The four of them got up to greet everyone when the teacher asked and immediately Roman felt weird after waving. He answered the questions along with Patton, but all of the while he could feel a weird vibe. The way people would look at him and then turn to the side and talk. No, not talk. Gossip.

Then the end of first class came and the kids came talk to them. But not all of them. Roman watched in absolute confusion as they came closer to talk to Patton or to Logan or even to Virgil, who was making his best to smile and be polite. When the small interval was over, he felt it again. The feeling that people were indeed seeing him, but purposely staying away.

During class, he discreetly checked his hair and teeth and clothes to make sure there was nothing wrong with him. His prince garment was just as dazzling as it was any other day. Apparently no. But it was alright. He couldn’t count on his charm, but he would not let this stop him.

When next interval came, Roman turned around and smiled at the girl behind him.

“Hi. I’m Roman”

The girl lifted her eyes from the drawing she was making.

“I know.”

“What’s your name?”

“I’m Melanie.”

“That’s a pretty name.” He looked at her drawing. “What are you drawing?”

“A horse.”

“I love horses. Do you have one?”

“No. Mom says they’re expensive to have”

“Papa says that too. But I have a stuffed one. His name is Max.” He felt something weird as he saw Melanie look to the girl just next to her. He didn’t know what that look was. “Well, anyway. Do you want to be my friend?”

When her stare returned, it was solely directed to her drawing.

“No”, she said.

“Oh. Okay. Well, good talk”, he replied and turned back to the front.

During third class, Roman wondered what was going on. What had the world turned into? Why were those kids not interested in him? Was he doing something wrong?

During snack, everyone got together on the playing area on the back of the room and listened to the teacher reading a story. As Patton and Logan seemed to already have found their preferred colleagues and Virgil refused to join in the reading and was eating at his desk, Roman asked a trio of boys if he could sit next to them, to what they responded with “whatever”, what wasn’t very encouraging for Roman.

He then offered to share his grapes, but the kids were very incisive in saying no while eating their cookies and chips and the teacher asked Roman to be quiet during the reading.

The whole day after that was followed by Roman’s attempts at making friends and getting utterly confused. He was doing everything right: being friendly and smiling and taking interest in others... But it didn’t seem to be working. His last try was just before recess, when he asked some girls if they wanted to play castle with him, since they looked like princesses and he was all ready to be a prince.

Roman had never had anyone laugh at him. He didn’t even know if it was a good thing, if it meant yes.

He supposed he would just have to spend recess with his brothers. Patton, however, had already left the room followed by a group of around six kids. He found Logan and Virgil just outside of the room.

“Hey, guys! Where are you going?”

“Virgil asked me to take him to the library and help him find a new space atlas. Plus, I would like to go to the principal’s office to know if I can require a form to skip a grade”

“Really? I thought what we were doing was pretty hard”

“Not for me. I believe I am ready. You want to join us?”

He didn’t really, but it was better than sitting alone.

“Sure!”

Roman Sanders sure was a star. But by Thursday, he wasn’t feeling much like one.

The day at school was just as the others had been before. Going to class and sitting down between Melanie and Patton. He would try to do the work, but it was very hard, especially the numbers part. At this point, he had already stopped asking for help in class because he felt like he was getting too much of the teacher’s attention and not giving a chance to the others. Logan could help him solve it later at home.

Then during the intervals, he would nervously look around, trying to think of someone he hadn’t tried to talk to, someone who might enjoy some tale of bravery. But as much as it pained him to accept, there didn’t seem to be a single child on that room - other than his brothers - that seemed to like him.

Then at recess, Roman would wait to see if any of his brothers wanted to play. But Logan normally went to the principal’s office to discuss his advancement, Virgil was exhausted from all the class and just wanted to be left alone, and Patton was normally so absorbed in his own group of friends he hardly looked back. For the first days, Roman had tried to do his own thing and play by himself to see if he could attract anyone. But every time he would look to the side, the kids would be looking at him weird.

Just yesterday, he had taken a more... Aggressive approach. He had brought more royal clothes so someone could join him. There was bound to be someone in the class that liked to roleplay, right? But as soon as he announced, the teacher heard him and asked him to keep his things. Toys weren’t allowed other than in the proper days. And so one more of his plans went to dust.

Still, he was trying to keep himself hopeful. Today was his favorite day of the week. It was Thursday! And Thursday was acting class day and acting class was the best. And acting class would put everything back into it’s own place.

“I don’t wanna go to acting class today”.

Thomas looked at his son, startled. He left everything he was doing to the side and knelt down in front of the child, touching his forehead to try and take his temperature. But other than a little pout on his lips, Roman seemed to be fine.

“Why? What happened?”.

“I just... Don’t wanna go”, he said, pulling on his sleeve.

Thomas shook his head, incredulous.

“Roman, you wanted to go even when you were under investigation and your brother was at the hospital. You would have a police officer take you there just so you wouldn’t miss it.” Thomas caressed his child’s hair, trying to get his eyes to look at him. He had been waiting for Roman to tell him what was wrong in school for the whole week, but the child always seem to be slipping through the cracks. He was scared something might have been wrong, but there was always something else that would call his attention these last few days. “What is going on, Princey?”

“Well... I am feeling... A bit... Hm...”

“Bitterly, jittery and not very glittery?”

“Exactly!” Roman snapped his fingers and for a moment, Thomas could see the spark back in his eyes, just before it doused again. “The kids at school don’t like me...”

“Oh, darling, but they will-”

“No, they won’t!” Roman stomped his little foot down in a way that startled Thomas. Seeing his effect, he made his voice softer and shrunk himself, what was not common of him. “I thought they just... Had to get used to me. But it turns out they are used to me... They just don’t like me...”

Roman crossed his arms, looking around to make sure the others weren’t close. “Patton is friends with everybody. So I asked him why they didn’t like me. He said they said I am... Weird”.

Thomas felt his heart break a little bit when he saw that expression in Roman’s eyes. He opened his mouth to promise he would talk it over with Patton, but the child continued.

“And it wasn’t his fault or anything. He even tried to convince them otherwise! He asked me to join them for recess today... But the others were being stupid and mean and they kept ignoring me, so I left. He apologized later, but I think I made him feel bad. And I don’t want that, I want him to have friends, even if they’re jerks to me.”

Roman fiddled with his sash nervously, keeping his eyes down. Thomas put his hands on his child’s shoulders.

“Listen, Ro. If they don’t like you, it’s on them. There’s nothing wrong with you and they shouldn’t stop you from doing what you love.” Roman’s eyes met with his Papa’s. “You are so so lucky to have something you love and you’re good at being so young. You can’t let anyone get in the way of that”.

The child seemed to ponder upon Thomas’ words. Finally, he nodded.

“Yeah, I guess you’re right. Drama class always makes me feel better. I wanna go”.

Thomas smiled and wrapped Roman in a tight hug.

“I’m very proud of you. You’re being very brave about all of this”.

“I know”, Roman pulled apart, fixing his hair. His normal air of excitement and playfulness was back. “I always am”.

 As the time passed inside one of his favorite places in the world, Roman was glad he came. The class reminded him that, yes, he was a bit different than other kids, but there were other kids like him, and they liked him just the way he was.

Between one scene and another and during the halfway break, he asked his friends about their schools. Their answers were not very different than his own. The other theater kids had about two or three good friends - although they got along fine with everyone else. He slowly came to realize that they just weren’t the most popular type, but that was fine.

“I’d never want to be popular”, said Meghan, one of Roman’s best friends on the classes.

“How so?”, asked Elwood, the kid who always got the tiniest parts and could always do the best out of them and be on evidence.

“Then I would have to send kisses to all of my friends when I win the Oscar. I have to keep it short. Mom, dad, kitty and two friends max. Still have to thank the tech crew!”, she said, taking her water bottle as a prize and smiling to the rest of the crowd, who applauded her decision.

When class was done, he invited everyone to his house to play and wasn’t surprised to find that most of the kids wanted to. On their way home in their minivan, while everyone sang For The First Time in Forever in unison, Roman smiled at himself, proud.

Because he could deal with those people at school, as long as he could get himself to Thursday to hang out with these awesome geeks.

[ahkaraii]

I really love your comic! Kakashi is my absolutely favorite character and this comic is a blessing! It's inspired me to attempt to make my own comic byt I don't know where to start. Do you have any tips? Thank you for creating such a great comic!

Wahoo!!  Oh my goodness, I LOVE comics so if I’ve inspired you to make your own, that’s AWESOME!!

Where to start – hm, well, I usually have some feeling or some particular exchange I want to convey between two characters (a certain look, a dialogue, etc). It’s my driving motivation for powering through the whole time consuming process of making a comic. The rest is basically thinking up a way to build up to that desired point so the exchange has its proper oomf, and then figuring out how to resolve the comic after that point to leave the reader satisfied.

Once you have your idea, you should plan it out – even if only as a bullet point list of key moments in your head – so you don’t accidentally get tangled up with a plot hole midway through and have to go back and erase stuff you’ve drawn or retcon stuff or whatnot. I can tell you from experience that is the #1 fastest way to hate your comic and leave it unfinished, haha! It’s a big shame if you’ve put in lots of hours/days/months/years, so be sure to know where you’re going!

That said, it’s okay to give yourself some wiggle room. A lot of my most powerful scenes arise on the fly, just drawing what my hand wants to draw on any given day, and letting the sequence grow organically from there instead of strictly following a script.

Some folks prefer to work off a full script and/or thumbnails (I have a comic or two that I did that with and it was pretty nice to know exactly where you’re going at any moment, though personally I got a bit bored since I knew exactly what was going to happen and you and this comic are going to be bedfellows for a while so it better still be exciting after you’ve sunk in 50 hours and you’re still on the first page lmao).

I’m not nearly a good planner as that, though, and I’m notoriously lazy, so these days and for fancomics like this that I have no intention of doing anything professional with – they’re just fun pasttimes that I want to get out as quickly as possible to maintain emotional momentum – I pretty much grab my 5px hardbrush and start sketching out the scene, adding dialogue as I go.

Here’s an example of today’s comic on the left – I had doodled that last night but it felt kind of stale, so I slept on the scene and when I woke up I decided I needed to add Sakumo’s flashback to his wife to really cement the intensity and emotional importance of the scene, which I did, and I quickly polished up the sketchy and then I was done! :D

I think another important piece of advice to give is to decide now how “polished” you want your comic to look like. I’m perfectly capable of rendering full-colour comics, and I’m usually delighted by how they look, but they are TIME CONSUMING AS FUCK. It’s fine for short one-shot comics, but longform ones you have to really think about it because it’s very likely you’ll run out of steam long before the story’s done.

How much effort do you have to sink in to convey the core idea you want to show? Nice art is really nice, but at its heart your comic is about a story you want to tell, right? Otherwise you’d just draw a bunch of illustrations. So more focus on delivery and less on how beautiful the background looks, because that background that takes you 20 hours to draw will take someone 0.2 seconds to see. So instead just take 10 minutes to gesture out the background and move on to the more important parts!

A final point is your audience. Like – I 99% draw comics for myself. I draw them in my school notebooks, I draw them on psd files that never see the light of day, etc. I draw them for me. But sharing them can be super duper fun if folks get into it, and it’s a powerful motivator that can help you powerhouse through the marathon that is drawing a comic, especially when it’s longer stuff that may take you a good long while. So you have to keep a regular/predictable update schedule if you wanna keep your readers interested and coming back for more.

Most webcomics die because of this – they update so sporadically, people who were originally hyped lose focus and get bored and leave. The artist, discouraged, loses focus and updates even less frequently. Eventually the burden of drawing the comic that no one cares about anymore is exhausting and they burn out and the comic dies.

I’ve been guilty of this more than once, lmao!

So, uh, yeah! That was long. Start with short comics, compact one-shot scenes. Once you get good at doing that, you can tackle that epic novel idea you’ve got in your head – everyone has one, me included haha – but until that point, don’t bite off more than you can chew or you’ll burn out !

Good luck~!!

[kindestegg]

ok heres what i was talking about when i made that “discord deserved so much better” post

theres some spoilers below but heres the non spoiler, shorter version: discord is strongly hinted to be a gay man at this point but his treatment in the series has been very poor, specially considering how one of his bigger plot roles revolved around him being abused by a man he might have been interested in. mlp did a bad job with this and i’m hoping they fix it by at least giving discord a boyfriend before g4 ends definitely.

ok, let me just start off by saying, discord is now confirmed to be a gay man, BUT not in the right way, as in mlp crew better step up their game, and im gonna analyze exactly why n how i came to this conclusion.

first of all, the ep that made me pick up the dots was the recently leaked "the breakup breakdown". it depicts big mac doing a hearts and hooves day surprise for sugar belle with the aid of spike, who, by shouting something to do with pony dnd, gets discord to come help as well. however, discord isn't very amused by hearts and hooves day. he spends most of the episode talking about how its a commercialized holiday and how love is not real. which is interesting, considering friendship is another form of love, and discord does highly value friendship. so what happened to make him feel theyre separate? even when spike brings up fluttershy, discord acts nonchalantly about it, preferring to dismiss it as him just enjoying tea.

but we may have even more confirmation that it cant be fluttershy thats behind any romantic love in discord because as we have seen, he separates love and friendship despite them being two of a kind. so discord has no reason to see fluttershy as a potential partner, shes already his friend and thats enough, and she cant be the reason he thinks love is fake either, because he certainly doesnt act like she broke his heart. no, rather, this behavior is often commonly found in abuse victims, victims who have been manipulated by someone they may have had feelings for in the past.

so, who could have toyed with discord's heart, making him so bitter towards the concept of love but more accepting of friendship? ill give you a hint, it's NOT CELESTIA! i know its a common ship/headcanon but it cant be celestia, because a: we have NO confirmation that all of those headcanons and fanfics and fancomics about how discord ooooooh so tragically was in love with the beautiful celestia who thought he was an ugly beast blah blah blahhh are canon b: even if something did happen between them, he clearly has it in the past, considering he n celestia seem to be on very good terms, n still friends. n hoensstly, i dont think celestia is the toxic or abusive type.

no, rather, its tirek. really, let's take a look back at discord's arc in twilight's kingdom parts 1 + 2. no, even further. the whole of season 4, the season immediately after his one-ep reformation. he is still very clearly feeling out of place, trying his best to get in touch with ponies but making it more complicated and awkwatd than it has to be. evenwhen he's called to help and thinks he's finally going to be important and accepted, he has a hard time with fluttershy's friends. so here comes tirek, offering not only power, but even more: someone that accepts him. tirek knows him, or at least of him, he speaks of discord and how he used to be with great importance. discord wants nothing more than that: someone who would accept and like him no matter how much chaos he can bring. and thinking how shaky these first tries have been for him, nothing is stopping him on at least giving it a try, he even has a failsafe, not telling tirek about twilight until the last minute, to make sure tirek really cares about him. really, this isnt the behavior of someone who is just looking for a work partner.

so, tireks got discord right where he wants him, following him around like a lovesick puppy. he puts on a show every time they steal magic together, makes decorative art of them and even celebrates getting the medallion as a gift. i mean, tirek literally tells him to go out n be free, discord chuckles ominously n... the only scene we see of him again is him arranging windows. literally, discord isnt even trying to get away n be free by now, he wants to be with tirek. sure, the guy is starting to get a little weird n angrily pushy now that hes got more power but thats nothing to worry about!! n thats what brings my point around, because then we move to tireks betrayal of discord. hes manipulated discord into giving away every last drop of magic equestria can offer and as a thanks, he sucks out every last drop of magic out of HIM. its painful and you can just see in discords face hes not enjoying it. discord is defeated, humiliated and left ruined, by someone who he thought would love and accept him for who he was, by someone who he was already imagining spending eternity ruling side by side. that whole bright future, its gone, its broken, it will never come back, and on top of that, his friends hate him too.

now, lets fast forward a little bit, ok? what is it that discord says when he hands over the medallion to twilight, as a thanks for showing him mercy?

"tirek convinced he could give me something greater than friendship, but now i see there is no such thing"

... or something like that, i dont have the script pulled up, but i get the picture. now, what was it that discord was saying in this s8 episode? "love is fake". although friendship isnt right? ladies and gentlemen, we just found our culprit. discord believes hes learned his lesson as friendship being good and love being a lie, specially after being abused so terribly, so its obvious hes shocked seeing all the ponies celebrating love, dont they know any better? this is what makes his whole revolving around the episode so important. he sees there might be a way, but, he also is still a bit skeptical.

anyway, all this to say, discord can now be considered canonically gay... for a trauma reason.

yeah, mlp? this isnt good. this whole subtext of discord falling for a guy, being abused by him and then discrediting love? thats not good gay representation. if you wanna have one of your secondary next-to-major cast be gay i applaud you, but please, for the love of god, HURRY THE FUCK UP AND GIVE DISCORD A BOYFRIEND. a real one, not one that will treat him like tirek did and just leave him for dead. and not some androgynous looking character we see with him for 0.5 secs. i want MEAT. i want substance. we had full fledged scenes with sounds n a story arc dedicated to discords abuse. to a GAY MANS abuse. i wanna see yall fucking have the guts to take all that energy n do SOMETHING GOOD. GIVE DISCORD A BOYFRIEND, A GOOD BOYFRIEND. let a gay man character be happy for once in television and be represented in a way that doesnt involve his suffering. thats all (drops mic)

[victubia]

Hello Victubia readers!

Please read <3

I just wanted to talk to you a bit about the problems I am facing right now, and why the comic is currently on a hiatus.

It should not have escaped anyone that this comic of mine is inspired by youtubers.

The original Victubia project was a wallpaper series (in 2013) where I designed some of my favorite youtubers in some fancy steampunk/victorian outfits, and now here we are, with a weekly comic about a grand adventure with a big cast of both youtubers and original characters.

Victubia was created as a “thank you” to some of these youtubers, for giving me something to look forward to every day when I was going through some of the darkest periods of my life.

With depression and unemployment breaking me down a few years ago, youtube was one of the few things that actually got me out of bed and made me smile.

Youtube became a bright light in my usually dark days, and I will always be grateful for that.

Many of the youtubers that has characters based on them are people I have been following since 2010, with Mangamix being the first one (I got caught up really bad in the Amnesia craze).

And as you can imagine, people can change a lot during seven years.

I’m writing this post because of the controversy surrounding Pewdiepie at the moment. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s easy to google. I have not always agreed with everything Pewdiepie has done in the past, but I have stayed around to see him change in a lot of ways. Most of them have been good, and even tho it’s been a rocky process I’ve seen him evolve through the years. However this time his actions were inexcusable and idiotic, and as a long time fan I am extremely disappointed.

What he did should not be defended or made light of, and I hope he takes all this backlash to heart to become a better person.

His actions were a brutal awakening for me in many ways, because I realised that featuring youtubers in a comic will make it look like I endorse everything they do. Which I don’t. There’s a lot of times when I don’t agree with the youtubers featured in the comic, but I also don’t expect people to be perfect at all times.

I’m aware that this is something that comes along with the decision to make a comic about real people. I have always known it, but never gave it a lot of thought until now.

The characters in Victubia are supposed to be “inspired” by the youtubers, and not actual mirror images representing everything they say or do.

In my FAQ I have a disclaimer stating: “Victubia is a fan project and a work of fiction, and do not represent the thoughts, opinions or actions of the youtubers they are inspired by."

It’s supposed to be a fun and silly fancomic. Nothing more. In many ways I feel that the “youtubers” in the comic has almost become original characters in a way.

My initial thought after the controversy was to just cancel the comic all together.

You might say “why not just remove Pewdiepie?”

That is easier said than done I’m afraid. After years of planning I have mapped out over 90% of the comic’s plot, all the main story threads and twists, and Pewdiepie serves as an important plot element in a lot of those parts.

In many ways he’s the actual “spine” of the story, and ripping it out would just end up killing the comic. That sounds very dramatic, but I have given it a lot of thought during the last week, on how I could possible change things, switch, add or remove characters, making all characters original characters etc.

In the end I can only see two options; which is to stick to the original plan, or to cancel the comic.

I know that canceling the comic would be really unfair to the thousands of people that read it, and especially the people that has been supporting Victubia even before it became a comic. It also feels unfair to the rest of the youtubers, because Pewdiepie is only one out of the 15+ youtubers in the cast.

However I also understand that people might feel hurt by his inclusion in the comic, and I never wanna might light of that.

So that’s why I would just like to know the thoughts and opinions of you, my readers, and how you feel about the whole situation?

Any kind of input would be valuable to me so I can make a decision about this comic’s future.

[doudy-reblog]

Momma CQ - The animated series! (Trailer) (Please read if you wish to see more!)

Hey everyone! Hope you’re doing well :) Here’s a new project idea!

I had the random thought someday to animate @alainaprana’s Momma CQ comic, because I really love it.

Cartoons always had a special place in my heart, they help me through hard times, and my ultimate dream would be to work in that department. Bringing stories into life, transmitting emotions to people, helping them in a way it helps me… It’s what I want to do.

Now next step is YOUR opinion. If you want it or not. Like everyone, I have life priorities. And this takes a lot of time. And I still really wanna do it! I want to entertain people, it’s a great feeling to see that I can bring them something they love. And for it to happen with this project, I’ll need some support. And I’d also like to help my family with some things, and this would be a way!

I usually don’t ask anything for making my content, I just do it cuz I love doing it. The thing is I have many projects going, and if I wanna be able to do this one too, I’ll need some help. And as said, we kinda need it here, so yeah ^^’

Now you can let me know if you like the idea: I set goals on my Patreon page. After reaching a certain amount of money per months there, I’ll work on a new episode. The first goal is to reach 15$ so I can work on the first episode. This video is a sneak peek of it, so you can see how it will look like :)

Also by being my Patron, you can participate to polls, get discounts on commissions, and early viewings of fancomics pages!

@alainaprana let me do this, and I will never thank her enough for giving me this chance 💙

As you can see, I don’t ask much for a start. And each time a new goal is reached, I won’t ask much more for the new one. I really want to make it possible for me, but also for YOU! So don’t worry about giving me the minimum, every little bit helps a lot !

And I’d like to thank @iwel-san who is part of my motivation to propose you this. There’s always a solution to make dreams come true !

Let me know what you think about it. I’ll give you news when the first goal is reached, to announce that I continue working on the first episode! ;)

Have a nice day! :*

Geno, Error and Fresh!Sans belong to the rad @loverofpiggies Momma CQ belongs to the sweet @alainaprana

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[nadineselfships-archived]

Hello! I wanted to say how much I love your blog! Also I'm kind of want to get into more fandoms so any suggestions..? (if you want to, that is)

Hiya!! ^^ Aaa thank you so much!! I haven’t had anyone ever ask me for fandom recs before so I might not be great at this!! (Also I tend to not interact in a lot of my fandoms for multiple reasons,, also sorry if you already know half or all of the fandoms I name i’m a very simple lady when it comes to fandoms i’m in.)There’s Undertale, a lot of skeletons and au’s await you there. (also a lot of skeleton oc’s which is cool, skeletons man, they’re great.) (The fandom is a lil’ divided but the part of the fandom I ‘interact; with is pretty great and filled with amazing people, I have a lot of artists I could recommend but that would need to be an entirely different post lol.)Hamilton, it’s an amazing musical the soundtrack is on youtube if you wanna listen to it, the fandom itself is a little,, ehhh,, complicated. (a lot of artists have been driven out of the fandom but there are many left and some of them are really amazing people so it really just depends who you interact with.)Steven Universe, an amazing cartoon with amazing lore, many cool fan fusions many gay ships. (Basically if you like gay aliens go check it out.) The fandom can get a little heated but I think in maybe a good way? The theories and everything that have come from everyone is pretty amazing. I want to say Fnaf because I genuinely love the games and the lore (Matpats latest theory has me living) but the fandom is, okay, I don’t rally interact with the fandom anymore so I don’t know what it’s like atm but be warned there is a lot of nsfw content in this fandom. (I don’t wanna shit on the fandom because I know there are some lovely people in there, I have seen some pretty cool oc’s that could fit into the universe so it’s not all sin and whatnot.)Portal, the portal fandom is dying (not really but it’s not very active) but it’s actually one of my favourite fandoms. As far as I know there hasn’t been any discourse in the fandom and everyone is pretty chill. (also the amazing fanfics like seriously, the best.) (also, robot with English accent, ‘nuff said.)Doctor Who, s’bout aliens and time travel and the story and plot is actually amazing and there’s a heck ton of gay stuff and the fandom is pretty cool as far as i’m concerned, everything that comes from the fandom is pretty amazing and I haven’t really found anything in the fandom that’s been bad. (also I just want to say, Donna and Jack, Donna is a sassy wonderful woman and Jack is a beautiful pansexual immortal who I would give my life for okay//also Jack gets his own series called Torchwood and him and Lanto k i l l me, also another fandom you can check out.)Supernatural, if you wanna cry a lot and scream at the sexual tension this is a good place to be. The fandom is amazing, the art, the fanfiction, the au’s, I haven’t actively searched for oc’s or self inserts in this fandom but i’m sure they’re great. (Baby is the best thing in the entire show, just saying, I love that car I also love them man that drives that car.)

Homestuck!! (Arguably one of the biggest fandoms so i’d be surprised if you didn’t know it but i’m adding it anyways.) It has, so many things, i’m not the best to explain it because I haven’t even made it past/to act 2 (I tried three years ago to start reading It but I have adhd and there’s no way you can make me sit still that long fukc no) but anyway, the fandom is pretty cool, a lot of awesome oc’s, trollsonas, self inserts and everything. (the fanartists, fanfic writers, voice actors and cosplayers are wonderful people seriously, I went to my first con and sat with the homestucks and they were all super friendly and there were so many inside jokes I loved every second of it.)

Mystic Messenger, a very popular otome game with amazing characters you can’t help but get attached too. The fandom is really friendly, all ships seem to be accepted as far as I know, it’s basically self insert heaven because you play the mc. Anyway, lovely boys, jaehee is baehee, space station wedding, good stuff.

Bendy and the ink Machine, I really love this fandom, I really love the art style of the game, I just love everything about it. The oc’s are amazing, the self inserts are amazing, the fanart in general is amazing. (I always delve into the ‘chill’ part of the fandoms so i’m gonna end up saying every fandom is kinda great and cool, there is a lot of nsfw stuff for this fandom already as well so if that’s not your thing just turn safe search on and just be careful.) But I have seen a lot of fancomics, and the people interacting with each other all seem like lovely people so yeah, good fandom, good game. (I still haven’t played chapter three because I procrastinate existing akahjhas)

Another Musical is In The Heights, musical fandoms are always a slippery slope but the people I follow in the fandom are real lovely and there’s amazing art. (not a lot of fanfics and whatnot because it’s not as popular as it should be) The soundtrack is on youtube as well and I 100% recommend listening to this one, it has just the right amount of bouncy songs and then sombre songs, it’s great. (The characters are also amazing, I can’t even say I have a favourite because they are all so wonderful and easy to love.)

There are so many more but this is a lot so i’ll add a smol list of honourable mentions. (Be More Chill(another musical), Start Trek, Stargate Atlantis(not a big fandom tbh), Heathers (The Musical)//warning suicidal+dark themes//, Miraculous Ladybug, RWBY.)

I’m sorry if I just named a bunch of fandoms you already know, i’m in a lot of the ‘popular’ fandoms or in fandoms that are dead or just don’t exist. (I didn’t bother mentioning the dead ones.) Anyway thank you for liking my blog even if I couldn’t make any great suggestions, I hope you find some cool fandoms you fall into and enjoy!! Have a great day anon!!

[sysig]

Answering this post made me really think of how I would divide up my storytelling “expression” if that makes sense - like the thrust of what inspired me and how I expressed those thoughts

So I’m gonna break it down more because I love making lists lol

Age 0-9 - What’s a story and can I eat it (Obviously I engaged with media as a tyke and liked to make up my own songs and stories but I don’t remember having any consciousness about them - very freeform, very floaty, very fun. Then the anime hit)

9-12 - Oh that’s a story. I want to make those (At age 9 I was introduced the most lovely and soul-destroying manga, Magic Knight Rayearth. I was also starting to recognize the concept of Pokemon, Magical Girls, the Hero’s Journey (specifically in Western Fantasy), etc., etc.) Titles from this age include:

The Fairy Forest (and it’s sequel, which I can’t remember the name of)

[Unnamed Pokemon fanfiction about two Pikachu that I had, one of which got kidnapped, but not by Team Rocket!]

[Unnamed learn-to-draw-manga-traced manga about a young woman who was engaged to a man she’d never met and instead ran away into the woods and learned magic]

12-16 - I have so many ideas and all of them are good (I was fully immersed in anime and manga by this point, totally weeb’d out, and then some trauma-amnesia happened and more anime and manga and stories and the like. Then I started failing 8th grade for the lulz and my literature teacher wanted me to succeed so she gave me extra credit projects in the form of creative writing. I love her so much. I think it’s especially interesting because all of my manga-type stories were gay and all of my written stories were straight and/or subtextual) Some titles from this age include:

The Cinderella Curse

The Way to Hearts

My Story of Christy Katena (I never wrote anything in this one lol)

Ocean Breeze/Seafoam (or something like that)

SeeingU

BloodSoaked

My Uncle, Little Brother

[Unnamed cat-to-human (and bug-to-human) transformation ‘manga’]

[Unnamed dog-to-human transformation ‘manga’ that had a crossover chapter with the cat one]

My Uncle, Little Brother: Alice in Wonderland retelling

Of Beautiful Days

Moonrise

City of Wonder

Circulation

K-8-TY

Lock and Key

White Ice

Violet Fire

[Unnamed ghost?? love triangle???]

[Unnamed TV drama]

Various retellings of Disney Classics But Gay

And many moooooooooooooore!!

16-20 - Oh right, there should be like, logic somewhere in there (Coming out of my weeb phase off the tail ends of YuGiOh and DBZ Abridged, I got way the heck into Western Cartoons. Psh, those brightly-coloured, non-continuity driven, hardly romantic moving pictures that only entertain little babies? I’m well above that with my YTP-level humour and unironic love of Tokyo Dark Mew. But oh wait, what’s this, this alien? Why that’s a species I could get into! And I did, oh boy did I get into aliens for four or five years depending on how you count it) Some titles from this age include:

[Unnamed Kingdom Hearts fancomic]

Other Side of the Gun (& sequel & spinoff)

Trial by Fire competition

[Gravity/Reverse Falls fancomic]

Irksome

Bucket and Onion

[Unnamed genie comic]

[Unnamed soft apocalypse story]

Karera no Kotogara

20 and up - If I want to have it, I have to make it myself (Once I came out of hyperfixating on Invader ZiM, which took much longer than most other things, and also realized that I was hyperfixating at all, I’ve kinda? chilled out on the whole Big making stories thing. I just wanna make things that I like and that inspire me) Some titles so far include:

Halfway Autumn

[Will Andhest/PWAA fancomics]

[Unnamed tPoH fancomics (2 or 3)]

Just Desserts

[Unnamed idol/superpowers story]

I’m not done making stories by a long shot but I do find it interesting how its tapered down over time. Who knows, maybe it’ll repeat its cycle like what happened when I was a teenager - I did start off small after all

[thecalmrose]

Hi, guys I thought it would be fun to update my ocs Karla and Lillie from Mysims to Mysims Skyheroes!

1: Mysims Karla Intrests: Geeky Cute Hates: Studious Karla is a townie geek who comes to {yourtown} at star level 4. She hopes to grasp the inspiration to create and finish her famous comic book series: "The littlest star".

Introduction: "Hi, I'm Karla, the comic artist behind the famous "The littlest star". I was hoping to grasp some inspiration here in {yourtown}. Accept Move in: Yay! I can't wait to get started again! Can I be in a place that has a lot of stars? Finish building the house: This feels so cozy, just like in issue 9, chapter 2 of my comic, "The new home"!

Star level 4: "Hey, did you see that shooting star last night? I drew it for my comic and I'm thinking of naming it Xexus." "All the best comics doodle on notebook paper! Gotta start somewhere right?" "One time my dog ate a page of my comic strip. So I redrew it on my homework... I got a B-."

Star level 5: "Have you seen my cousin Lilliana? I published my comic book and I need her to sell it!" "Jenny's fanfiction has over 42,000,000 views, I cant compete!" "So there is a boy in a knight costume going around, I don't know but he's a shooting star in my opinion! *Wink*

2. Mysims Kingdom Interest: Cute Karla is a Cutopian resident who helps the Duchess take care of the bunnies. Its obviously the best job ever!

3.Mysims Agents(3 paranormal 2 smarts) Karla is a news reporter working in the industrial district, she tries her best to find the most interesting stories rather than doing the actual jobs. Karla can also become a recruit at your HQ.

"Really? I can be an agent? That's great because my last job just fired me! What's more interesting Building repairs or Robots trying to rebel against their creators?"

4. Mysims Skyheroes Karla is part of a thug flying team called Devil Fight. A team that tries to get what they want by any means. She can open up, but don't expect her to be sweet and carefree!

Mission: Dance with a devil

Triva: Karla was originally going to be a commercial sim Karla's cousin is Lillie Alexas Its obvious Karla has a crush on Spencer, as hinted in Mysims Kingdom, she has a thing for fairytale knights and if you send her on Spencer's depatch mission, she would start to crushing on him Karla's last name could be Alexas Karla would of had a twin sister and ex boyfriend but they were cut from the game In Mysims Skyheroes: Her mission Dance with a devil is a reference to "Dance with the Devil" from Breaking Benjamin In the mission "One more time" her nightmare is her microphone talking on its own and exposing all her secrets

1.Mysims' Lillie Alexas Intrests: Geeky Studious Hates: Tasty Lillie is a commercial sim who will come to {yourtown} at star level 3. She hopes to open up a comic book shop.

Introduction: "Whazzzup! I'm Lilliana Alexas! I think {yourtown} is in need of some comic books, and yes I know about the outfit, but you can criticize it when you learn to program a computer! So whatdya say?" Accept move in: "Alright! Lets get this started!" Finish the building the shop: "Ya know this looks like Captain Tinsletowns lair in issue 2! I love it!"

Task 1: "Ok, fellow geeks like myself need comic books or we go insane. I need two bookshelves for the "Miss X" series and one for "Little Bunny girl"! Bookshelf: 7 Alien Bookshelf: 9 Happy Received: "OMG! Miss X and Bunny Girl, here we come!"

Task 2: "Ok I wanna chill sometimes, we both know what I need to do on break." Arcade game: 10 action figure Received: "Fantastic! Now to play some P. vs E."

Task 3: "So the apparently fun and studious sims read comic books too so..." Bookshelf: 15 music notes Bookshelf: 15 globe Received: "Oh dude, is that the Captain Geo series?! I'll keep those!"

Star level 3: "So Elmira has her little library and of course she wants you to be quiet. At least in my store you can talk!" "Don't be intimidated by my girly exterior, I majored in computer programing!" "I always went to Vic's arcade...to play Plane vs. Eye of course!"

Star level 4: "When I was a kid, I played a lot of baseball. When I pitched one day, I broke my old computed, I miss it everyday" "Hey, have you seen Karla? Let me know if she wants to send a publish comic, she makes them ya know!" "Have you seen the latest Captain Geo episode? He saved the earth with a producer ray!"

Star level 5: "Little do people know that Starcruiser X started as a comic! Gotta love the original!" "Jenny should get Karla to make a fancomic of her fanfiction! They would be even more famous!" "When programing a computer, never insert a random number or you'll crash it"

2. Mysims Kingdom Intrest: Tech Lillie is a invertor in the Forest of the elves. However, a generator would be better than a "natural" lighting rod!

3. Mysims Agents(3 chrisma 2 athletic) Lillie lives in the industrial district, and she has to watch Karla and make sure she does she her job since Karla pays the bills.

"Thanks! Ever since miss "Idontdomyjob" got fired! I need to make some money."

4. Mysims Skyheroes Lillie is part of a thug flying team called Devil Fight. A team that tries to get what they want by any means. She is the leader and will hurt anyone that gets in her way!

Trivia: Lillie has Nova's voice type in Mysims to Mysims Skyheroes, but in Mysims Agents she has Shirley's voice type When Lillie mentions Captain Geo, it's a reference to "Captain Planet" Lillie may have a crush on Vic as she clearly "only goes to play Plane vs. Eye Lillie has a degree in Computer Programing and a minor in business Lillie has gold eyes in Skyheroes, but in other games her eyes are green In the mission "One more time" her biggest nightmare is her baseball bat turning into a stuffed unicorn Lillie is tomboyish Despite her "little crush" on Vic, she shows a great admiration for Alexa in Skyheroes and Agents Lillie is around the age of 32

Karla and Lillie(c) Me